Europe. What unites. What divides. The funniest looks trudging course. What binds the continent together. The answers and stories of times each. Spotlight on people. Focus on t w. A few brave souls gather to commemorate 3 politicians who vanished without a trace over 20 years ago there holding their vigil in minsk capital of bel arutz now i can witness has broken his silence as a member of a special unit he himself took part in the abduction and murder of the opposition politicians. And we were acting on orders we received a spoken order is the rule if anyone had refused to go another would have taken his place and done just the same thing goes with a social disorder. 41 year old eureka has requested asylum in another european country he says the secret service in his home country by the rules is after him. Just a new procedure i left my family behind in 2008 after i was attacked the blue then i realized that my wife and daughter were sacred to me for a living so i got divorced and now im living alone you. So the. Yuri no longer felt safe in his own country because he decided to speak out and unburden his soul as he puts it now hes afraid his former comrades at the Security Agency are coming for him. And i got information that they wanted to arrest me and put me in prison. To live but. I didnt want to do time or make any statements or be accused of something i hadnt done knew there was a kid the. News of the known them. Yuri was involved in a crime that still haunts many people in eastern europe. On may 7th 1999 near the old fire Lookout Tower in downtown minsk former interior minister yuris that got out of his car. Was a leading figure in the opposition as usual he walks the few meters to his Apartment Building this reenactment is based on the statements of key witness yuriko. 2 men followed so he wouldnt be able to run 2 more men blocked his path in front they were officers in plain clothes. One said come along police. At the time tensions were running high in minsk the former interior minister your reason turned against lucas schenkel people were taking to the streets in thousands hoping to stop the countrys descent into dictatorship although my dear friends black ravens are circling over our country. And so yesterday. The National Congress met to protect the constitution and oppose dictatorship. Alexander lukashenko bruce bello rios with an iron fist and the support of several elite units including the sober allegedly for him to combat organized crime but says he witnessed eureka it has violently quassia the political opposition. The russkie came to the unit at age 18 through his military service now hes making scathing accusations this is here in the summary ive noted who is involved in the Current Trends liquidation on may 7th and who took part and gone charles a condition on september 16th the grinch who all the people who knew about it and one fault with that are listed here. All the orders were given orally. Theres no written evidence no video footage no protocols. But theres nothing like that in. All of. The corn. Your reserve was only the 1st victim in september in 1909 victims in charge and businessmen and i told you were abducted near santa number 3 in minsk they were also members of the opposition and planning to remove the president from office the witness confirms both were liquidated. And. Theres a picture shows the military base and. This is where we killed them this would be. Theres the road. Its about 200 meters long and leads about 20 meters into the forest this is the. Year we killed gun charlie and christophe. Were here about 50 meters away the grave was dug but in the. After closing a burned out here. Only their shoes were thrown into the graves and buried with them. The. President look a shingle consolidated his power through 2 controversial referenda in the midnight 190 s. Good in 1996 victor good in charge chaired the Central Election Commission but he turned against the president hoping to prevent look ashamed goes grab for more and more power 1000. 00 bounty was paid for his murder as the key witness from the death squad tells that they were even given a reason why i had to disappear from north america running. About and char when they later told us he had evidence that had come to power illegitimately. At the vote in 1906 or 97. 00 had been rigged and couldnt charge had the proof. Later they told us we had to eliminate him. Because of this compromising material. And present are the most prominent victims of regimes so far but theyre certainly not the only ones every year as a vigil is held in minsk for the victims many prospects for a democratic future disappeared along with the oppositions really leading lights. Theres regret and a feeling of guilt if these people were stored live better rooms would be a different place today. Western germany yuris the cairo family lives in exile here his wife 2 daughters and grandchildren hes never seen. Yellin as that is the eldest daughter she works as a sales clerk shes the only one of the family to speak openly about their fate she came to germany a year after her fathers disappearance this is the 1st elaine as a cairo has heard about the key witness his statement and the details of her fathers death. Of course its hard to hear all this and see the grave sites not to mention to hear all about how it happened youd have to have nerves of steel for that. But do the statements check out the council of europe in strasburg could pass the 1st judgement on that. Christos readers and andre got to learn here the key witnesses statement readers is a criminal defense lawyer from cyprus he investigated the politicians disappearances for the council 15 years ago got to learn is working on the cases today the council of europe tracks human rights abuses and keeps an especially close eye on belarus. Their ability we have today to run and instigate investigation that iris seems very small thats a problem its impossible for these abductions. To have taken place we thought the concept to put it mildly of. Your fish and when i say very high your fishes. My mind goes to the president. Maybe he knew maybe he didnt i cant say for sure either way but i think you know. As serious as the allegation is it can hardly touch Alexander Lukashenko this president was not welcome in the west 3 years that changed in november 2019 when austrian president alexander fandor belen received the dictator in vienna but the recent accusations that luka ordered the liquidation of his adversaries may well strain any reproach me with the west. A great deal about the death squads activities remains unknown even after your. Statements he claims to have simply passed on the gun used the commander colonel from the interior ministry did the shooting. Has something to say to the victims family. Id like to express my sincere regret that i participated in their murder. I apologize to you. I can point out the grave sites on the mount because. Everything else depends on you and i belive in justice system. These words of remorse may come as a shock to some family members. On the hook to kill can i accept them. He wasnt what i thought theyd chosen people for the liquidation who didnt have any families in bell or reuss okeefe that also so they could eliminate them afterwards as well. Most of us lifting of the gloomy archer im surprised that a witness has turned up who speaks openly about it. Who did. Give a good a clue. It took elaine as a person time to find words for the man who had abetted the murder of her father. If in your. View would it serve so its not about him. Its about the whole system behind him and he said what he says he cant be blamed for anything im not but you know people like him are dependent on the system because theyre forced to carry out these bloody crimes. Even if i were to Say Something to him i couldnt say it to the thousands of others who acted together with him recently mr aboard. The abducted men havent been forgotten elsewhere in europe. In the netherlands human rights activists from Amnesty International have planted trees to commemorate them and an hour long vigil is held every year in the Memorial Grove in leipzig the witnesses statements are producing results the state prosecutor and men reopened the 20 year old case an investigation is underway. This music. Good. To us to see. Us come to the right place. To. Catch up. Its a major test of camaraderie among the 5. Lights go out. To. Read online. News. Im not laughing at the germans because sometimes i am but i said nothing with the talent to even have anything to deep into the german culture up here you did seem to keep this grammar a day out to you because its all that. Enough time rachel join me for me to get one seat up. Drive it the d w moto magazine this week we look at an exclusive off road on the new mercedes to calm. The situation see 5 and across. And the snap