reporter: two russians in exile. one, a student with a rebellious tattoo. the other, an insurrectionist warlord. only one of them is on the run on terrorism charges. meet 20-year-old olessia. her alleged crime? an antiwar social media post last year that led to a conviction and her escape to europe. now in norway, as she looks for work, she was glued to the images coming out of russia over the weekend. translator: i watched it non-stop. i followed this justice march all day. i wondered how it would end. and i really wanted to see in person how prigozhin was taken to the pretrial detention center. reporter: pretrial detention centers are well op known to her, but that s not where wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin ended up, heading instead to belarus, where putin ally, alexander lukashenko offered him refuge.
charges. meet 20-year-old ale alessia kritznova. now in norway as she looks for work, she was glued to the images coming out of russia over the weekend. translator: i watched it nonstop. i followed this justice march all day. i wondered how it would end and i wanted to see how prigozhin was taken to the pretrial detention centers. pretrial detention centers are well known to olesia. he headed to belarus where alexander lukashenko offered him refuge. there was a harsh decision taken to destroy. i suggested putin not to hurry. let s talk with prigozhin, with his commanders. reporter: no such help for
olesia as she left russia prying off her own electronic bracelet as she got to the border. reporter: she had just arrived in lithuania after fleeing her home in northern russia taking very little, but a reminder of the cost of her freedom. the reason she was made an example of, she says, is there are many ordinary russians like her. translator: every day we see the people are put in jail for the posts on the internet, but a person who is guilty of killing 20 people, 14 people according to the official version, and they tell him you can go to belarus? every time i think about it i get angry. reporter: but there is only one prigozhin, even if vladimir putin never named him. translator: what we are facing now is treason,
the people put in jail for posts on the internet. but a person guilty of killing 20 people, 14 people according to the official version, and they tell him you can go to belarus, every time i think about it, i get angry. reporter: but there is only one prigozhin, even if vladimir putin never named him, as he addressed the failed insurrection. translator: what we are facing now is treason, unreasonable ambitions and personal interests led to treachery, state treason, and betrayal of one s own people. reporter: the man behind an insurrection facing no charges at all. translator: there is no law and no justice in russia. it s just all one big act of insanity and hatred. reporter: melissa bell, cnn. let s talk more about this still-evolving situation in russia.
pretrial detention center. reporter: pretrial detention centers are well known to her, but that s not where yevgeny prigozhin ended up, heading instead to belarus, where alexander lukashenko offered him refuge. i realize there was a harsh decision taken to destroy. i suggested putin not to hurry, let s talk with prigozhin, with his commanders. reporter: no such help for alesia, as she fled russia. cnn first brought you her story earlier this year. she had just arrived in lithuania after fleeing her home in northern russia. taking very little, but a reminder of the cost of her freedom, the reason she was made an example of, she says, is there are many ordinary russians like her. translator: every day we see