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Spring will put everything in its place.
Many people remember the protest action of the 42-year-old miner who handcuffed himself in the mine in September. He demanded Lukashenka s resignation, the cessation of the massacre of peaceful protesters and the release of arrested members of the strike committee of Belaruskali. At least a dozen strong men were lifting
Yury Korzun to the ground from the depth of 305 meters. They cut the chain with a gasoline-powered tool.
Yury does not regret his deed. He says he would do it again today, but he would do it much better.
- No one could have taken me out of the mine until the general director descended and started talking to me. I would have ensured the release of the strike members arrested back in August, Yury says in an interview with Salidarnasts.
Iryna Khalip
When one has to escape, one will have to ask for a corridor to Rostov promptly.
The only thing I was surprised at first about the border closure story was the airport, which remained open. The rest falls within a clear scheme. It should not be a political one.
In 1935, when the USSR was finally covered with barbed wire on all sides and Stalin imposed the death penalty for any attempt to escape abroad, it was not only about politics but also hunger. The Soviet government was well aware that if another famine started, the whole Soviet people could rush on foot and barefoot abroad. Who will remain then to cut down the forest? Slaves must be chained to the master s fence.