politcised and said that she realised that it would probably be very difficult for her to return to belarus certainly in the next two years. this of course means that she is concerned about those members of her family who are still there, her parents. but she is hoping to be reunited with her husband here in poland. of course this is all shone a light on the government of president lukashenko who is been described as some by europe's last dictator. alesia rudnik is a political analyst at the centre for new ideas in minsk. she explains why ms timanovskaya has chosen to go to poland. despite all the proposals before to get asylum, she chose poland, and i suspect because it's closest to belarus. this might be the case of her appearing as a political refugee or becoming another belarusian who gets military visa and poland.