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That looked like he had tight handcuffs on not too long before doing the interview. in the interview he pleads guilty to everything, he said he would never take up political activism again, he praises alexander lukashenko calling him a man horks wrote, acts as someone who has balls of steel. as you mentioned the opposition absolutely crying foul. this morning an opposition leader called on tougher sanctions by the west against the belarusian regime. there are new u.s. sanction that is went into effect yesterday against nine belarusian state companies. the regime firing back at the u.s. saying they are going to limit the number of personnel at the u.s. embassy in minsk and that includes diplomatic personnel as well as technical personnel as well. as you can see things are continuing to escalate. right now lukashenko shows no sign of backing down. we are waiting for another decision by the eu to further limit possibly belarusian airlines flying in eu air space. fred for us in berlin th ....