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Anatomy of dictator's prison: breaking truth - Break the Fake - TVP WORLD
In a stunning turn of events, 14 political prisoners have been released from Belarus - among them prominent opposition figure Siarhei Tsikhanouski who ran against Lukashenko in the 2020 presidential election. After 5 years in isolation with no letters, no phone calls and no contact with the outside world, Tsikhanouski is finally free. In new episode of Break the Fake, Benjamin Lee explains what does this say about the Belarusian regime's future - and it's growing resemblance to Putin's Russia?