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Thanato26 t1_jed4dfa wrote
Belarus, a province of Russia.
PansPSR t1_jed70fy wrote
Belarus Oblast
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GoatUnicorn t1_jedma1n wrote
You're really an idiot if you go to Belarus to escape Russian authorities
Nurhaci1616 t1_jedo67r wrote
TBF, his intentions were likely to try and escape through the relatively porous Belarusian border into a third country like Lithuania.
NO_BAD_THOUGHTS t1_jedtp3f wrote
it was probably the most realistic option to get out
zodwieg t1_jeduu8p wrote
Russia has Russian border guards on the border. Belarus has Belarussian border guards. It was his best chance.
Kreiri t1_jedvb7u wrote
Another article said they located him when he turned his phone on. Really not a smart move.
xiwen6 t1_jedwvma wrote
Not really surprising. With Russia starting to bow to China, in the future I would expect Belarussians to start detaining people that speak up against Xi also.
Like a human centipede of authoritarian leaders.
korovko t1_jee7msr wrote
Calling him an idiot is not fair at all.
To go to any country from Russia, you're supposed to cross the Russian border with passport control. The Russian guards would probably detain him there.
But Russian-Belarus border is an exception, it's kind of transparent, like a border between two EU countries. There could be some occasional checks, but more often than not you just cross it without being asked for the documents.
Once in Belarus, he could try and cross, say, Belarus-Polish border, less risk.
His plan didn't pan out, but it was probably the best plan he could have had.
AugustCharisma t1_jeebe97 wrote
The poor daughter! She’s only 13 and who knows what they’re doing to her?!
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statuskills t1_jeeqbwy wrote
They called it the “WinnieNacht” as all shops displaying Winnie the Pooh merchandise had their display windows smashed. - News from 2024 probably
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f_elon t1_jefnday wrote
America wants to do the same thing with the tik tok bill all governments only are about the wealthy and their wars for profit
Clean_Judgment912 t1_jeg55s3 wrote
I think fleeing to Belarus was not really clever. Probably Kazakhstan would have been a better choice
Transfer_McWindow t1_jed03ar wrote
What an embarrassment of a country.