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And I’m sure his mom bought him that T-shirt!

And later in Belarus he worked against authoritarian fascist regime and against exactly what azovs ideology now represents. In a country where you are actively pursued by cops for critiquing people in power and cops have no responsibility and any kind of limitations on use of force, being a journalist that even somewhat challenges the system takes balls and dedication.

Most of my family got affected by the regime at some point before leaving the country, witnessed massacre in 2011, gov-t staged terrorist acts. And knowing how Belarus needs people like Protasevich, Putilo, Zavadski, Byabenin, Cherkasova i am willfully dismissing his misdoings in favour of his later achievements.

I know that people love to let their entire opinion be based on a single article, but let the bigger picture in.

> being a journalist that even somewhat challenges the system

Would be nice to read his articles if there are any. He's a journalist after all. Right?

Right

Worked for euroradio

https://euroradio.fm/en/anarchists-describe-their-arrests-i-...

https://euroradio.fm/en/young-man-imprisoned-drug-related-cr...

https://euroradio.fm/en/girl-you-better-go-do-some-work-and-...

https://euroradio.fm/en/lithuania-prepares-potential-belnpp-...

Moved to poland fearing arrest. Joined Nexta. Biggest belarusian tg channel.

https://t.me/s/nexta_live

Enjoy, most of the stuff before september 28th.

edit: Anarchists in Belarus are actively persecuted by kgb over the last 20 years. They are seen as enemies of the state and are constantly watched. Police brutality, election fraud, are themes that are very taboo in state media, and journalists that write about these things are often arrested because of treir work.

I was interested in his earlier pieces: it’s been stated that Protasevich joined Azov as a journalist, not a neo-nazi combatant. Did he write anything about his experience in Azov?

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