The ONE THING (Ep. 13)--an interview with the vice speaker of the Belarussian government in exile...

Greetings and salutations! This week's The Three Things with your (licensed) detective in Central Europe, Preston Smith, courtesy of The Corners Magazine (www.thecorners.pl) and CDDI (www.cddi.pl) is actually a special edition and the ONE THING, which is an interview with Vice-Speaker of the Coordinating Council of the Belarussian Government in Exile Elena Zhivoglod. This was a remarkable interview, during which Zhivoglod described the 2020 elections, the efforts of her NGO prior and during the election and the realization that she was herself suddenly exiled from her country--and that her friends and relatives were under threat. She also explains recent efforts to offer hope to those within Belarus, as those without through a program to provide travel documents in place of Belarussian passports. This is an impressive, brave and determined woman and is worth a watch.

00:00 Intro and letters
8:49 Interview with the vice-speaker

Please note--no Ukrainian war update this week, as primarily we are waiting for the Russian counteroffensive at Avdiivka to play out (as well as the Polish elections).

Attributions Polish elections photo by Silar, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Kosovo protest Voice of America, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Belarus protests Homoatrox, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Flag of Ukraine Government of Ukraine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Bombed out building in Donetsk by National Police of Ukraine, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Tanks in Kosovo Photo: PO[Phot] Lewis.S.J/MOD, OGL v1.0OGL v1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Albright photo by Chatham House, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Tsichanoskaya photo by European Parliament from EU, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Second photo by European Parliament, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Lukashenkso photo by Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ukraine photo by Amaury Laporte, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Maps courtesy of Deepstate UA.