söndag 22 januari 2023

This Kind of hope

 - The 58th Solothurn Film Festival in Switzerland opened on Wednesday with the documentary “This Kind of Hope” about Andrei Sannikov. The Swiss-Polish filmmaker Pawel Siczek, who grew up in Libya and Winterthur, directed the film. The world premiere of "This Kind of Hope" was seen on the opening day by around 2,000 spectators, who gave the film crew a standing ovation.

"Sannikov was Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus under President Alexander Lukashenko from 1995 to 1996, but soon resigned in protest at his style of rulership. Sannikov disarmed one of the most dangerous nuclear arsenals in Belarus. He also worked in the UN mission in Geneva and is now the chair of the citizens’ movement “European Belarus”. (Switzerland Times)

https://www.swissfilms.ch/en/movie/this-kind-of-hope/6EB6B4D252814078A0DE92EAA0E005B7


- Here's an interesting interview in the Switzerland Times: "Putin switches and rules in Belarus as he pleases". Former Belarusian presidential candidate and diplomat in exile Andrei Sannikov is being interviewed about Putin and Lukashenko; "a relationship between criminals":

"Blick spoke to the Lukashenko challenger in Solothurn about his fight against the dictator who is dependent on Putin and about Belarus’ involvement in the war in neighboring Ukraine." 

The Switzerland Times: "Putin switches and rules in Belarus as he pleases" (full text):

https://switzerlandtimes.ch/world/putin-switches-and-rules-in-belarus-as-he-pleases/

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