Belarus will awaken. And in that moment, when it once again needs not miles of empty words, but people — honest, strong, and with inner resolve — it will call upon them.

Say what you will about Lukashenko — mock his education, expose the depth of corruption and nepotism that flourished under his rule... Yet one thing cannot be denied: his political instinct.

Once Viktor Babariko was arrested and Sergei Tikhanouski imprisoned, everything changed. What had been a campaign of many voices suddenly narrowed to one — mine.

When thousands of people line up not for rations, but out of conscience — it is no longer just a queue. It is a form of civil resistance, even if disguised as a signature collection process.

Without honest memory, there can be no real change. If we allow the truth of what happened to be erased, Belarusians will once again be forced to relive the same pain, the same lies, the same betrayals, the same crimes, the s...

At the first pickets, only a handful of people approached us. To the authorities, this may have seemed reassuring: fear and apathy still appeared to grip society.

At the time no one knew whether Belarusians would support us. The regime still appeared monolithic, immovable, supremely confident. Yet we moved forward—because we believed historical truth was on our side.

We were not allies in a formal sense. We came from different walks of life and represented different approaches. But together, we embodied a new societal demand: that Belarus deserves a better future.