Stories

Stories and reportages about life in Belarus

Near the Belarusian border / Euroradio

Near the Belarusian border / Euroradio / Euroradio

"Belarusians? Will they attack us? Every third person here is Belarusian."
Yuriy Aroshidze, founder of the Protez Foundation

Yuriy Aroshidze, founder of the Protez Foundation / @u.aroshidze

“In the USSR, disabled people were sent far away from the city. And Louis XIV built the Veterans’ House in the middle of Paris".
Natalia Yaroshenko

Natalia Yaroshenko / @rubanau_collage

“They said they’d soon send me home, but never explained why I was here.”
Even Belarusian volunteer fighters who defend Ukraine against Russian aggression are not spared from the bureaucratic maze.

Even Belarusian volunteer fighters who defend Ukraine against Russian aggression are not spared from the bureaucratic maze. / @rubanau_collage

Even Belarusian volunteer fighters who defend Ukraine against Russian aggression are not spared from the bureaucratic maze.
Antanina Kanavalava with her kids

Antanina Kanavalava with her kids / Euroradio

What is it like to adapt to freedom and life in exile after 4.5 years in prison?
"Mom, I'm fine"

"Mom, I'm fine" / @rubanau_collage

I lied to my mother: "Everything's fine. I'm going to my first shift at the factory."
Suwalki 

Suwalki  / @rubanau_collage

Euroradio revisits Suwalki, a town in north-eastern Poland where Russia could reportedly attack NATO in December 2024.
The Berlin Wall 

The Berlin Wall  / калаж Улада Рубанава, Еўрарадыё

A German built an airplane and wanted to fly from the GDR to the West. But ended up in prison. How did he buy it back?
"Cancel" prison?

"Cancel" prison? / Euroradio

Cancelling, social ranking, relationship transformation and radical empathy as alternatives to prison.