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202014 minPGdoc-short

Authoritarianism Political Polarization

I'm Going Out

202014 minPGdoc-short

"Going out" were the last words of Roman Bondarenko in a telegram chat before he confronted unidentified individuals dismantling protest symbols in Minsk.

Authoritarianism Political Polarization

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Ekaterina Ignashevich

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"Going out" were the last words of Roman Bondarenko in a telegram chat before he confronted unidentified individuals dismantling protest symbols in Minsk.

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Darya Demura

Darya Demuradirector

Maxim Shved

Maxim Shveddirector

Ekaterina Ignashevichdirector

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Roman Bondarenko, a young resident of Minsk, sent his last message saying, "I'm going out" before confronting unidentified individuals in civilian clothes. These men were dismantling the white-red-white symbols of protests against President Alexander Lukashenko at the "Square of Changes" in central Minsk. The 14-minute documentary captures the events surrounding Bondarenko's actions and the political climate in Belarus during the protests of 2020.

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