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It has been a big week for poltiical activism in Eastern Europe. Including in Belarus, often referred to as “Europe’s last dictatorship,” where even the act of producing art is a fundamentally political one.Europe,Alexander Lukashenko,Belarus,Belarus Free Theatre,Brazil,Brussels,France,KGB,Kiev,London,Mikhail Zhiznevsky,Minsk,Natalia Kaliada,Nicolai Khalezin,Petrobras,Ruslana,Ukraine,United Kingdom,Viktor Yanukovych,Vladimir Shcherban,Lora Moftah

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