I don't know, it's just a drug store or something ordinary like that under that ghastly monument to the progress of the worker, or whatever it is. But it shows what the poor people of Belarus have to live with. Same with the massive, dehumanizing architecture in Minsk. Minsk was leveled in World War Two and rebuilt at the heyday of Stalinist architecture, and too bad for Minsk.
It's a bit of a narrow interest, this video clip, but it shouldn't be, really. It's a cliché, but Belarus really is a dictatorship, right there in Europe, and this video shows there really were thousands out to protest the sham elections held there on 19 December. As the person who produced this video writes,
"The lack of media attention and general public knowledge about Belarus truly saddens me. It’s heartbreaking because this is an issue that affects millions of peoples lives daily. I hope that by watching this video you’re going to be inspired to do more, and help pass the word along to a friend, family member, teacher, or co-worker about the injustices that occur everyday in the middle of 21st century Europe."
The person who produced this video is a Canadian teenager named Kamilla Kovaleva, who made this as a drama project for school. Spend a few minutes with it, if you can:
See the Belarus Gallery at EarthPhotos.com for more recent photos.
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