‘I like ‘Russian world’ of Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, not that of Putin’ - Belarus Nobel Prize winner

Belarusian Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich and Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström are holding a meeting in Stockholm.

Belsat TV journalist Alina Koushyk is reporting from the event on Twitter.

“I like the ‘Russian world’ of Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, not that of Putin and Shoigu,” Svetlana Alexievich said.

It is very easy to wage a war, Svetlana Alexievich believes. “One can send a detachment of soldiers [to Belarus], as it happened in Donbas, and set Poles and Belarusians on themselves,” said the writer.

Although a ticket cost 150 SEK, the house is full.

Electronic billboards with the images of the writer and the Minister advertise the meeting:

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