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Uladzimir Matskevich: Political emigration always degrades, and I see that in our case, it's not the worst example

Former political prisoner, philosopher, and methodologist Uladzimir Matskevich
Former political prisoner, philosopher, and methodologist Uladzimir Matskevich. Vilnius, Lithuania. November 29, 2025. Photo: Belsat

"I know from historical examples of other countries and eras that political emigration always degrades. It has always been this way, and there's nothing surprising about it. I was even expecting it to be worse in our case, but what I see, thank God, is not the worst-case scenario…" – says philosopher and former political prisoner Uladzimir Matskevich in an interview with Belsat. We talk with him about the possibility of returning to journalism, prison as a school of philosophy, the empty talk of experts, and about Alyaksandr Lukashenka—on the other side of the screen…