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From tech pioneers to 'extremists': Belarusian founders face exile and statelessness.

In 2013, Tatyana Marynich and Anastasiya Khamiankova opened the doors to Imaguru, a startup hub in Minsk, Belarus that would go on to launch some of Eastern Europe’s most prominent tech success stories.

A decade later, they’ve been sentenced ‘in absentia’ to a combined 23 years in prison by Belarusian authorities.

mediafaro.org/article/20250501

Tatyana Marynich and Anastasiya Khamiankova. | IMAGURU
TechCrunch · From tech pioneers to 'extremists': Belarusian founders face exile and statelessness.By Mike Butcher

If you pay a country to jail “deportees”, it’s NOT deportation, it’s putting them in jail in a foreign country. It’s getting rid of people you don’t want. It’s exile without regard to the rule of law.

#felontrump #corruption #exile #deportation

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#INSIDERUSSIA

LIVING AFTER RUSSIA: Documenting True Stories Of Those Who Escaped Putinism 2 Years Ago And Survived

Who are these few Russians escaping Russia just two years ago and surviving in Uzbekistan against all odds? Learn of a few real people escaping Putinism, of their true stories and emotional rides and a hope for the future ahead!

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#ruSSia #exile #escape