If a democratic regime follows this one, I'll go back. If the next regime is the same as this or worse, no.
A Belgian journalist speaks to a Russian youth about why he decided to leave his country, and why he couldn’t tell his own mother he was doing so.
Cynics say the next regime in Russia will indeed be the same as, if not worse than, this one is. Nikita is 17, and cherishes a hope that those of us who are older may feel is in vain; but he and we know that experts have been wrong about much in relation to the Ukraine war.
It is a wonderful thing to be young. It is a wonderful thing to have your whole life ahead of you. It is a wonderful thing to cherish hopes. It is a wonderful thing to live.
In English, with subtitles in Dutch.