00:00The moment Nastya and Vanya finally got to see their mother again after years apart.
00:08Their parents were both active in the Belarusian opposition movement and were arrested during the 2020 presidential election campaign, along
00:16with many others.
00:18The children fled to Poland with their grandmother. A year ago, their mother Antonina was released.
00:41Antonina was declared an extremist and sent to a women's prison camp.
00:45You can't show your tears. It's impossible. Although there were moments when you flagged. I just remember when they took
00:55me into a terrorist list.
00:57And I remember it was sad because they put me to a place with a terrorist who kills people.
01:07Their father has been in a penal colony for over five years. They have no contact with him.
01:12Phone calls are forbidden and letters never arrive.
01:16What's the first dream?
01:17Dad.
01:18To return.
01:19Yes.
01:20In whole and alive.
01:21While activists and former inmates report systematic violence and intimidation, children like Nastya and Vanya wait for their parents, holding
01:30on to fading memories.
01:31I forget his goal for his son.
01:34I'm a terrible headache.
01:38I've got a bad headache.
01:38I have a terrible headache, when he's running to be injured.
01:41Even in a moment, every time, every minute.
01:44Even in a minute.
01:45Every time, every second.
01:45Even every millisecond.
01:46I tend to be scared for him.
01:48There is a bad headache.
01:49The worst thing.
01:49Well, you have to wait, ever since they're not running.
01:52Until then, while they're running to pay for someone else.
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