"Natalia Radina's Belarus" Will Be Presented In Bialystok
- 22.02.2026, 17:33
On Feb. 27, the New Zyamlia Hub will host a presentation and unique meeting.
The Belarusian hub "Nova Zyamlya" (ul. Św. Rocha 5 lok. 32) in Bialystok will present a new book by the famous American historian and publicist Yuri Felshtinsky "Natalia Radina's Belarus: Journalist vs. Dictator."
The presentation of the book in Belarusian, Ukrainian and Russian languages will be held on February 27, Friday, at 18:00.
The meeting will be attended by Belarusian journalist, editor-in-chief of the website "Charter'97" Natalia Radina, three-time Olympic medalist, world and European champion in swimming Alexandra Gerasimenya and coordinator of the civil campaign "European Belarus" Dmitry Bondarenko.
The book "Natalia Radina's Belarus: Journalist vs. Dictator" is the history of modern Belarus described through the life of one person: the Belarusian journalist and politician Natalia Radina, editor-in-chief of the leading Belarusian opposition website "Charter'97" (Charter97.org).
Reading this book, the reader will witness the revolutionary events and protest movement that began in Belarus in 1995 and have not faded to this day, will get acquainted with the chronicle of numerous political murders organized by the Belarusian security services on the orders of dictator Lukashenko, together with Radina will plunge into her prison life, feel the joys of her release and the complexities of a unique escape from the KGB from Belarus, will be an eyewitness to vivid and unforgettable meetings with such famous contemporaries, such as Stanislav Shushkevich, Lech Walesa, Andrzej Wajda, Boris Nemtsov, Leonid Nevzlin, Hillary Clinton and others.
The reader will see that Belarus, although part of the Russian Empire and the USSR, is a separate and distinctive country; that since the Middle Ages Belarus has considered itself part of Europe and oriented towards the West, not the East; that the future of Belarus, freed from Lukashenko's dictatorial regime, is with the European Union, not with Russia, which has actually occupied Belarus and whose security can ultimately be ensured only by NATO membership.
But the main conclusion the reader can draw is that, despite temporary defeats and spilled blood, arrests and executions of the last decades, lack of real help from outside, Belarusian democracy is alive, and Belarusians continue to fight for freedom.
The book will be of interest not only to historians, journalists and political scientists studying Belarus, but also to a wide range of readers.
The presentation will take place on February 27, Friday, at 18:00
Address: Bialystok, Belarusian hub "Nova Ziamlja", ul. Św. Rocha 5 lok. 32
The book "Belarus by Natalia Radina" can be purchased:
Belarusian edition - platform of the publishing house "Januszkiewicz" "Knigauka" and in Warsaw in the bookstore "Knigauka" at ul. Kłopotowskiego 4, 03-717.
Russian edition - website of the publisher "ISIA Media" and Amazon.
Ukrainian edition - "Drukarskyi Oleg Fedorov's Dvir" and Yakaboo.