according to human rights group -- a human rights gup, there are morehan 0 politica prisoners in belarus. among them, victor, another challenger of lukashenko. and another person, a prominent government critic. from exile, siarhei tsikhanouski continues to raise her voice. she has urged the west to keep up the pressure on lukashenko by imposing sanctions and not recognizing him as president. she has called the verdict against her husband an act of revenge by the dictator. >> i will try to do something very difficult. maybe impossible. to bring close the moment when we will see each other again in a new belarus. brent: germany's foreign minister has condemned the prison sentence given to tsikhanouski. she said, i have taken note of the scandalous verdicts against siarhei tsikhanouski and others. the verdicts are a disgrace to the rule of law and to the international obligations of belarus. joining me now is our correspondent, he has reported many times from belarus about the political situation. he joins me tonight from kiev in neighboring ukraine. it is good to see you. talk to me about