politicians who vanished without a trace over 20 years ago they're holding their vigil in minsk capital of bellary. now a key witness has broken his silence as a member of a special unit he himself took part in the abduction and murder of the opposition politician. when we were acting on orders we received a spoken order is the rule if anyone had refused another would have taken his place and done just the same thing goes through the social glue so. 41 year old eureka ski has requested asylum in another european country he says the secret service in his home country by the roots is after him. and reports that i left my family behind in 2008 after i was attacked by the blue then i realized that my wife and daughter were sacred to me. living there so i got divorced and now i'm living alone you. must also that so that. yuri no longer felt safe in his own country because he decided to speak out and unburden his soul as he puts it now he's afraid his former comrades at the security agency are coming for him. but the people in 4 months or so i got information that they wanted to arrest me and put me in

it wasn't what i thought they'd chosen people for the liquidation who didn't have any families in bellary. so they could eliminate them afterwards as well. saying. i'm surprised that a witness has turned up who speaks openly about it. up close. it took. some time to find words for the man who had abetted the murder of her father. if in your. view would say if so it's not about him. it's about the whole system behind him and. he can't be blamed for anything i'm not but you know people like him are dependent on the system just their force to carry out these bloody crimes. even if i were to say something to him i couldn't say it to the thousands of others who acted together with him recently mr boyd. the abducted men haven't been forgotten elsewhere in europe. in. the netherlands human rights activists from amnesty international have planted trees to commemorate them and an hour long vigil is held every year in the memorial grove in leipzig the witnesses' statements are producing results the state prosecutor immense has reopened the 20 year old case an investigation is underway. the rain for

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