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In Belarus, the totalitarian regime cracks down on all opposition. Performance artist Alexander Pushkin struggles to expose a dicttorship for what it is. | Read the synopsis »

Premiered: August 12, 2008 at 10 PM | Check for Rebroadcasts

"He's a natural-born performer, and he "performs" against the totalitarian regime of Belarusian President Lukashenko. Whenever he performs in this way, he is arrested, but then the police let him go. And a couple of months later, he organizes another performance."
— Andrzej Fidyk

THE POLITICAL ART OF ALEXANDER PUSHKIN

View a slideshow of images of Alexander Pushkin in action as he performs his political art in Belarus. »

Alexander Pushkin, bare-chested and holding his arms up

DICTATORSHIP AND ART IN BELARUS

Discover Belarus: its history, people, economy, politics and holidays. Find out more about Belarus' only president, Alexander Lukashenko and Alexander Pushkin, who protested Lukashenko's first term extension beyond its original legal limit. »

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Posted August 11, 2008

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