Books by Julia Cimafiejeva and Alhied Bacharevic

DPoet Julia Cimafiejeva and prose writer Alhierd Bacharevič are a literary couple from Minsk. They have long been committed to taking the road of European development for their Belarusian hometown. Shortly before the presidential election in August last year, Chimafieva deliberately wrote this poem about Belarusian oppression and fear in English instead of Belarusian or Russian. This is the language of human rights organizations, as it says. She and Bacharevič’s latest novel “Dogs of Europe” predicted his country’s dystopian future as a province of the Russian Empire. They participated in the protests until the fall, but then accepted the invitation of Graz, where they live today. The part of her diary and his article about the current events was completed during immigration.

Cimafiejeva’s notes remind people that although candidates are in jail and banned assemblies, there is still hope before the election. The female trio Tichanowskaja / Kolesnikowa / Zepkalo was celebrated by crowds like pop stars and voted for people in festive costumes, as if to protect themselves through beauty. But the “astronauts”-armored policemen from the Ormont species-looked like insidious aliens even before the vote, and randomly arrested, preferably, young male passers-by. However, after anger at the obvious election fraud in August last year, the initiative was initially put forward by peaceful demonstrators who took the “art of the regime” to the streets and took to the streets with a series of hematoma and disfigured body photos, and passed Sing together and encourage each other.

In October, the poet participated in a conspiracy performance by the Kupala Theater troops, they almost completely informed them, and now they are playing in a black sweatshirt-in order to put on prison uniforms to prevent them from being arrested. Cimafiejeva’s brother was arrested shortly before they left. Fortunately, he was not beaten and fined. The poet felt more guilty for the safety of her Austrian compatriots in exile. In solidarity with political prisoners, she shaved her head like a former Belarusian student. She wrote letters to Belarusian prisoners she didn’t know, and she didn’t know whether her mail would reach the recipient.

Bacharevič wrote “Cyrillic”, which may be Eastern Slavic fascism in the 21st century, in which the authorities used the methods they read from German and European fascist textbooks to oppress their own people. For high salaries and safe social welfare, armed men hunt down unarmed compatriots. The Belarusian regime rhetorically reversed the situation based on the principle of a child-like return to coach, and described its accusers as true fascists. The brave turban willingly repeated the slogan. Bacharevič knew from his own childhood and his own sadomasochistic fantasies that enjoying unrestricted and immoral exercise of power, an intoxicating and awakening beast, is the essence of fascism.