In light of the ongoing wave of anti-regime protests in Belarus, Football Supporters Europe (FSE) recently spoke to Ingo Petz. Ingo is an FSE staff member, freelance journalist, founder of Fankurve Ost, and an expert on Belarusian politics and civil society.
We discussed the origins of the protests, their relationship to football, and the involvement of fans.
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