Interview questions - Belarus

25 years after Chernobyl the Belarussian parliament agreed [1] with Moscow on a new nuclear power plant (NPP) in Ostrovets which is currently beeing built.

Questions (21)

  • Your politicians can't get enough radiation or what is going on. Please give us a short overview on the nuclear situation in Belarus.
  • How was the reception of official plans in the public so far?
  • Nuclear lifecycle costs - mining, preparation treatment, construction and management of facilites, the unsolved storage issue - are immense compared to the amount of energy produced in a NPP's lifetime. For whom does it make sense and why?
  • What did you try to prevent the NPP already and what is your current strategy?
  • What was the reaction of the atomic lobby and who is it actually?
  • In November 2011 the head of Viasna has been arrested, the foundation of NGOs is limited and we see brutal repression like during "Chernobil march 2013". “Nothing to hide” doesn’t seem to be the most clever strategy?
  • On August 30th 2010 the russian embassy in Minsk has been attacked with molotov cocktails. How did repression change since then?
  • Have you ever been targeted by the state and how do you protect yourself?
  • Is there any training on secure activism and what should people be aware of expressing their opinion publicly and online? What do you recommend others (not) to do?
  • Since 1998 the internet government was steadily strengthened to track all credit card transactions, e-mail messages and web use [2]. Do you use end-to-end encryption tools and how can people contact you securely?
  • In the last months it became evident that western intelligence agencies soak up nearly the whole internet traffic for later analysis and even arranged cooperations with major web services. Do you still feel safe about using gmail?
  • The known technology sorm [2] will be used to record 'all communication' during the Olympic Winter games in February [3]. Beginning with July 2014 russian internet providers will cache all traffic at least 24 hours. What will you change?
  • In german debates the question of violence is a highly vexed topic. Should be direct actions always be non-violant and what criteria do you propose?
  • On the other hand many activists here promote the strict boycott of parliamentary politics like elections and petitions. What should people know about international conventions and what potential do you see in using them to stop nuclear power?
  • What was the most remarkable experience during your activist lifetime?
  • Let us talk about Ostrovets NPP. Which technical details are important to know about it?
  • The next capital, Vilnius, is 25 km away. People there are not supposed to be happy about it. Are they aware of the risks?
  • What kind of reaction do you wish by affected neighbour countries like Latvia and Lithuania?
  • Is there anything you want to add about your (recent and future) work?
  • In what way could people around Europe and especially readers of the gruenes blatt support you?
  • What will would tell Alexander Lukaschenko if you meet him personally?

Responses (0)

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1 www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Ostr...
2 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SORM
3 www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/06/r...