Emily Tamkin in Washington DC and Ido Vock in Berlin are joined by Belarusian journalist Tadeusz Giczan to discuss the situation in Belarus after the athlete Krystina Timanovskaya evaded an apparant kidnap attempt by the regime after criticising her olympic commitee after a muxup during the Tokyo 2020 olympics. As she arrives in Poland on a humanitarian visa, they discuss what western governments could do to put pressure on the regime.Then they answer a listener's question on what can be done to about Belarus escorting Iraqi migrants into the EU.If you have a question for You Ask Us, email podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk Read more: The US withdrawal from Afghanistan is advancing quickly – but so is the Taliban Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.