For the past year, he and his father Vitalij have been hiding out in Sweden’s Minsk embassy to avoid persecution by Belarus authorities. The two men arrived at the embassy on September 11, 2020, to request political asylum. Belarus security forces face off anti-Lukashenko protestersBelarusian authorities later charged the two men with threatening and using violence against police officers. Drosdov says his clients have remained in the Swedish embassy for the past year out of fear Belarusian authorities will arrest and torture them. ___Main Image: The Swedish embassy in Minsk
