Punk Rock v. Europe’s Last Dictator

<p>For the better part of a year Belarus’s authoritarian leader has sought to crush dissent by any means necessary -- including forcing a commercial plane to land in order to arrest a 26-year old journalist. We hear from rebellious punk rocker, Igor Bancer, about life under Europe’s last dictator.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This episode was reported and produced by Stephanie Brown.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>VICE News Reports is hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/adrs?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Arielle Duhaime-Ross</a> and produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca, Julia Nutter, and Sayre Quevedo. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Steph Brown, Sam Eagan, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio.</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>