I absolutely can't understand what's fuss is about. They can leave for the free world flying through Russia - if they are not arrested yet in Belarus proper, th

I absolutely can't understand what's fuss is about. They can leave for the free world flying through Russia - if they are not arrested yet in Belarus proper, they won't arrested in Russia either - or if they are too afraid of Belarus border crossing they can just take a train - regional trains sell tickets without showing a passport, you can even get on a random small station without a ticket and buy it from a conductor while onboard, this is officially allowed. So if your phone is off, you have a decent chance to make it even the police or siloviki/tikhari are after you. If they are not afraid of border crossing, they can fly to Georgia, which is openly anti-Russian: once they are in Georgia, they are free, and Georgia has great air connection with the outside world. My parents spent a life in Soviet Union and i also remember it quite well, and if making a connection flight instead of flying direct is too much in your fight for freedom, sorry, you don't want freedom enough. Also, Putin understands very well that Lukashenka has gone completely nuts and he's not playing his game. For all the bad things about Russia, at least Putin is not crazy. It is highly unlikely for Belarusian political activists to be arrested in Russia and deported - everything connected with Belarus already stinks enough so that Putin tries to have as little in common with it as possible without officially abandoning it. Correction: apparently any international regional trains where you can go without showing a passport, are cancelled. So safest way is flying through Moscow: there is no passport control on flights to Russia, although one needs to show passport to buy a ticket still, of course. I have no idea what is the situation now on the land border: it used to be possible to just drive through it, but apparently it's no longer the case due to corona, at least you get your passport checked (while not stamped).