“The boy's father, Ilya Skavronski, told RFE/RL's Russian Service that his son has been under treatment for speech defects for several years and that "his therapist advised him to recite poetry publicly" as part of his treatment.”
Serhiy Zhadan said on February 11 that he was in Minsk to attend a poetry festival but was ordered to leave on the basis of a 2015 Russian entry ban that accused him of "involvement in terrorism." Zhadan said police and Belarusian KGB agents entered his hotel room while he was sleeping at about 2 a.
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