
MOSCOW, 17 May (BelTA) – BelTA’s exhibition Parallel Worlds, which opened at the Business and Cultural Center of the Belarusian Embassy in Russia on 16 May, is an example of honest journalism, journalist, member of the European Parliament for Latvia in 2014-2019 Andrei Mamykin told the media, BelTA has learned.

“We are living in the times when it is extremely hard to do honest journalism, to simply take photos and say that this is a photo fact, to simply listen to all opinions and convey them, without twisting them, to your reader or viewer. BelTA has always followed this principle, although sometimes it was hard. If we recall the events of August 2020, sometimes it was physically dangerous for journalists,” Andrei Mamykin said.
“All we see in the exhibition are ironclad facts, moments caught by the reporter's eye that now seem like history. Back then it no one knew until the last moment how it would end. I do not know what is the pivotal point here. Probably, it is the unique Belarusian character, diligence, patience and commitment to the Motherland. Fortunately, everything turned out to be as it should have been: the law prevailed and the order was restored. I come to Belarus with a feeling of envy and ask myself why you are so lucky to have President Lukashenko, why there is no second Lukashenko, for example, in Latvia,” the former member of the European Parliament said.



The Parallel Worlds project features 18 posters which depict the footage from the news agency's archives and documents of the Belarusian State Archive of Cine, Photo and Audio Records, which reflect two worlds: the world of the state which is creation and development and the world of the opposition that is destruction and degradation. The exhibition was first showcased on the viewing platform of the National Library. The exhibition was visited by more than 8,000 people in a span of five days. Then, the project was on display at Minsk Automobile Plant, Belarusian State University, the Presidential Library of Belarus, and Stolitsa Shopping Mall. Now the exhibition is on show in Russia.

