I do my bit to Khashchavetskiy about how uncomfortable it feels to be a privileged visitor watching his film with him, knowing that soon I'll be on a plane home, where I can publicly call the prime minister a liar and a criminal if I want to.

He lights up another Belarusian Kent and says, "The fact that you can call your prime minister a liar and a criminal is not his virtue, it is your virtue, the virtue of your people. I hope you can come back to Minsk and we'll be able to watch the film together in a huge cinema hall, even if it's just the two of us."