AutuchovichMikalai Autukhovich, the martyr figure of the Belarusian derailed private business, has now been holding a hunger strike for 43 (sic!) days, the last three of which he even refused to drink water.
Autukhovich is accused of nonpayment of taxes and, if sentences, can spend up to six years in prison. The businessman pleads not guilty and sees the real reason for his detention in his struggle against the corrupt bureaucratic system. Announcing a dry hunger strike, Autukhovich said that in case of its tragic ending, this would be a political murder committed by the authorities.