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It focuses on Belarusian prisoners, and its title is a play on words combining \u201czek,\u201d a Russian slang word for \u201cinmate,\u201d and \u201cThe Decameron,\u201d the title of a book by Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio. <\/p>\n<p>Maksim Znak, born in 1981, is serving a 10 year sentence on charges believed to be politically motivated. He was a legal adviser to presidential hopeful Viktar Babaryka\u2019s campaign in the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 1, BPN. 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