MINSK (Reuters) - The Belarussian recipient of the Nobel prize for literature charged Russia on Thursday with carrying out an "invasion" of Ukraine by backing separatists in its eastern regions.
Author Svetlana Alexievich, who was awarded the prize for her portrayal of life in the former Soviet Union, said she had wept when she saw photographs of those shot dead during street protests in Kiev in February 2014 against a Moscow-leaning president.
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