Belarusian cheesemaker Yulia Bachurinskaya (L) and her husband Alexei Kuchko pose for a picture in the kitchen on their farm in the village of Balazowka, Lesser Poland region, on June 25, 2024. Yulia Bachurinskaya on a farm in Poland makes cheese with her husband, Alexei Kuchko, as the couple is unable to continue their life in Belarus, a former Soviet republic allied to Russia. The couple fled their home country due to the repression targeting all critics of the regime. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)