"People, I didn't appreciate you. It seemed to me that you were just rare fools and slobs - until I ended up in a strict regime prison." Former political prisoner Pavel Vinahradau told Belsat what and whom he missed most behind bars.
1. The first point is banally obvious, but no less true for it: family. Before I decided to stay in Belarus, despite the criminal case already opened against me, I received "approval" for serving time from everyone whose opinion on the matter interested me. Almost everyone. The only person who didn't give me this "approval" was my son. At the time of my detention, he wasn't even three years old. Sometimes I wanted to howl because I couldn't tell him something, teach him something, or just hug him at the right moment.
2. The Internet. I don't know about you, ladies and gentlemen, but I spend most of my days online. For me, it's a great value that I can find out practically anything within 10 seconds. Find the right contact - easy! Entertain myself all day - even easier. I'm one of those people who doesn't leave the confines of home without a good reason. Why? Why, when His Majesty the Internet is at home?
3. My social circle. People, I didn't appreciate you. It seemed to me that you were just rare fools and slobs - until I ended up in a strict regime prison. Oh-oh-oh, there's truly a special contingent sitting there. Not everyone can read. Even fewer can write.
One day, a man came to me to get a postcard. Mickey Mouse was drawn on the postcard. And, surprisingly, 'Mickey Mouse' was also written there. When he asked me "What's written here?", I laughed, thinking he was joking. But he wasn't joking.
4. Fried food. Other 'gastronomic drugs' like salty, sweet, fatty, and smoked foods can be obtained. If your surname is Vinahradau, it will be a bit difficult, but still possible. But fried food... mmm... A couple of times I was lucky and got fried fish in Vawkavysk. And once, one inmate promised to give me his portion of fried fish and then betrayed me. Robert, you scoundrel, I remember you!
5. The ability to simply walk forward and not run into a wall. For everyone who hasn't been imprisoned: this is not a value at all. It's something self-evident. A basic option, like oxygen. But for inmates, this is a big deal! Then, of course, you get used to your maximum being four steps in one direction (for Autukhovich, by the way, such a luxury as four steps is not always available), but the desire to go wherever your eyes look never disappears.
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