Andrzej Poczobut to return to Belarus for permanent residence in December

Andrzej Poczobut, in an interview with "Rzeczpospolita", announced that he would return to Belarus in December. The journalist also spoke about the visit of a Belarusian policeman to his home in Hrodna when he visited the country in September, writes Reform.news.

He stated that he intends to stay in Belarus permanently.

"Such a decision has been there from the very beginning. I've been saying this all the time. I'm returning to Belarus in December," he declared. "Of course, my family would like me to stay in Poland. My parents too. At the same time, they understand my motives and know that I am such a person."

During the conversation, Andrzej Poczobut spoke about his September trip. First of all, he went to Hrodna, where his home is located.

"No acquaintances. It had never happened to me before to walk through the city center and not meet a single acquaintance. But now it was exactly like that. When I finally saw someone I knew, he was very surprised by my presence. I was also surprised to meet him because I had already got used to not having acquaintances. To this emptiness," he said.

According to him, "today it's easier to meet acquaintances from Hrodna or Minsk on the street in Białystok, Warsaw, and even Vilnius."

Poczobut also spoke about the visit of a representative of Belarusian law enforcement agencies to his apartment in Hrodna.

"It was immediately after my arrival. A policeman came to our apartment with a video recorder on. Everything was official. Where I work, how long I will be in Belarus. I answered that I had just arrived. I didn't want to answer questions. In general, in such situations, I try to speak as little as possible. He left, then returned and said that I should report to the police station on Thursday. He asked if I would come. I answered: 'Of course'. I am a person who respects the law, contrary to what they have written about me in their papers," the journalist said.

The next day he received a phone call saying that he did not need to come to the station after all.

The journalist also talked about what he is forbidden to do in Belarus.

"I am not allowed to have a mobile phone. As an extremist and terrorist, I cannot own one. At first, I went to re-register my old number, which was registered to my wife, in my name. It was re-registered, but after three calls, the number stopped working. I went to clarify the situation and found out that I am not entitled to it," he said.

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