«Pretty cool!» Vinogradov published how much money and assistance he received as a freed political prisoner
«And something tells me that other diasporas don't have anything close to this», the ex-political prisoner wrote on his Telegram channel.
«Hello everyone, ladies and gentlemen! Do they help political prisoners or not? And if they do, how? Do they steal or not? Now I'll tell you what a deported political prisoner receives.
- 1000 euros from "Baysol". If more is collected, then more. I got 2500, I think.
- Three months of living in a shelter. Food is provided there, and you can get clothes and personal hygiene items.
- 1500 for housing rent after the shelter.
- Full body check-up and subsequent treatment. Necessary medications for six months in advance.
- Dentistry. The penitentiary system really messed up my teeth. But there were people whose all teeth were restored. Everything paid for.
- Groceries. For 9 months, I was brought groceries worth 880 euros.
- Phone. New.
- Payment for education/retraining for a profession. Language courses. Payment for driver's license training (if I'm not mistaken).
- 300 euros for buying clothes.
- Sanatorium. 2000 euros per person, I think.
- Summer camps for children.
- Ten sessions with a psychotherapist.
- A mentor who, if needed, will lead you everywhere by the hand and show you everything.
- You can come to "Dapamoga" (Aid/Help) and get groceries and more there.
- One hundred percent sure I forgot something else.
This is the basic minimum. If someone didn't get something from this, then either the person didn't apply, or something terrible happened.
I personally don't know anyone who wasn't given something from this.
If you exist, tell us about yourself in the comments under the post, and we will decide «who is telling the truth and who is not».
This is about the deported. Now about those who are imprisoned.
- Payment for parcels/care packages.
- Payment for a lawyer.
- Payment for fines.
- Payment for medical parcels.
But the trick here is that you need to apply for this, and you are in Belarus. I can only say one thing here: keep your receipts - and everything will work out for you.
Everything above applies to all political prisoners and deportees. This even applies to those who worked (or are working) for the cops (which, in my opinion, is a rather controversial decision, but it is what it is).
There are lucky ones, like me, who are members of BAJ, for example. There are lucky ones (again, like me) who had a normal job, for example, "Belsat". There are lucky ones (wouldn't you know it, me again!) whom people simply know.
There are no supernatural sums there, but the help is tangible, for which I thank them all very much. They have greatly simplified my life.
Why am I writing this at all? Because I believe that the assistance to political prisoners is at a pretty cool level. At least, I not only haven't seen anything like this before - I haven't even heard of it! And something tells me that other diasporas don't have anything close to it.
And the people who do this somehow get too much criticism on their collars. Even for our modern standards.
Rays of good to you, guys and gals, from grateful gangsters," Pavel Vinogradov summarized.