After five years in prison, the opposition person Tikhanovsky says.

Sergei Tikhanovsky hasn’t spoken for more than five years.

At that time, he received lonely confinement in Belarusi Belarus Prison, a bold Beller Location to be bold.

Now the opposition blogger is free, and the words flow to him too fast and he struggles to keep his thoughts sometimes.

Sergei said when we met in Billnius shortly after his surprise release, “The limit of speaking was the most difficult.”

“When you can’t say anything or use it, you can’t talk to others, you are just trapped in the cell. It’s not a limit to exercise, it’s the hardest thing.”

Sergei was now erased with 13 other political criminals after the US delegation almost visited Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus’ authoritarian ruler.

When I asked about the reunion with his family, Serge raised his hands and cried.

His daughter was only four years old when he was arrested.

“She didn’t recognize me.” He finally managed after a long pause. “Then she threw herself into my arm and we hugged for a long time.”

The change in the century after the arrest is shocking.

In 2020 he had a reserve and a beard. Now his face under his nearest shave growls. He spent a few weeks in the punishment cells, saying he lost almost 60kg (132 pounds) in prison.

Sergei said, “physically half of the size and half of the weight.” But my mind was not broken. Maybe it’s stronger. “

“I only heard about the crime of this regime, but now I saw them and we must fight it.”

Until last week, Sergei Tikhanovsky was one of the most famous political prisoners in Belarus.

Before the presidential election in 2020, he photographed a frank interview on people’s complaints and problems and developed a big Youtube.

Then he shook a huge slippers and tried to register the Belarusians to “stop the cockroach.”

Sergei explained, “I was using opportunities to show that it was impossible to win democratically in Belarus.” “I wanted to show that the election was fake and they arrested me.”

When his wife, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, ran to her place, she attracted many people. After Lukashenko insisted on another mysterious victory, the crowds soon became a protest and soon became massive arrest.

In prison, Sergei was constantly selected for malicious treatment, like other famous figures.

“I’ve been completely isolated for the last two and a half years. I’ve never got a single letter for almost three years. They’ve been not called for almost three years,” he said.

He could not see the priest.

“They will say: you will die in prison. We will continue to extend your time and you will not go out.”

In order to make matters worse, Sergei was often sent to the punishment cell for the lined spider webs on the walls.

“This cell can be 3-2 meters, including holes on the floor of the bathroom,” he recalls. “There is no mattress, no sheets and no pillows.”

He had to get up every night, keep it warm with squats and sit -ups, and then lie down on the wooden floor until his arms and legs were confiscated.

To cope, he had to empty his brain about all his thoughts about his family and friends.

“You have to put it on one side,” he said. “If you think about how they are doing, you won’t survive.”

It was when Sergei began to think in August.

At that time, the deputy chief started traveling to prison, and political prisoners wrote a letter to the dictator and asked for his forgiveness as Sergei said.

Lukashenko suddenly was eager to be merciful and dozens of people were released.

Other big names, such as Sergei, Viktor Babaryka and Maria Kolesnikova, were never listed.

But he never entertained the idea of ​​a confession and even tried to return to his children.

“I’m not a crime,” he explained. “So it will be the betrayal of everyone who is in charge.”

And last week, the United States went in.

When Keith Kellogg, a special envoy, traveled to MINSK for mediation for American citizens in prison, he also appeared in Sergei.

In the case of Lukashenko, the meeting with Kellogg was a diplomatic victory.

He was rejected by Western countries since he suppressed peaceful protests in 2020.

His active support for Russia in Ukrainian invasion further isolated.

Sergei explained what Lukashenko obtained to liberate some of the prisoners, “Now Lukashenko has shown that some cooperation began and the conversation with the United States has begun.

“The price was the price: the beginning of contact with him. Because no one participated.”

Sergei does not want all other political prisoners to be released. There are more than 1,000 people.

He sheds tears and explains about meeting “old man” who has been revealed as a young friend beyond the recent recognition of prison.

Sergei said, “I will give anything to take them all.” We think we should pay any price, but I don’t want them to withdraw all sanctions. “

Sergei’s wife, the opposition leader, is happy to return with her and her children. But Svetlana says she is paying attention to the next American movement.

“We can’t soften sanctions until the oppression stops completely,” she insisted. “If 14 people are released, 28 people were immediately detained in Belarus. Lukashenko has no change in policy.”

Sergei’s first freedom is a whirlpool of activities. He met, speeches, and thanked Donald Trump. He also followed the lost time with his children.

But how is his ambition? Finally, when he and svetlana were together, she was a housewife and he was a political person. So can there be tension?

Sergey argued that “I have no claim for her role.” “I don’t need. Democrats Belarusi are needed.”