I am Vladimir Mikhalko, a former political prisoner. I served a year and two months in jail for “insulting Lukashenko”. While I was in the colony, the tax office looked for “violations” on me and wrote a fine of 20,000 rubles.
After my release the police often came to me with threats and checks. They gave me “twenty-four hours” for “extremism”. If I didn't get a job, they threatened to lock me up again. But it is very hard to find a job for a “political” person. So I decided to flee the country.
Now I'm safe, but without a penny of money and no idea what to do next.
How much is needed?
1250 € — rent for the first months, medical services (my health was undermined in the colony), to buy food and clothes (I left urgently in one tracksuit).