Evgeny Rubashko: «Today is my 300th day in prison captivity»

Anarchist and political prisoner Evgeny Rubashko wrote this letter on May 25, his 300th day of incarceration. A month earlier he had been sentenced to 5 years in a penal colony for his views and beliefs.

"Today in the Mogilev prison, for the first time in this time, I ate ice cream and drank tomato juice. Today, as never before, I was surprised by the visit of a lawyer with news from loved ones, because it turned out to come faster than the first letter that has not reached here yet. Today I looked with my own eyes at last-summ Warsaw and at a selfie with my brother in Copenhagen. Today I found out that my code was included in the release of one of the openEngiadina projects.

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Today I'm reading my first technical book in prison on the Ocaml language, along with Japanese folk tales and Ales Razanav's storypoems. Today I found out that I have a new book by Oksana Timofeeva with wishes written for me. Today we have 4 states: under occupation, in exile, in prison and at war. Today, again, it was an awkward and gratifying realization that I have a lot of support from the outside, which most of my cellmates cannot boast of. Today I feel close to many of you. It's so clear today, fluff and wasps are flying, and cigarette smoke and bars on the windows can't cope with the warm May air. Today I feel just as sad because of the terms given for article 328 (illegal transportation of substances). Today I started doing push-ups again and did not start smoking.

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This morning they no longer "promised" and did not "walk with me in my native Lviv", no one “kissed my memories and promised hope without love”. Today, my cellie prophesies again a war this summer on the territory of Belarus. Today I am a political prisoner and I remember Vitold Ashurok, because to fight means to remember. Today is my 300th day of captivity".

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Address for letters and postcards:

IK №2 (otryad 14). ulica Sikorskogo, 1, Bobrujsk, Belarus, 213800
Evgeny Aleхandrovich Rubashko

Write online using the form on the @abcbelarus website: abc-belarus.org/?page_id=8682&

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