Andrei Sannikau: I do not know in what world I am now!

Euroradio has phoned Andrei Sannikau when he was heading for Minsk from Vitsebsk.

Euroradio: It was impossible to contact you when you were in Syarhei Parsyukevich’s flat in Vitsebsk – journalists kept phoning you. Did you manage to talk to your wife and son?

Andrei Sannіkau: Of course, I phoned my wife, mother and son in the first place.

Euroradio: How did you son react to you voice?

Andrei Sannіkau: You know, we have not seen each other for 16 months. That is why he… I do not know how he reacted. But he said that he was a bit embarrassed. And I understand him.

Euroradio: You wife has commented on the news about your release: “I will not believe it until I see him free!” Did she finally believe when you phoned her?

Andrei Sannіkau: I have similar feelings. Until I reach home… I do not know in what world I am now!

Euroradio: But your friends and colleagues are near and you must feel that something has changed, mustn’t you?

Andrei Sannіkau: Of course, something has changed. But I have not understood it yet and I do not feel anything special at the moment.

Euroradio: What would you like to see at home? What ordinary things?

Andrei Sannіkau: I want to reach my home in the first place. I do not think about it. I’d like to hug my wife, son and mother. Everything else is secondary.

Euroradio: You have been released because you pled for mercy… What affected it?

Andrei Sannіkau: I would not like to comment on anything now, okay? Not now.