A “Young Front” activist, known for his active participation in the defense of Kurapaty, admitted that he had signed the documents on secret cooperation with the KGB.
In an open letter published on social networks, Palcheuski disclosed details of how the KGB forced him to cooperate:
“On the first interrogation, when I was taken to the central KGB office, I spoke with two KGB agents. I didn’t have a lawyer. They immediately demanded that I told them something about the “case of patriots”. I refused. Then they started to blackmail me.
I was threatened with criminal prosecution and additional time in prison for the traffic accident with my participation. In February 2017 I hit a woman pedestrian crossing the road. Thank God, the woman had nothing broken, but the damage to her health was deemed as less serious, and for this, if the victim wished so, I can be prosecuted.
I was also threatened with some intimate details of my personal life being made public. Honestly, I did not quite understand what was going on. Now I remember that a few days before the arrest, some people contacted me in “VKontakte”, they told me that they knew that I was gay and I offered me to open up in a “confidential conversation”. I blocked them, but if KGB perverts wonder, today I confess: I’m not gay.
In conclusion, I was threatened with “special treatment” in prison.
In spite of the blackmail and the fact that I did not conduct any criminal activity, I do not know any secrets — I decided to testify. After we talked privately, the KGB agents requested that I repeated all this with a lawyer present and gave me a cooperation note to sign. Under the pseudonym of “Artur” I signed a co-operation note with the KGB, thinking that I would tell my friends about that once I was free. Today, I repent this act before God and men. If someone condemns me for what I did, I believe that everyone has every right to do so”.
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