{"id":528080,"date":"2026-03-25T08:13:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T05:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=528080"},"modified":"2026-03-25T08:54:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T05:54:40","slug":"rzeczpospolita-names-possible-conditions-set-by-minsk-for-poczobut-s-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/rzeczpospolita-names-possible-conditions-set-by-minsk-for-poczobut-s-release","title":{"rendered":"Rzeczpospolita Names Possible Conditions Set by Minsk for Poczobut\u2019s Release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita<\/a> has named possible conditions that Minsk is putting to Warsaw for the release of political prisoner Andrzej Poczobut<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Several of the newspaper\u2019s unrelated sources confirmed that Poczobut\u2019s surname was on the lists of political prisoners whose release the Americans had requested.<\/p>\n

“And each time the Belarusian side crossed out his surname. In Minsk they say this is \u2018a different matter\u2019 that should be resolved within the framework of negotiations between Belarus and Poland,”<\/i> the article quotes one source involved in the process of securing the release of Belarusian political prisoners as saying.<\/p>\n

According to the newspaper, the Polish side has been making efforts to secure Poczobut\u2019s release ever since his detention in Belarus. In particular, Rzeczpospolita says the issue was raised during the visit of Poland\u2019s former president Andrzej Duda<\/b> to China. The newspaper also links the opening by the Polish government of two border crossing points on the frontier with Belarus to efforts to secure Poczobut\u2019s release. Another signal to Minsk was the \u201cquiet\u201d relocation of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya<\/b> to Warsaw so as not to “irritate the dictator.”<\/i><\/p>\n

A “well-informed source”<\/i> told the newspaper that one of Minsk\u2019s conditions is the resumption of political dialogue.<\/p>\n

“They are expecting a visit by a Polish politician to Minsk at a rank no lower than deputy minister and are counting on the resumption of political contacts. Poczobut today is the dictator\u2019s hostage. But even such a visit would not guarantee success. The situation is very difficult because the war continues, and Belarus is taking part in it on Russia\u2019s side,”<\/i> the newspaper quotes the source as saying.<\/p>\n

Rzeczpospolita writes that this was also confirmed by a source “linked to the Lukashenka regime”<\/i>: Minsk is counting on such a visit, and Poczobut\u2019s release will depend on political dialogue. It should be noted that propagandist Yury Vaskrasienski<\/b> has repeatedly said publicly that Poczobut could be released if Poland\u2019s foreign minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski<\/b> came personally<\/a> to collect him.<\/p>\n

Another “well-briefed”<\/i> source told the newspaper that he sees “light at the end of the tunnel.”<\/i><\/p>\n

“We hope it is not an approaching train, but the way out of this tunnel as well,”<\/i> his words are quoted as saying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita has named possible conditions that Minsk is putting to Warsaw for the release of political prisoner Andrzej Poczobut. Several of the newspaper\u2019s unrelated sources confirmed that Poczobut\u2019s surname was on the lists of political prisoners whose release the Americans had requested. “And each time the Belarusian side crossed out his surname. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":492631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69c378a416b33.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Rzeczpospolita Names Possible Conditions Set by Minsk for Poczobut\u2019s Release"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143090],"tags":[143118,143248],"class_list":["post-528080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-politics","tag-belarus","tag-polsha"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}