Will I be arrested if I come to Belarus? Is it safe? Q&A

[@IrishPartizan]

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[@strangetimes4591]

Meet you this christmas holiday on a stalovaya. I was the swedish dude saying hello. Love your content and your based personality. Keep it up. 👍

[@mrmrsbinbulgaria1298]

The wife and I have just done a month driving around Belarus in a foreign number plated car. Border crossing from Poland ( Ok took 8 hours ) but no problems what so ever. Everyone was so friendly. The cleanest and safest country we have ever been to. ( on country 57 ) Was not stopped at any time by any police whilst driving around. Beautiful country ! Highly recommend 😀

[@hitrends7351]

With all my hands I support the idea that the country is wonderful (nature, people, etc.) There's a legend in BY that the God granted it with all the best but for balance they received bad government.

[@AbdulAli-ku9he]

I have been to Minsk and Brest. Love it. Nice to see you mate.

[@ericgoingoverseas5064]

Yes, having been to Belarus many times. Safer there than Chicago or any other city in USA. ...

[@ingemarsmit4840]

Да.

[@sherryviera5696]

There are over 19,500 cities in the US. Most of them are safer than Chicago, lol. Good grief. Is Belarus recruiting Simple Simon's? 😂

[@ericgoingoverseas5064]

@sherryviera5696 It's very clear your definition of " City" is somewhat different from mine. Perhaps, In reality, this illusion of yours being the only possibility...... Says more about your own ideas and personality than my own. Though I doubt that ever even crossed your mind. Lol 😁

[@jamesgraham446]

If Chicago is your bar.....the gates of hell would seem pleasant

[@ryangreen9770]

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[@Cyco666]

Good to see you on my feed again 👍

[@wolfgangwodtke2375]

Another good and informative video. Thanks!

[@allfasten]

As a Russian having lived half of my life in The States I'd have to say that it was a lot easier for me to learn English than it usually would be for a Westerner to learn Russian. For me it meant going from complexity to simplicity and for an English speaker it would be the other way around. Vocabulary would probably be the easiest part, then comes the grammar - alot tougher....and then you meet conjugation. At this point if you thinking about jumping out the window let me just comfort you by saying that you're not alone. Greetings from St.Petersburg!

[@jameskeane9721]

Very underrated channel. May the algorithm overlords be kind to you Niall.

[@brianquinn5060]

plenty to ponder in this video ,thanks loved it.

[@IrishPartizan]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@AndreiRynhel]

Great video buddy!

[@kevinsview93]

I feel safer walking on the streets in Belarus than here in the US. I highly doubt I'll be robbed walking down the street, clean with no trash or bums and crackheads roaming the parks and streets. Myself and my fiancee walked the park in Mogilev near the dnipro river at night, almost 23:00. Families waking, clean, well lit, and safe. I even played an airsoft game at a stand that was open. People were renting scooters and riding having fun. I suggest people to visit and see for themselves.

[@modstrom3502]

I have booked a trip to BY now on Friday. I will fly from Istanbul on 30 days visa free visit. I am swedish citizen. I will be totally honest and please give me serious answer only. My intuition is strong, it says that it's not so smart to enter BY now. Considering that Sweden probabpy will join Nato next month. I am alone traveler and male. Last thing I want is to be arrested for no reason. I read both media, info from government and channels like these ones. It's so difficult to now what to do. "It's fine, media tells propaganda, come to Belarus it's safe, don't be afraid" are not good enough answers. I need to know clearly what can and has happened to foreigns, how does checkpoints at border work? How high is a risk to be controlled by police and so? These are serious things. But stil so difficult to find any info about.

[@rostomer4854]

well, i can tell only from my perspective of a belarussian citizen. but as far as i know you'll be allright if you'll not do anything stupid and break the law. read carefully what can you take with you to Belarus (as far as i know only drugs, guns and nifes are strictly forbidden). and you'll be fine. our media lover stories about foreign provocators, but i haven't heard anything like this for a long-long time. it should be safe for you to travel to Belarus, if you aren't hardcore Ukraine or west supporter and you'll not do any political staff. from other sides it is very safe here, and locals will be happy to meet you.

[@natalliasanders9697]

I spent last week in Minsk. I enjoyed my trip a lot. The city is absolutely safe, people are very friendly, I haven't seen many policemen on the street. The border officers were friendly as well. It usually takes two minutes, they ask common questions: what is the reason of your trip, where are you going to stay and how long. That´s it.

[@modstrom3502]

Thanks for answers. 🙏

[@котопес-ж7ы]

Не очкуй

[@michaeldrechfachs1547]

Mogilev! Yet another slept-on place in Belarus! Man, that travel itinerary to Belarus is steadily expanding. Thank you for your work introducing your second home country to your viewership!

[@robertbrazier5028]

nice vid Irish Partizan. I was in Brest for 3 weeks in July/ August- the kvass street vendors seem to have disappeared so nice to see they still operate elsewhere 🙂

[@Henry_Jones]

Great vid thanks!

[@10lauset]

Cheers to you from Edmonton Alberta Canada.

[@rjames3981]

Aha! Good point. Belarus far far safer than the average US city. Probably UK and Ireland too. Nice! Keep them videos coming 👌

[@IrishPartizan]

Thanks! Will do!

[@Alina_Rains]

as a resident of Mogilev, I can advise you to stay at the Atrium Hotel. Not expensive, comfortable hotel. The best in the city. Plus, you can stay in the spa area all day without a time limit. And if you get bored, you can, for example, go bowling at the Mainland shopping center. Or visit a nice Monument to the policemen who died during the defense of Mogilev in 1941. Have a nice holiday in our city 👍

[@garyweaver5512]

If you allow, Atrium is a ridiculously expensive, overpriced hotel, for Belarusians at least. One can get top-notch quality at half that price at Mogilev hotel, for example. And no need to overpay.

[@DaBossIsHere]

Hello, French embassy did the same a year and few months ago, asking all residents to leave immediately... However, most French people I know living in Belarus didn't move (rightly so). Since that alert, I resided two months in Minsk last summer and am currently in Mogilev for summer and autumn...nothing to be scared of so far. Greetings for the video in Mogilev, good to see so many familiar places!

[@ttsrg]

It is really nice when foreign man tell about unknown beautiful country.

[@josephhudson8829]

Ty for the vid Partizan

[@JuanMarkkos]

привет! I was in Belarus, not only in Minsk, I visited several countries, also visited Brest and Vitebsk. It was in 2019, i liked the country. Now, I am from Spain, you can enter with no visa only entrying from Minsk airport and up to 30 days, the difference is there no direct flights, but you can go there through Istambul (Turkey), and then from Turkey to Minsk. Also you can go to Moscow, and then from Moscow to Minsk (be aware you need in this case visa for Russia!), and if have problem to go to Belarus? Since you don't protest of whatever, you have no problems and follow Belarusian rules stricly. I would like to visit again and visit Grodno, Gomel, Moguilev, Orsha... and ... what Irish Partizan suggest me! :) пока ! Greetings from Spain

[@eirikaseirikas4388]

I think u are stupid idiot

[@Cyco666]

I miss BELAVIA

[@IrishPartizan]

They'll be back shortly.

[@kevinsview93]

I'm American, and I've been to Belarus several times. I was there back in July also. I've been to Minsk and Mogilev. I can say Belarus is safe, clean and beautiful. Ignore the Western propaganda. They don't want people to see the truth.

[@brutto_minsk]

tell it to my friends who are in jail. because they were against the dictatorship. my ex-girlfriend was a human rights activist, she was jailed for 7 years. but for you, yes, this is a safe country, my white Master 💁

[@kevinsview93]

@@brutto_minskIf someone commits a crime, then there are consequences to face. American isn't innocent. We also have political prisoners. What else you got? 😂

[@kevinsview93]

@@brutto_minsk I have never had a problem when I come to Belarus. From the moment I cross the border, they're polite to me, and when I walk the streets I haven't been mauled in the streets by the KGB. I've always had a great time in Belarus, and I will continue to come back! 🇧🇾❤️

[@brutto_minsk]

@@kevinsview93 according to your logic, the government of Belarus should be in prison? then, according to their laws, they face the death penalty for torture. if you want justice and respect for rights in Belarus, the dictatorial government will put you in jail 😅

[@brutto_minsk]

@@kevinsview93 I see you do not understand anything at all what is happening in Belarus

[@Apollonia19]

Thank you for getting things straight. I am Austrian and visited Belarus last year with a group of the Austrian-Belarusian friendship association. It was definitely my personal highlight of 2022. Friendly people, clean and safe public spaces and delicious, yet cheap food. Lovely memories!

[@ericgoingoverseas5064]

I will get back next month. For the first time since February 2020. Kvass and Alivararia Porter..... None better. 😁

[@IrishPartizan]

Indeed. Unbeatable.

[@ericgoingoverseas5064]

@IrishPartizan I got spoiled with it. Can't swallow beer here in the states anymore. Just plain nasty now....

[@marionmaier8152]

Arrested? That would to massive !Bad Situation is there but I believe normal tourists must no have affraid. Nice video ....

[@thelongway93]

Even if they're against putin and bashed him consistently online and are against the war ?

[@roybeau4599]

Just checking in. Cool Tee shirt where can I get one? TY.

[@IrishPartizan]

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[@hitrends7351]

My son, 20 y.o., was abroad the other day and we chat over the phone for a couple of mins. I used the word “war” while talking. On his return yesterday he asked me not to use this word in our phone talks. Because he is afraid that they listen the phones of those who is abroad and there’s a risk of being arrested at the border on the return home and spend long years in prison.😮

[@IrishPartizan]

In all honesty, that is complete nonsense. It seems that Western propaganda is all too pervasive.

[@garyweaver5512]

​@@IrishPartizanit's not nonsense and "Western propaganda". The latter has nothing to do with what Belarusians themselves know and keep their mouths shut. Lots of people were arrested for just speaking out or posting anti-war materials on social networks. You are not in the know.

[@IrishPartizan]

@@garyweaver5512 No they weren't. I posted stop the war on my social networks as did many of my friends and acquintances and nothing happened.

[@alinakirill]

what nonsense? No one knows what kind of war you are discussing. The Great Patriotic War, the war with Napoleon, War between Palestine and Israel, etc.

[@hitrends7351]

@@alinakirill Noone cares. They want you to firgrt this word. There is no war according to them.

[@jorgemoll5994]

The lithuanian border is officially closed. Any news about it? I pretend to travel to Belarus in October. Thanks .

[@IrishPartizan]

The Lithuanian border is open with a wait time of approx 2-2.5 hours for customs and passport control. It's quicker to travel by bus. I recommend Ecolines.

[@yauhenm.8185]

Lithuania has reduced the number of checkpoints, but the border is still open.

[@jorgemoll5994]

@@IrishPartizan Thanks for your answer. By the way, I was visiting your country last week. Athlone and Dublin. Great and beautiful places!!

[@PapaCarlow]

Pretty much the same weather in Dublin today. At final after two months of non stop rain...Смотрю все твои видео 🍺😎 салют!

[@fortwoods]

It's clear that there is a guy just behind the camera telling you exactly what to say while pointing a gun at you :) Amazingly, we can't see him but according to the western media, he has to be there lol Seriously though, that looks amazing over there.

[@ЕленаШепелева-я9у]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@derky3592]

It's took me about 7 years to learn Russian

[@scoutjohnson1803]

I can understand a few words you speak, because of the little Russian I know. How different are the two languages.

[@scoutjohnson1803]

Do you know the route the Vikings took through that part of Europe on their way to the Black Sea?

[@krastycz1810]

What was that drink you bought? A dark beer?

[@johnglaebb8434]

It was "kvas" - russian people's Coca-Cola - the ancient soft drink, made of rye bread.

[@IrishPartizan]

And far better than Coke or Pepsi.

[@krastycz1810]

That sounds good and nutritious. @@johnglaebb8434

[@alinakirill]

@@johnglaebb8434 don't call kvas coca cola please

[@Corruption-i6y]

Can I travel to Belarus without a visa

[@Cyco666]

Question: Was it love that made you choose to live in Belarus of all places?

[@IrishPartizan]

Yep. I fell in love with Belarus.

[@orionvassi]

Thinking about Belarus or Kazakhstan to take Russian language classes.

[@pudosch]

Please choose Minsk. In Kazakhstan you might notice that the texts in the cities are in Kazakh and people speak often Kazakh

[@alinakirill]

A huge part of the people on Earth speak English without being British. A huge part of the people on earth speak Spanish, but are not Spanish. But with the Russian language this is immediately a problem and imperialism, right?

[@Jack-qr2iy]

I thought Irish / eu citizens can only enter Belarus by airport ? It was changed recently?

[@IrishPartizan]

Visa free only by airport. Land borders via Poland, Lithuania and Latvia that will require a visa.

[@derky3592]

I was in Minsk in April Very safe

[@jtns2845]

is rugby played in belarus?

[@IrishPartizan]

AFAIK, yes it is.

[@Cyco666]

Belarus is one of the safest places on earth if you give up democracy

[@rjames3981]

Only country in Europe without (more or less) any lockdown restrictions. See videos from 2/3 years ago.

[@SP-hr3uv]

The West has democracy, really? Biden is trying to throw is political opponent Trump in jail. The West is waging a proxy war with Ukrainian blood. France want to invade Niger because of uranium mine. And so on and so on! Where is your western democracies?

[@ЕгорЛит]

Tell about democracy to Julian Assange and Yellow Jackets in France ;)

[@alinakirill]

If democracy means you can no longer feel safe in your own country, then maybe it's time to tell democracy to go to hell?

[@davidgribben4053]

Up the blues

[@Henry_Jones]

IP, westerner that went east, you should cross promo with your u2be buddy easterner that went west, john wayne cheeseburger sergi sputnikoff.

[@IrishPartizan]

I know Sergei well. We often communicate with each other. A good bloke.

[@gmnitwit]

Lukashenko ?

[@rjames3981]

Fair play to Lukaschenko for standing up to the lockdown fanatics of Western Europe. No lockdown in Belarus at all. One of the reasons the western media dislike him.

[@Phoenix-bw9rj]

Why living Belarus?

[@IrishPartizan]

See the video library, 2nd ever video that I did.

[@denissul8532]

Links nothing

[@IrishPartizan]

Links are fixed.

[@dobrieVODI]

If you talk about the monuments of Lenin or the Hammer and Sickle without proper love, as the Irish guy does, then you will be in trouble.

[@skintslots]

Why?

[@IrishPartizan]

I wouldn't have it any other way. 😂

[@alinakirill]

I hope this is a stupid joke

[@markgoldberg5360]

Welcome to Belarus. Republic of Belarus is an extremely SAFE country to visit. No organized or street crime, very harsh punishment for drug use and distribution. You will see young children on the street late at night. Very polite, friendly, kind and law obiding people. Cheap real estate, utilities, education and medical services. BEWARE according to laws of Belarus you can not express your political views in Belarus.

[@RevoeLad]

It looks awesome but you can’t be 100% sure that moustache man won’t take a political prisoner if you have a British passport. You’re ok with an Irish passport because they don’t have security obligations to Ukraine. We have security obligations to loads of countries including Ireland.

[@johnglaebb8434]

Of course, if you work for MI-6 or want to join the Ukrainian army or commited a crime in Belarus, you have all chances to be imprisoned. But if you're an ordinary tourist, you shouldn't be afraid. Belarus is a very safe european country. I highly recommend you Syfia Adriana's channel, she has visited Belarus recently. And yes, she's a resident of Great Britain.

[@RevoeLad]

@@johnglaebb8434 ha yeah point taken but China took those two Michaels and they were just citizens. Hostage diplomacy I think it’s called. I know I’m paranoid but I’ll wait till the war’s over I think.

[@johnglaebb8434]

​ Well, better safe than sorry :))

[@yauhenm.8185]

@@johnglaebb8434 Only with Sofia Adriana's everything is not clear, some time after she returned to Europe, she began to speak badly about Belarus. Apparently she was taught in Europe how to talk about Belarus correctly. :)

[@b4bmm]

How do you not pull your hair out (wait a minute……) listening to Irish/ other westerners views in regards to what they lap up from mainstream media, Bouncing from one crisis to the next as if it is all just a terrible event that comes out of the blue? The vast vast majority of westerners still even after all the human rights offences during covid still believe they live in a free, open and independent society.

[@IrishPartizan]

It's a good job that I don't have hair. I would have pulled it out a long time ago. Oh wait.....

[@garyweaver5512]

Belarus reality isn't "tourism deep". Literally, as a tourist or a foreign citizen temporarily working in a country, you miss a lot of down-to-earth reality the locals are heels over head in. Yep, streets are clean and the chow's cheap. But this country is an autocracy with thousands of political prisoners, thousands of youth left for Europe due to political persecution being savagely cracked down a few yes ago, no idependent media and freedom of speech (the opposition banned, all non-pro-gvnt info sources blocked), people are literally afraid to speak out. And red-handed in the Russian agression against Ukraine. If you care only for daily bread - tidy streets and delicious sausage, it's a perfect country. Come and enjoy.

[@IrishPartizan]

Not saying it's perfect here but dude, you need to stop reading the Radio Svaboda/Nexta/Charter 97 (or whatever funded US State Department/EU/UK FCO, NED cutout funded media) Kool Aid. And I haven't even mentioned Julian Assange.

[@ivanp7]

Autocracy with thousands of political prisoners? Also a perfect country? Sounds awesome, let me in!!

[@IrishPartizan]

@@ivanp7 I give you Julian Assange, lockdowns, mandatory vaccines, facemasks, uncontrolled mass migration from Africa, deindustrialisation and 57 pronouns. Thanks for watching.

[@brutto_minsk]

if you are a supporter of dictatorship, then Belarus is a safe country for you. if you are an active opponent of the dictatorship, then you will be put in jail. people in Belarus often die on the way to prison or in the prison itself.

[@IrishPartizan]

Julian Assange.

[@brutto_minsk]

@@IrishPartizan I do not care about the problems of the United States and Assange. I want my country to be good. To stop torturing and killing political prisoners in the prisons of Belarus

[@IrishPartizan]

@brutto_minsk I want all our countries to be good, for everyone, for all mankind. And for an end to all wars including the NATO proxy war in Ukraine. Btw Belarus didn't force me into lockdown, wear a mask, get a vaccine or threaten to cancel me if I said there were only two genders.

[@brutto_minsk]

@@IrishPartizan seriously? NATO war in Ukraine?🤣 you probably work as a clown in the Minsk circus?🤡 I think I understood that you are an anti-vaxxer and a fan of conspiracy theories. do you believe in flat earth?😅

[@thelongway93]

​@IrishPartizan but he has a fair point! For example a foreigner like me.. who supports Ukraine with a passion! And I've been in Ukraine multiple times and bashed putin and his war. If i decide to visit Belarus tomorrow i don't even want to think what would happen to me as soon as i land at the airport with immigration police 😅