Youth activist: KGB offered me to spy on my friends

The activist of the youth democratic movement in Homel, Ksenia Yaraslautsava, says a KGB officer tried to recruit her.

The girl took part in silent protests this summer. Together with other young people, she was detained on September 5 when collecting signatures for holding the People’s Assembly.

As Ksenia Yaraslautsava told BelaPAN, inspector Yury Kazlou phoned her on September 14 and invited her to a police station to talk.

“When I came, policemen asked me to leave my bag and cell phone in one office and then took me in another office, where an unknown man in mufti was waiting for me. He did not say his surname, but said he was a KGB officer. He offered me collaboration. It means I was supposed to spy on my friends. He was interested whom of opposition members in Homel I know. He also threatened I could face problems with work and study if I refused and reminded I have a child and should think about him,” the activist said.

Yaraslautsava said she rejected the collaboration proposal.