Andrej Poleščuk
Mgr. Andrej Poleščuk | |
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| Born | 1993 |
Mgr. Andrej Poleščuk is a Czech lawyer and activist, a native of Belarus, a well-known figure on Czech Twitter,[1] and an analyst for the association Evropské hodnoty (European Values).[2] He is devoted to the issues of Eastern Europe, the EU, and the post-Soviet space.[3]
On Twitter, he regularly informs about the events in Ukraine and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict,[4] and since the invasion, in February 2022 he writes his summaries practically every day.[3][4] He dealt with the Ukrainian situation earlier in the post-Euromaidan era.[3]
As a volunteer, he actively organizes fundraising for Ukraine and has been decorated for this in Ukraine.[5]
Life
[edit]Andrej Poleščuk is originally from Belarus; he was born in 1993[6] and has been living in the Czech Republic with his family since August 2003.[1] He has been a Czech citizen since 2014. He is studying law and jurisprudence at the Faculty of Law of Palacký University in Olomouc.[1] He photographs Sudeten panoramas.[3]
As a volunteer, he organizes collections for Ukraine. In December 2022 he visited Ukraine in person, Bakhmut in the Donbas region. For his work he was decorated with an award intended for volunteers.[5]
Political action
[edit]In 2015, he was member of Pirate party.[7] In 2017, he was a supporter of the Svobodní political party.[6] From 2019 is registered supporter of the STAN party.
In an interview for Reflex magazine, he admitted that he chose a party and aggregates Ukrainian propaganda in his posts.[8] He criticized Amnesty International for its August 2022 report on Ukraine.[2]
Twitter activity
[edit]His Twitter account @andrewofpolesia was followed by over 80,000 people in 2022[9] with a total reach of contributions, including sharing, of up to 400,000 people.[1] Each daily Twitter thread begins with the "good news" that Ukraine has survived another day and the "bad news" that Vladimir Putin is still alive.[4]
He publishes, among other things, comments about the killed Russian soldiers in style: "He was and is no longer. Congratulations."[9] He does his "war reporting" in his spare time.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Nepochybuji, že mě sledují, říká běloruský student. Jeho Twitter je hitem". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ^ a b "Zpráva AI o Ukrajině je pochybná. Je to náboj pro ruskou propagandu, říká Poleščuk". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ^ a b c d e "Medailonky". pronoc.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ^ a b c "Poleščuk Čechům zprostředkovává informace o válce: Nesuďte uprchlíky podle oblečení". Blesk (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ^ a b "Poleščuk: Rusům síly nedojdou. Na to, co jsem zažil v Bachmutu, se připravit nedá". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 2022-12-20. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
- ^ a b Bláha, Michal. "Andrej Poleščuk (*1993)". Hlídač Státu (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ^ "Mezinárodní koordinátoři". Pirati.CZ (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "Poleščuk: Stydím se za Bělorusko, domů už se nemůžu vrátit, ve válce jsem si jasně vybral stranu". Reflex.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ^ a b "Jsme v informační válce a já chci přispět k porážce zla, které nastalo, říká Poleščuk". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
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