"I was transferred to IC No. 11 [correctional colony # 11, town of Vaŭkavysk – ed.]. I regard this as a victory over the administration of colony # 14 [Navasady, Barysaŭ district], as he obtained evidence of fabricating all my violations of the regime by interviewing witnesses-prisoners. They gave written evidence in my favor and asked them to take them to court, "the political prisoner said in a regular letter to Vitebsk human rights activists.

After five steps in a week, three trips to Stolypin cars, two prisons (in Žodzina and Baranavičy), IVS of Barysaŭ, Mikhail Igorevich constantly communicated with the prisoners. And he was pleasantly surprised by his fame, had moral support and felt respect among people serving their sentence.

"Now I'm in rather harsh conditions, but I'm adapting gradually," the politician Zhemchuzhny writes to colleagues. According to his first impression, the administration of the institution was thoroughly prepared for his arrival at IR # 11: an explanatory and educational work was carried out among the colony and prison staff on the subject of correct "relations" with him.

Zhemchuzhny also informs in a letter that he has been in quarantine for three weeks already, and he has practically no access to any information. Therefore, he asks that his friends and fellow human rights activists not interrupt his correspondence with him. Pearl informs the new postal address for communications: Correctional colony 11, "Quarantine", vul. Rakasoŭskaha, 118, 231900, Vaŭkavysk, Harodnia region.

Lyavon Efremenko