Football agent: I thank Putin for helping me speak Belarusian

Belarusian football agent Valery Isayeu has commented on the Belarusian language for Pressball. He often writes about the Belarusian national idea on Twitter. He is ‘deep into it’ now, Isayeu says.

"Why did I write in Belarusian? I have ears and eyes and I have many friends in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine,” Valery Isayeu said. “I am not a member of any parties or unions. I want to live in independent Belarus. I would probably get a C for my knowledge of Belarusian now. It is difficult to get used to speaking it but I would like to speak it. I want to thank Mr. Putin for helping our country – the number of people like me keeps increasing. We understand that Belarus is our motherland and that the Belarusian language exists.”

The football agent supports Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s policy and urges people to vote for him on Twitter.

"I have reconsidered my attitude to what is happening in the country and to the authorities recently. I think that we would have become [Russia’s] province long ago with any other government. It is great that self-identification I in process now,” Isayeu told Pressball.

Valery Isayeu is the agent of such Belarusian football players as Dzimtry Verhautsou and Renan Bressan.

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