Ukrainian Andriy Batsula, who played for Dynamo Minsk in 2020-2021, told us how the club put pressure on the players.
Andriy Batsula (photo: dinamo-minsk.by)- Was there any intimidation at Dynamo? Yes, there was. In 2020, after the presidential election, the players were forced to support Lukashenko and sign a letter in support of his administration. The club's leaders came to the base and directly told the players that if they didn't sign, they could get in trouble. They said: "We have been given information that we have to pass on to you. If you don't sign, we don't know what will happen." They could cut my salary, they could send me to the army. Who knows...
I can also say that even transfers in the team were approved by the Minister of Sports of Belarus Sergei Kovalchuk," Yle quoted Andrey as saying.
