25 Tweets • @GonzaloLira1968

Right now, I'm about to try to get out of Ukraine, and

seek political asylum in Hungary.

Either I'll cross the border and make it to safety, or I'll

be disappeared by the Kiev regime.

This is what's happened to me over the past three

months.

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On May 1, I was arrested for my YouTube videos. The

photos of my arrest are pretty funny—morning bedhead made me look like a character out of Dr. Seuss.

My crime was making videos critical of the West and

their proxy regime in Kiev—and how they are

destroying Ukraine.

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Attached to these tweets is the full indictment against

me, both the original Ukrainian and English

translation.

As you can see, even the prosecutor admits I

committed no crime against property or any person.

And I certainly provided no aid or intelligence to the

Russians.

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My indictment explicitly states that all I did was

discuss publicly known facts about the war—the

epitome of free speech in a democracy.

But Zelensky’s Ukraine is no democracy—it is a

thieving, corrupt, murderous gangster regime

PRETENDING to be a polite “western” democracy.

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Once arrested, I was given documentation assuring

me that I was “guaranteed the right” to contact my

lawyers and loved ones, as well as post bail.

In fact, I was blocked from calling anyone—even my

lawyers. And I was not permitted to post bail—though I

had the cash to do so.

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In other words, the formalities were carried out

scrupulously—while judicial and ethical grotesqueries

ruled.

That's Zelensky’s Ukraine. That's what his thuggish

regime cares about: The >perception< of democracy

and the rule of law, so as to mask the sordid, corrupt

reality.

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That's why they relentlessly persecute anyone who

tells the truth about this war. I'm not the only so-called

“propagandist” the Kiev regime has thrown in prison.

It's also why they shoot any AFU soldier who dares

retreat. That's why the AFU losses are so horrific—but

hidden.

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As you can see by the indictment, the video I made

that really chapped their ass was “Ukraine: A Primer”

,

which gives the historical background to the conflict—

where I state outright that this invasion wasn't out of

the blue. That indeed, it was provoked by the Kiev

regime.

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Once inside Sizo Prison, I was tortured in two of the

four cells I was in—by the other prisoners. Guards

NEVER beat prisoners—they outsource torture to the

other prisoners.

One prisoner actually apologized to me, telling me he

had no choice. He wasn't lying. I understood.

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I got a cracked rib in my first cell, but it wasn't too bad.

The worst stretch was in my fourth cell.

From 1pm on June 21 until 7pm the next day—30

hours—I was beaten and sleep deprived, my arms

twisted the wrong way around at the shoulders, and

generally beaten pretty bad.

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I've taken a beating in my time. So sure, it hurt like

hell, but it was manageable—but then at one point,

two thugs held my head and used a toothpick to

scratch the whites of my left eye, while asking me if I

could still read if I had just one.

ngl,

>that< was unnerving.

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Near the end of this session, one of the thugs struck

me in the chest so hard and so repetitively that the

beating left a yellow-and-green splotch dead-center on

my sternum.

He was >berated< by the cell boss, because he'd left

a mark on me—which was a no-no.

>Perceptions<

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Then as luck would have it, two days later—when the

bruising was in full bloom—a senior guard came to

give me a wellness check!

This was likely because of the Chilean embassy

efforts.

The US embassy called me three times, but gave me

nothing but “support”—empty bromides.

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The guard told me to remove my shirt so he could look

me over. The bruising was really spectacular—but he

just nodded and pretended he didn't see a thing.

>Perceptions< He'd checked me, right?

Why was I beaten to the point of torture? Well—it

wasn't over my YouTube videos!

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I was imprisoned because of my videos—no doubt.

The videos are why the SBU arrested me and put me

in Sizo Prison without bail.

But as they investigated me—and examined my

computers and accounts, all of which they confiscated

and opened—the SBU realized that I'm not poor.

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So once they had me imprisoned for my videos, the

SBU took the opportunity to extort money from me—

using the guards as accomplices, who in turn used the

prisoners as the muscle.

How I discovered this is too complicated for a Twitter

thread. But I'm writing a book about it.

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All told, they extorted USD$70,000 out of me, and split

it among themselves. They also took another $9k

when they arrested me (my emergency cash). And

another 11 grand, which was the bail money.

With the computers, iPhone, etc., I'm out an even

100k on this adventure.

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I'm never seeing any of that back, not even the bail

money—because I've decided to leave Ukraine before

my trial.

My trial is on Wednesday August 2—and I've already

been told: I WILL be found guilty.

My sentence will be five to eight years in a prison

labor camp.

Yeah.

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But here's the thing: The conditions of my bail are that

I have to wear an electronic monitor, surrender my

passports, and not leave the city of Kharkov, much

less the country.

HOWEVER—after posting bail, I >didn't< get an ankle

monitor—and they >returned< my passports.

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Later at the SBU offices, they >returned other

documents< they'd confiscated—my driver's license

and my motorcycle registration.

In Sizo, I told an inmate how last year I'd been

detained, released, but told not to leave Ukraine. He

laughed. “They were telling you to leave!”

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This time, it looks like the same is happening: They're

telling me not to leave—but leaving the door open.

Or so I hope.

Or maybe I'm being set up by them so they can justify

putting me away in a labor camp—so no one will ever

know about their sordid extortion scheme.

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I simply don't know. So I decided to die trying.

I rode my motorcycle across Ukraine—1,400 kms in

two days.

I'm going to Hungary to ask for political asylum.

When I fail to show up in court in Kharkov, an arrest

warrant will be issued, likely an international warrant.

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No doubt other EU countries will comply like sheep,

returning me to serve five to eight years in a prison

labor camp—

—regardless of the fact that Kiev arrested and

imprisoned me for >YouTube videos!<

For free speech!

What happened to “European democratic values?

lol

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And the US State Department would return me too. I'm

not a black lesbian druggie, or a transgender grifter.

Besides, Victoria Nuland hates my guts, or so I'm told.

I'm hoping the Hungarians will read my indictment and

say,

“This is bullshit—we’re not sending him back.”

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I'm posting this thread just as I'm getting to the border

checkpoint. I'm also posting videos on the two

channels I have access to, The Roundtable and

Gonzalo Lira—Again.

If you don't hear from me in the next 12 hours—whelp!

I'm on my way to a labor camp!

Wish me luck.

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