– In the podcast, you mentioned that you went through the NL25-100 very quickly. But he gradually adapted, hired a tutor to improve just the spoken language and some kind of practice appeared. At first, I could not connect two words at all, I communicated mainly with Russian-speaking guys. A year ago, at the start of the war, I ended up in Thailand and stayed there. It is almost impossible to progress when you spend all your time in a Russian-speaking environment. But in Belarus, where I have lived all my life, this is very difficult to do.
My goal has always been to learn English. This made me even more nervous and confused. Suddenly he says – and this is not an interview yet, we are just warming up. We phoned, started chatting – everything is fine. I think I squeezed the maximum out of myself, taking into account my level of English at that time. He had been Joe's guest a little earlier and advised him to call me.
Most recently, we saw each other live for the first time when we ended up on Koh Samui at the same time. It took place thanks to Makeboifin, with whom we often communicate.
– The first, up to this point the only one, and immediately in English. Was it the first interview in your career? Hi, the general public heard about you after the podcast with Joe Ingram.
