"I am not afraid of anything. In the sense that I am sitting in Israel and nothing depends on my statements on air," Belkovsky said on the program 'Osoboe mnenie' (Special Opinion), produced by the team of the liquidated 'Ekho Moskvy' (Echo of Moscow). Thus he confirmed that he had left Moscow for Israel. He has not yet indicated how long he intends to stay there.
"I left for Israel because the risks were somewhat excessive," the political scientist explained, adding that he is, "to put it mildly, no friend of the Kremlin." From the live footage it is difficult to tell where exactly in Israel Belkovsky is located.
In one interview Belkovsky described himself as follows: "A halakhic Jew and a Pole on my father's side," but he also explained that he is "absolutely and exclusively a Russian person." By his own admission, he chose Christianity rather than Judaism. "I chose a particular faith, taking into account that I am a Pole on my father's side and a Jew on my mother's side, and it would have been logical for me to choose between Catholicism and Judaism. But my friend, the Moscow artist Ekaterina Vasilyevna Moskovskaya, gave me very good advice, saying: 'Essentially you are Russian, so go to Orthodoxy.' She also became my godmother..."
In December 2016 Belkovsky visited Israel with the project 'Otkroveniya russkogo provokatora' (Revelations of a Russian Provocateur). At that time it was claimed that it was his first time in Israel; how true that is, it is hard to judge.
To a wide audience Belkovsky is known as the host of the weekly program 'Vremya Belkovskogo' (Belkovsky's Time) on 'Ekho Moskvy' and co-host of 'Panoptikum' on 'Dozhd' (TV Rain).
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