{"id":166663,"date":"2025-12-03T13:57:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166663\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"prosecutors-detail-charges-against-ex-ukraine-volunteer-fighter-vieramiejcyk","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166663\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors detail charges against ex-Ukraine volunteer fighter Vieramiej\u010dyk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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December 3, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Vasil Vieramiej\u010dyk, a former volunteer fighter of the Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment that fights Russia in Ukraine, was given 13 years in a high-security prison in Belarus for plotting to seize state power, according to the Prosecutor General’s Office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prosecutors said he was involved in extremist activities, citing his links to the opposition Coordination Council. Other charges against the ex-volunteer included participation in a military conflict in a foreign country and recruiting others, threatening officials and judges with violence and insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vieramiej\u010dyk was arrested in Vietnam in November 2024 and extradited to Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vasil Hra\u010dycha, another volunteer fighter with the Kalino\u016dski Regiment, whose capture was reported earlier this year, was convicted in the same case, prosecutors added, without disclosing the exact sentence. Rights defenders said earlier that he was given five years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Human rights defenders consider their persecution to be politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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