Renat Pelageichik was 17 years old at the time of the protests in 2020.
At just 18 years old, the young man decided to go into business: in February 2021, he registered as a sole proprietor in his hometown to engage in online retail sales.
According to social media data, the young man moved to Russia some time later. In 2024, he actively posted job postings on VKontakte. Renat was looking for Belarusians and Russians to work shifts in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Smolensk, offering positions as loaders, packers, and general laborers.
The statute of limitations on his criminal case should have expired long ago. But according to the criminal code, the statute of limitations is suspended if a person is wanted. Ruslan was put on the wanted list. And eventually, he was detained —possibly in Russia—but the circumstances are unknown.
