A graduate of the Belarusian State University of Physical Education, he first went to work in logistics and then in the restaurant business. Nevertheless, he was able to fulfill his childhood dream and get into a major league team, alternating training and night shifts. In 2021, Drachev played for Smolevichi, after which he ended his career and returned to amateur football.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Valery was arrested in March 2025 and later convicted of "insulting Lukashenko" and "inciting hatred or discord" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Nikolai was arrested in February 2025 in a criminal case opened under the statute "inciting social hatred," but the charge was later changed to "calls for sanctions." In the middle of that year, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Anton and his wife Snezhana have three children (one together and two of his wife’s children from her first marriage).
On August 9, 2020, he was wounded at a rally against election fraud in Baranovichi. He was shot in the shin with rubber bullets. Five times he managed to throw away flash-bang grenades flying at people, and the sixth exploded in his hands. He was stunned by the explosion, people carried him out in their arms and called an ambulance. After first aid, he returned to the rally and was detained a short time later. He, completely bandaged, was beaten with truncheons in a paddy wagon and imprisoned for 5 days.
After his administrative arrest, Anton hid from the security forces for 4 years, as a criminal case was opened against him. In June 2024, a letter was sent to his address that the criminal case against me was closed. However, in February 2025, he was detained while taking the exam at the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate and put in a pretrial detention center pending trial.
Trial outcome 28.05.2025
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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