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Vietnam Repatriates Belarusian Opposition Activist Who Fought For Ukraine


Opposition activist Vasyl Verameychyk, who fought for Ukraine, was extradited to Belarus.
Opposition activist Vasyl Verameychyk, who fought for Ukraine, was extradited to Belarus.

Vietnam has extradited a Belarusian national who fought as a volunteer in Ukraine on Kyiv's side to Minsk, Belarusian media reported on November 20. The opposition-led Coordination Council said Vasyl Verameychyk, who is a member of the council, was turned over to Belarus on November 14. Verameychyk served in the Belarusian Army for seven years but participated in the 2020 anti-government protests. After the threat of arrest, he fled to Ukraine, where he joined the fighting against Russian forcesand was wounded in April 2022. Nasha Niva news reported Verameychyk moved to Vietnam after he was denied permission to settle in Lithuania because of his former Belarusian Army service. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Belarus Service, click here.

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