Vadzim Chapialevich

children's football coach at FC Dynamo Brest, sentenced to 3 years in prison

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 12 January 1994

Date of detention: 17 March 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Date of release: 27 November 2023

Judge: Ina Klyshpach

Prosecutor: Vadzim Bahatka, Darya Zhuk

Groups: Athletes

Cases: Protests in Brest

Vadzim Chapialevich is a children's football coach at FC Dynamo Brest.

Chapialevich was detained on March 17, 2021, as part of a criminal case opened after the events of August 10, 2020. He was charged under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (participation in riots).

On August 20, 2021, the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest sentenced him to 3 years in a medium-security penal colony.

Vadzim was released on November 27, 2023.

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