Alexey Kovalchuk worked as a rowing instructor and bartender in Minsk for nine years, then as a snowboarding instructor. In 2007, he moved to Ukraine and for a long time split his time between the two countries.
In October 2025, the Investigative Committee announced the initiation of a "special investigation" against five well-known fighters of the Kastus Kalinouski Regiment—a group of Belarusians defending Ukraine. Among them was Alexei.
Persecuted for political reasonsForced emigration
Aliaksei Anatolyevich Kavalchuk
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Sentences
Trial outcome 28.01.2026
12 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 700 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 13.05.1980
- Articles:
- Participation in a criminal organizationParticipation in the activities of an organization that is recognized as terrorist in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of BelarusConspiracy or other actions committed for the purpose of seizing state powerCreation of an extremist formation or participation in itPromotion of extremist activity committed repeatedly or by a group of personsUndergoing training or other preparation for participation in extremist activitiesInsulting the president
- Marks:
- Financial transactions are blocked for people on the list, including money transfers to the detention centre in their name via bank or post.Control of a person's financial transactions, restrictions on crossing the Belarusian border, a 5-year ban on military service and public office after the conviction is expunged, etc.
Timeline
- 2020
~10.11.2020
Status change
Forced emigration
- 2026
28.01.2026
Trial outcome 28.01.2026
12 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 700 basic values fine (trial in absentia), Minsk City Court