A former KGB agent from Gomel. In June 2017, he admitted to having collaborated with the KGB for over 20 years. He admitted to leaving for Poland with his wife and two daughters.
Sergei told journalist Ekaterina Andreeva, who is currently behind bars, about the assignments he carried out. The journalists at reform, who broke the story, believe Andreeva's persecution may be connected to the Vasiliev case. In particular, in 2017, he created a website for the KGB that published compromising material on democratic movement figures. His duties also included monitoring Belarusian journalists. Vasiliev showed the journalist video recordings of meetings with KGB representatives.
In 2019, Vasiliev decided to return to Belarus. He remained at large until at least the end of 2020, working as a videographer and wedding photographer for salons.
He was arrested until April 2021. In June 2021, he was sentenced to 11 years in a maximum-security penal colony under Article 356 (treason).
