Vyacheslav was convicted by the Sovietsky District Court of Gomel under the article "organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
Due to the closed nature of the Belarusian judicial system, the circumstances of the case and the sentence are unknown. It is only known that he was sentenced to a prison term and is currently being held in prison.
It is most likely that the authorities repressed Vyacheslav for his participation in peaceful protests against the falsification of the presidential election results and the subsequent police violence against the protesters.
Vyacheslav is the brother of political prisoner Andrei Berestovy, who was also convicted of political offenses. He is currently serving a prison sentence.
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.
