{"id":88824,"date":"2024-06-04T16:48:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T13:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/88824\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"moscow-court-orders-arrest-of-former-belarusian-volunteer-fighter-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/88824\/","title":{"rendered":"Moscow court orders arrest of former Belarusian volunteer fighter in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n\n \"\"\n
\n \n
\n (Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment on Telegram) <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

June 4, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Moscow’s Basmanny court has issued an arrest warrant for former Belarusian rower Pavie\u0142 \u0160urmiej, TASS reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigators suspect him of mercenarism and hostilities against the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine, a charge that carries a sentence of seven to 15 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The detention request was heard in \u0160urmiej’s absence. \u0160urmiej, 47, is an athlete from Lida, Hrodna Region, who participated in two Olympic Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was wounded after joining the Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment (PKK) in March 2022, and faces criminal charges in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PKK was formed in March 2022 and joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two months later, it announced the formation of two battalions, Vo\u0142at and Terror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, it organized a battalion called Litvin, while Terror became a separate AFU unit outside the PKK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September 2023, the regiment announced the formation of the Western battalion, which included \u201cofficers from NATO countries and foreign nationals with combat experience in Iraq and Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minsk opened a criminal investigation against the Kalino\u016dski regiment, designating it as an extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n
\n \"\"