(Reuters) - Vietnam has extradited a prominent Belarusian opposition figure to Belarus where he faces a heavy prison sentence or possibly the death penalty, according to exiled opponents of President Alexander Lukashenko.
Vasily Veremeychik, 34, is a former member of the Kalinouski regiment, a Belarusian volunteer force that has fought for Ukraine in the war against Russia. He took part in mass protests in 2020 against Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, after an election that the opposition and the West said was rigged.
