"Regional newspaper" reported

about the release

of Aleksey Kudin .

Kudin is a Belarusian MMA fighter, multiple world champion in kickboxing and Thai boxing, honored master of sports of Belarus.

Aleksei was detained on January 21, 2021 in Moscow, after which he was extradited to Minsk.

A criminal case was opened against him under Art.

363 of the Criminal Code (resistance to an employee of internal affairs bodies or another person who protects public order).

The athlete was accused of punching a soldier of the internal troops, as well as an employee of the regional police department of the regional executive committee.

The famous athlete was sentenced to 2.5 years of imprisonment.

The human rights community recognized Aleksey Kudin as a political prisoner.