Young Belarusian in Czechia falls into coma — swallowed pills due to legalization problems and breakup with girlfriend
22-year-old Yakau Kudzialievich, son of Dzmitry Kudzialievich, one of the leaders of the "Belaruskali" strike committee, ended up in the intensive care unit of a Czech town after a suicide attempt. The young man was poisoned with a large dose of pregabalin — a strong psychiatric drug. How could this have happened?
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Yakau Kudzialievich moved to Czechia in 2021 and started studying there. He chose this country because his father advised him to.
Yakau enrolled in the VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, studying biomedical technologies. The young man completed three courses in that complex specialty, but in 2024, he failed one exam twice and was expelled. Thus, the young man lost his legal basis to live in Czechia and began to look for other ways to legalize his stay.
Initially, the young man tried to obtain a new visa, found a job and a university in Prague, but it didn't work out there either. He even received a deportation order. To avoid that expulsion, the young man decided to go to a refugee camp and apply for international protection.
On April 10, Yakau received a reply that his application for international protection was denied. It is unknown whether he had any evidence that he was indeed facing persecution in Belarus.
Yakau Kudzialievich. Photo: the young man's VKontakte page
On April 13, Yakau contacted a lawyer, who told him that appealing the denial would cost 35,000 Czech crowns — more than 1400 euros. Yakau did not have that kind of money, and he was redirected to a free lawyer.
Around the same time, the young man had a quarrel with his girlfriend.
On the evening of April 13, Yakau stopped responding. People called him until his phone completely ran out of battery, and then his girlfriend asked for Yakau to be visited in his room — to check if everything was alright. When they entered, they saw the young man lying unconscious.
From the refugee camp where he was located, Yakau was transported to the intensive care unit in the town of Rychnov nad Kněžnou. It turned out that the Belarusian was severely poisoned with strong medication. Among them, for example, pregabalin — a powerful drug used to treat pain, epilepsy, and anxiety.
He has been in a coma for over two weeks. It is understood that his brain sustained significant damage, and Yakau's prospects are unclear.
As far as is known, his insurance, under which the young man is being treated, may also soon run out. In such a case, the Belarusian's further rehabilitation could cost his parents tens of thousands of euros.
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