There is no possibility of a peaceful development in Belarus
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Raman was born in 1984 in Minsk, Belarus, in the then Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. He was raised in an orphanage in Salihorsk. In 1989, he was adopted. He doesn’t know his biological parents. There are no records that could shine a light on why he had ended up in the orphanage. He has his biological father’s name and his stepmother’s surname. He went to Frunze District’s School no. 211 in Minsk. He has two university degrees. He graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Belarusian State Technological University. Later, he graduated from the University’s Faculty of Economics and Management. He had been working in Minsk as a supervisor, construction manager and technological supervision department member. After that, Raman had been living in Saint Petersburg, Russia, working for a development company – he had been overseeing construction works in the city of Veliky Novgorod. In Minsk, he established a company specializing in manufacturing hand-made souvenirs. He started a pizza parlour and four cafes. He participated in the August 9th, 2020 elections. After that, he joined protests against the election fraud. He was arrested and beaten by the police. For four days, he had been held in Akrescina Detention Centre, then he had been transported to Slucky district’s Medical-Prophylactic Facility No. 3. He came to the Czech Republic for rest and recovery as part of the government’s MEDEVAC Humanitarian Programme.