Евгений Казанцев. Фото из личного блога.
A district court in Warsaw-Śródmieście on March 5 delivered a verdict in the case of an attack on Pavel Latushka in July 2025.
Yauhen Kazantseu was found guilty under two articles of the Polish Criminal Code: Part 1 of Article 212 (defamation) and Part 1 of Article 217 (violation of physical integrity), Latushka reported on his Telegram channel.
Initially, separate penalties were imposed for each offense: a fine of 50 daily rates of 40 zlotys each for defamation and 100 daily rates of 40 zlotys each for the assault.
Under Polish law, the penalties were combined. As a result, Kazantseu received a fine of 150 daily rates of 40 zlotys each (6,000 zlotys, or about $1,620).
In addition, the court ordered him to pay 4,365.7 zlotys (about $1,178) in court costs to the state.
All of these amounts must be paid to the Polish state budget.
Yauhen Kazantseu studied at the University of Warsaw. On July 2, during a lecture marking the 35th anniversary of the East European Institute at the university, he threw a trash bin at Latushka while shouting insults such as “traitor,” “shame,” “murderer,” and claiming that Latushka had allegedly “wanted to burn the entire opposition.”
Immediately after the attack, Kazantseu told a Reform.news journalist about his motives. He said his visa had expired, that he had “burned out,” and had failed to defend his academic thesis. According to him, attacking Latushka would allow him to return freely to Belarus.
In July 2025, it was reported that Kazantseu had been deported from Poland.