Uladzislau Kavalyou claims that investigators put pressure on him

Kavalyou told that he knew Kanavalau since the first form in school, and never noticed any "criminal" inclinations in him. According to the information provided by interfax.by, Kavalyou stressed the attention on the fact that they had different companies and different circles of contacts. He claimed that he had not contacted Kanavalau recently, and then moved to Minsk. He even declined the invitation to go for a beer in Vitsebsk on January 1, when he visited his parents.

Kavalyou also stated that he had no contacts with Dzmitry Kanavalau till April 9, 2011. According to him, Kanavalau called him on that day and said he would like to come to Minsk the next day.