Maksim Ankuda
sentenced to 1 1/2 years
Date of detention: 16 November 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Maryna Zapasnik
Maksim Ankuda was detained in a criminal case on group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).
He was transferred to pre-trial detention center and charged.
On May 27, 2022, Minsk Lieninski District Court found Maksim guilty of committing crimes under Part 1 of Article 368 and Article 369 of the Criminal Code. After combining the sentences he was sentenced to 18 months in jail and a fine of 3,200 rubles (about 950 US dollars).
