Alena Baltrukova

sentenced to 3 years under home confinement

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 1 August 1992

Date of detention: 5 May 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Volha Malashanka

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Alena Baltrukova was detained on May 5, 2022, as part of the criminal case of group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

She is being held in pre-trial detention center.

On August 4, 2022, Baltrukova's case was heard in the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk. She was found guilty and sentenced to three years of restricted freedom under home confinement.

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