Alena Zharyna

Date of birth: 26 October 1985

Date of detention: 14 May 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 342 of the Criminal Code β€” 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: Maksim Trusevich

Alena Zharyna was detained in mid-May 2022 as part of a criminal case for group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

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