Aliaksandr Yashkin

Prisoner

Date of birth: 16 March 1986

Date of detention: 15 May 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group

Sentence: 4 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Valeryi Ramanouski

Cases: Donations

Groups: IT specialists

On the list of “terrorists” (Money transfers are prohibited)

Aliaksandr Yashkin was charged under five articles of the Criminal Code: Part 1 and Part 2 of article 367 (slander against Lukashenka); Article 361-2 (financing the activities of an extremist group); Part 1 of Article 130 (incitement to racial, national, religious or other social hatred); Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 368 (insulting Lukashenka); Part 1 of Article 342 (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them).

According to @Grodno_grab, Yashkin was arrested in May 2023.

On January 4, 2024, Judge Valery Ramanouski passed a sentence — four years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

      On December 20, Yashkin was added to the list of persons involved in terrorist activities.

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