Aliaksandr Verasovich

Date of birth: 3 December 1966

Charges indicted:

Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group
Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code — Participation or preparing to participate in hostilities on foreign soil by a Republic of Belarus citizen

Sentence: 6 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Uladzimir Areshka

Aliaksandr Verasovich was charged under two articles of the Criminal Code: Article 361-2 (financing the activities of an extremist group) and Part 2 of Article 361-3 (financing participation in military actions on the territory of a foreign state). The case was presided over by Uladzimir Areshka on March 19.

On April 1, 2024, he was sentenced to six years in a medium-security penal colony.

 

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