Anatol Latushka
sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 24 December 1976
Date of detention: 31 January 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code — Hooliganism committed by a group of persons
Art. 203-1 of the Criminal Code — Illegal actions with respect to information about private life and personal data
Sentence: 6 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Dzmitryi Karsiuk
Prison: Penal colony No. 1
Anatol Latushka from Minsk was arrested on the night of January 31, 2022. Previously, he was accused of Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code (Disorderly conduct) for stenciling “Pahonya” coat-of-arms.
Anatol Latushka is a cousin of politician Pavel Latushka.
On 20 September 2022, the Centraĺny District Court of Minsk sentenced Anatol Latushka to six years of imprisonment and a fine of 9,600 Belarusian roubles ($3820).