Anatol Sivets
sentenced to 2 1/2 years of restricted freedom
Date of birth: 2 February 1987
Date of detention: 17 July 2021
Charges indicted:
Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code — Hooliganism committed by a group of persons
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Prison sentence start date: 17 July 2021
Date of release: 20 February 2024
Judge: Lidziya Tselitsa
Anatol Sivets was sentenced on June 5, 2021 to two years and six months of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary (“khimiya”) by the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk under Art. 339 of the Criminal Code.
Sivets was found guilty of painting protest slogans on tobacco shops, an apartment building and a fountain in Minsk. The investigation qualified it as malicious hooliganism committed by a group of persons.
