Andrei Andreyeu

engineer, sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment

Date of birth: 14 April 1990

Date of detention: 2 March 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 364 of the Criminal Code β€” Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Date of release: 26 September 2023

Judge: Dzina Kuchuk

Andrei Andreyeu is an engineer. He was convicted of ‘threats of violence against a military officer’ and sentenced to two years of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony under Article 364 of the Criminal Code. The incident happened during an anti-war rally. Andreyeu took a few steps toward an armored riot policeman who had appeared to be retreating. The court deemed this to be threatening behavior.

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