Andrei Astratsou
sentenced to 5 years in prison
Date of birth: 20 November 1976
Date of detention: 7 September 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty
Sentence: 5 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Uladzimir Fedarovich
Prison: Penal colony No. 2
Andrei Astratsou was sentenced to five years of imprisonment in a penal colony under Article 368 (insulting the president), Art. 369 (insulting a representative of the authorities), Art. 366 (threat of violence against an official), and Art. 364 of the Criminal Code (threat of violence against a police officer) for commenting on a Telegram channel.
