Andrei Ivaniushyn
entrepreneur, sentenced to 2 years in prison
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 2 June 1972
Date of detention: 1 February 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Sentence: 6 months
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 6 December 2023
Judge: Aliaksandr Volk, Siarhei Shatsila
Prosecutor: Uladzimir Rabau
Groups: Businessmen
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Andrei Ivaniushyn is a member of a motorcycle club based in Minsk. He was accused of violence against a police officer (Art. 364 of the Criminal Code).
The incident took place on September 19, 2020, near the Europa shopping center, when unknown people detained one of the motorcyclists and the others started defending him. Afanasyeu was detained on February 1, 2021. Two more people, Mikita Tratsiakevich and Mikita Afanasyeu, were detained earlier.
On February 26, 2021, Ivaniushyn was sentenced by the Saviecki District Court of Minsk to two and a half years in a general-security penal colony.
