Andrei Linnik
sentenced to 4 years in prison
Date of birth: 17 January 1989
Date of detention: 4 August 2021
Charges indicted:
Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 4 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Katsiaryna Murashka
Prosecutor: Raman Biziuk
Prison: Penal colony No. 2
Andrei Linnik was detained on August 4, 2021 as a suspect in a criminal case of participating in riots.
Linnik was then transferred to a pre-trial detention center and charged under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code.
On November 8, the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk sentenced Andrei Linnik to four years in a medium-security penal colony for participating in a protest on election night, August 9, 2020.
