Andrei Razhkou

sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 24 June 1971

Date of detention: 17 November 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. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
  • Art. 391 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a judge

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 5 August 2024

Judge: Dzmitryi Bubenchyk

On the list of “terrorists” (Money transfers are prohibited)

Andrei Razhkou was sentenced to three years of imprisonment under Articles 130, 364, 369, and 391 of the CC for his comments on social networks.

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