Andrei Sheshko

Date of birth: 14 March 1981

Date of detention: 15 January 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Part 1 of Art. 328 of the Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs without the purpose of sale

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 1 March 2024

Judge: Alena Bushava

On April 29, 2022, Andrei Sheshko was sentenced in the Frunziensky District Court of Minsk to 2 ½ years in a general-security penal colony under two articles of the Criminal Code:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code - Organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order;
  • Part 1 Art. 328 of the Criminal Code - Illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs

He is now in penal colony No. 15.

 

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