Artsiom Kandratsiyeu
served full term, released
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 13 October 1991
Date of detention: 29 May 2021
Charges indicted:
- art. 188 of the Criminal Code — Defamation
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Date of release: 22 November 2022
Judge: Ina Kokhava
Prosecutor: Kalenka
Artsiom Kandratsiyeu was sentenced on February 25, 2021, by the Orša District Court under Art. 188 of the Criminal Code (defamation) to one and a half years of restricted freedom in an open correctional facility.
According to the prosecution, on August 12, 2020, Kandratsiyeu posted on the Vkontakte social media a photo of a local police officer, Vishneuski, and information that the investigation considered offensive and false.
On May 29, 2021, the convict was sent to serve his sentence at penitentiary No. 6.
Kandratsiyeu was released in mid-November 2022.
