Artsiom Zakrzheuski
Prisoner
Date of birth: 22 February 2003
Date of detention: 3 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 3 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code — Especially malicious hooliganism
Sentence: 4 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Judge: Alena Zhukovich
Prison: Open correctional facility No. 9
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Artsiom Zakrzheuski was charged with organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order (Part 1 of Article 342) and hooliganism (Part 3 of Article 339 of the Criminal Code).
The trial was presided over by Judge Alena Zhukovich.
He was taken into custody in early January 2022 on suspicion of hooliganism and later charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code.
On July 5, 2022, Zakrzheuski was sentenced to four years and six months of restricted freedom in an open penal facility (khimiya).
The defendant is currently serving the sentence at open correctional facility No. 9.
On October 11, 2023, Judge Volha Shapaval began considering the case of Artsiom Zakrzheuski regarding the request to strengthen the prison regime. The trial was held at the Court of Čyhunačny District of Viciebsk.
Artsiom Zakrzheuski is on the list of extremists.
