Dzmitryi Kachanouski
in custody
Date of birth: 16 April 1973
Date of detention: 21 March 2023
Charges indicted:
Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Anzhela Kastsiukevich
Prison: Penal colony No. 1
Dzmitryi Kachanouski, an IT specialist, was arrested by the KGB officers on March 21, 2023. He was charged under Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code ('financing of activities of extremist formation') for his ten donations to organizations that support Belarusians.