Dzmitry Lastouski

sentenced to 5 years in prison

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 12 November 1983

Date of detention: 29 September 2020

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
  • Art. 218 of the Criminal Code — Intentional destruction or damage to property committed in a generally dangerous manner or causing damage on a large scale

Sentence: 5 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Date of release: 10 November 2023

Judge: Dzmitryi Astapenka

Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Ramanovich

Cases: "Chat case"

Godparent: Sylvia Lehmann, Bundestag

Dzmitry Lastouski

Dzmitry Lastouski was detained on September 29, 2020 in the case of mass riots.

He was charged under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code, "participation in riots."

On July 19, 2021, Judge Dzmitry Astapenka sentenced Lastouski to five years in a medium-security penal colony.

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