Eduard Zhdanko
sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison
Date of birth: 23 December 1997
Date of detention: 24 March 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 363 of the Criminal Code — Resistance to a police officer or other person guarding public order
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Mikalai Kmita
Prosecutor: Sviatlana Pasemka
Prison: Penal colony No. 1
Eduard Zhdanko was sentenced to three and a half years in prison under Part 2 of Article 363 of the Criminal Code (resistance to police officers).
According to the indictment, during a protest on August 9, 2020, Zhdanko obstructed the lawful activities of servicemen of the internal troops. He took a piece of paved tile and threw at the soldiers who were dispersing the protest, and hit one of the soldiers in the shoulder. This injury did not lead to any health disorders.
