Hanna Volskaya

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 17 May 1979

Date of detention: 8 March 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting a government official

Sentence: 1 year and 6 months

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 26 August 2022

Date of release: 7 October 2023

Judge: Tatsiana Rakhmanenka

Hanna Volskaya was found guilty of "insulting a public officer" and sentenced to a year and a half of restricted freedom in an open correctional facility.

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