Illia Smolski
released
Date of birth: 7 August 1998
Date of detention: 16 September 2020
Charges indicted:
Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
Sentence: 1 year
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Date of release: 14 January 2022
Judge: Andrei Hrushko
Prosecutor: Alena Tsikhanovich
Illia Smolski was accused of insulting the state flag (Article 370 of the Criminal Code).
On November 6, 2020, Judge Hrushko of the Lieninski District Court of Brest found Smolski guilty and sentenced him to one year of restricted freedom (so-called “khimiya”).
The investigation argued that at about midnight on September 16 someone approached the building of the choreographic school in Brest and, jumping up, pulled the state flag, so that the handle broke and the flag fell to the ground. Then the man left.
Defendant Smolski pleaded guilty in full.
The convict has been sent to serve the sentence in an open penal facility.
Illia served his sentence in full and was released on January 14, 2022.
