Illia Shapatkouski
Date of birth: 23 September 1987
Date of detention: 4 August 2020
Charges indicted:
Art. 357 of the Criminal Code — Conspiracy to seize power in an unconstitutional way
Sentence: 9 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 10 July 2023
Judge: Natallia Buhuk
Prison: Penal colony No. 17
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Katja Keul, Member of the German Bundestag and Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office
Illia Shapatkouski was actively involved in V. Babaryka's election campaign and was the head of the signature verification department.
He was detained on August 4, 2020, and placed in custody as part of a criminal case under an article for economic crime. However, at the end of 2021, the article was changed to Art. 357 of the Criminal Code (Conspiracy to seize power in an unconstitutional way).
