Iryna Piartsova
sentenced to 2 years
Date of birth: 11 February 1995
Date of detention: 20 September 2021
Charges indicted:
Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code — Hooliganism committed by a group of persons
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 1 June 2023
Judge: Mikhail Zubenia
Iryna Piartsova was arrested in late September 2021 for creating and leading several groups in the Telegram messaging application and staging a performance, together with Yuliya Labunova and Artsiom Latyshau, during which a plaque reading “Aliaksandr Lukashenka. 30.08.1954-30.08.2021” and a portrait of Lukashenka with a black ribbon were attached to a tombstone cross. They then uncorked a bottle of champagne and poured the contents onto the grave.
On April 25, 2022, the trial started in Viciebsk District Court. On May 20, Judge Mikhail Zubenia found Iryna guilty and sentenced her to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
