Ivan Yanchuk
Date of birth: 7 July 1996
Date of detention: 26 September 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 7 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Siarhei Bieraziuk
Prison: Penal colony No. 3
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Ivan Yanchuk is a former security officer. At first, he was an investigator in Malaryta, later he transferred to Kobryn District Department of Internal Affairs as an investigator.
According to information from the GUBOPiK (Main Department for Combatting Organised Crime and Corruption) video, Ivan quit the security forces and started mining cryptocurrencies. According to security officials, Ivan transmitted information about his colleagues to various Telegram channels. Ivan is charged with violating Part 3 of Art. 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
