Yaraslau Kazakevich
in custody
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 15 April 1996
Date of detention: 9 December 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 15 September 2024
Judge: Halina Bondal
Notes: War in Ukraine
Yaraslau Kazakevich is 27 years old. He is from Orša, Viciebsk region.
According to the case file, on December 8, 2022, he shot a video of an echelon with Russian military vehicles and arms at the Orša-Centraĺnaja railway station and immediately sent it to a Telegram channel recognized as "extremist".
The next day, December 9, 2022, Yaraslau Kazakevich was arrested. The Orša District Court sentenced him to 15 days of administrative detention 'for the production and distribution of extremist materials'. He was never released.
