Yauhen Klimau
sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 21 October 1996
Date of detention: 30 December 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 5 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Ruslan Tsaruk
Prosecutor: Yuliya Kanapelkina
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Evgeny Klimov from Pietrykaŭ was sentenced to 5 years in a medium-security penal colony. He was found guilty of leading an extremist formation, namely the Pietrykaŭ 97% Telegram channel (Part 1 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code). In addition, Evgeny was found guilty of inciting social hatred for reposting a message about the riot police from the telegram channel "Nexta" (Article 130 of the Criminal Code).