Yuliya Krautsova

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 31 July 1976

Date of detention: 23 January 2024

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities

Sentence: 4 years

Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Aliaksandr Rybakou

Notes: «Solidarity Raid»

Yuliya Krautsova was arrested under Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code. She is charged with financing extremist activities. The detention was part of a larger prosecution effort by the authorities against individuals who support political prisoners and their families through the social project INeedHelpBy, which provides food aid.

Yuliya is the sister of Mikalai Karobka's wife and the mother of Pavel Krautsou.

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