Yury Tserashkevich

sentenced to 2 years

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 3 May 1988

Date of detention: 10 January 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 20 October 2023

Judge: Sviatlana Bratanava

Prosecutor: Yuryi Prakapchuk

Groups: Athletes

Yury Tserashkevich is a former goalkeeper of FC Granit in the 2006/2007 season.

Judge Sviatlana Bratanova found him guilty under Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code (insult of the president) and sentenced him to two years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony. 

On October 30, 2023, Yury was released from prison.

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