Yury Kuzniatsou

sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 6 May 1997

Date of detention: 24 August 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code β€” Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 8 April 2022

Date of release: 10 August 2024

Yury Kuzniatsou was sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Group actions that grossly violate public order).

Since April 8, 2022, he has been serving his sentence in the open-type correctional facility No. 43.

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