Kanstantsin Baisarau
sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 17 August 1999
Date of detention: 1 July 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Andrei Leshchanka
Prosecutor: Aliaksei Yaroshyk
Prison: Penal colony No. 1
Kanstantsin Baisarau was accused of having filmed a military plane flying over the territory of Belarus on February 27, 2022, a few days after Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, and sent the video to the chatbot of an "extremist" Telegram channel.
Baisarau was charged under Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code (promoting extremist activity).
On July 1, 2022, the Brest Regional Court found him guilty and sentenced him to 24 months of imprisonment in a penal colony. The trial was headed by Judge Andrei Leshchanka, the prosecution side was supported by prosecutor Aliaksei Yaroshyk.
The defendant was taken into custody in the courtroom and placed in pre-trial detention.
The current location is clarified.
