Kanstantsin Shestau

Date of birth: 20 April 1978

Charges indicted:

Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group
Art. 290-1 of the Criminal Code — Financing of terrorist activities

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Sviatlana Charapanava

Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 1

Kanstantsin Shestau was convicted on March 14, 2024 in Minsk City Court. 

Judge Sviatlana Charapanava sentenced him to imprisonment for financing terrorist and extremist activities under Part 2 of Article 290-1, Parts 1 and 2 of Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code.

On April 12, 2024, he was included in the list of citizens of Belarus, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.

 
Mail address: Pre-trial detention center No. 1. 220030, Minsk, vulica Valadarskaha 2

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