Kiryl Matsiuta

Date of birth: 21 March 1991

Date of detention: 9 January 2023

Charges indicted:

Part 1 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Organization of riots

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 20 June 2023

Judge: Marharyta Lantsevich

On the list of “terrorists” (money transfers are prohibited)

Kiryl Matsiuta was charged with violating Part 1 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code. Following a trial presided over by Judge Marharyta Lantsevich, Kiryl was sentenced to imprisonment.

      On August 4, 2023, he was included in the list of individuals involved in extremist activities.

 

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