Kseniya Khоdyrаva
Prisoner
Date of birth: 18 September 1996
Date of detention: 10 October 2023
Charges indicted:
- Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group
- Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code — Participation or preparing to participate in hostilities on foreign soil by a Republic of Belarus citizen
Sentence: 5 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Sviatlana Makarevich
Prison: Penal colony No. 4
Groups: Athletes
Cases: Donations
Notes: War in Ukraine
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Ruth Maguire, Scottish National Party
Kseniya Khоdyrаva was arrested for making donations and thus violating Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code (Financing the activities of an extremist group).
After the arrest the girl spent several months in the pre-trial detention center of the KGB, then she was transferred to pre-trial detention center No. 1.
On February 16, 2024, Judge Sviatlana Makarevich sentenced the political prisoner to five years in a general-security penal colony.
