Maksim Imkhavik
minor, sentenced to 3 years of juvenile prison
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 8 February 2004
Date of detention: 12 July 2021
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a juvenile penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 12 July 2021
Date of release: 14 April 2024
Judge: Dzmitryi Shuryn
Cases: Protests in Brest
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Alexander Burnett, Member of the Scottish Parliament
Maksim Imkhavik is an under-aged defendant in the criminal case of mass riots in Brest, opened after the post-election protests of 2020.
He was charged under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (participation in the riots on August 10, 2020). Imkhavik was free before the trial.
On July 12, 2021, Imkhavik was sentenced to three years in a juvenile penal colony by the Lieninski District Court of Brest. He was taken into custody in the courtroom.