Maksim Yalkanau
served full term, released
Date of birth: 30 July 1991
Date of detention: 9 March 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 1 year and 7 months
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 29 July 2022
Judge: Siarhei Salouski, Vadzim Bobyrau
Prosecutor: Iryna Kurbatskaya
Maksim Yalkanau is a footbal fan based in Rečyca, Homieĺ region. He was detained on March 9, 2021 and placed in remand prison #3 in Homieĺ.
Yalkanau was summoned for questioning, but he was never released. In the evening of March 10, the Interior Ministry confirmed his detention. A criminal case was instituted against him for 'organizing and preparing actions grossly disrupting public order and combined with open disobedience of the authorities' under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code.
On June 18, 2021, Judge Siarhei Salouski found Maksim Yalkanau guilty and sentenced him to 18 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
In November 2021, the Rečyca District Court heard another case against Yalkanau under the same article of the Criminal Code. Judge Vadzim Bobyrau found the political prisoner guilty and announced the final sentence of 19 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
The political prisoner served his sentence in penal colony #17 in Škloŭ, Mahilioŭ region.
On July 29, 2022, Maksim Yalkanau was released.
