Maksim Karankou

Date of birth: 13 August 1981

Date of detention: 1 October 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Judge: Sniazhana Kindzeyeva

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 55

Maksim Karankou was sentenced on December 1, 2021, in the Kastryčnitsky District Court of Viciebsk under Article 369 of the Criminal Code. He was sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to correctional facility No. 55.

      He was included in the list of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.

 
Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 55. 220021, Minsk, vulica Sacyjalistyčnaja, 7

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