Maksim Klimovich
former police officer, sentenced to 3 years
Former prisoner
Date of detention: 17 August 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: 3 years
Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")
Judge: Yuryi Mashketau
Prosecutor: Yauhen Serakou
Notes: Detention upon return to Belarus
Groups: Law enforcement officers
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Maksim Klimovich is a former riot police officer. He left the police after the election of 2010.
In the summer of 2021, he left to live in Poland, but was forced to return. A few days after his return, on August 17, he was detained at home in the village of Chaciežyna near Minsk. The search was carried out under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (actions that grossly violate public order).
After the detention, GUBAZIK officers recorded a video confession showing the former riot police officer admitting to intending to "oppose law enforcement officers" on August 9-11, 2020.
On November 2, 2021, the court of the Maskoŭski district of Minsk found Klimovich guilty under Article 342 of the Criminal Code and sentenced him to three years of restricted freedom (home confinement). The convict was released in the courtroom.
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