Maksim Mychko
served full term, released
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 1 February 1995
Date of detention: 7 September 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
Sentence: 1 year
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 23 June 2022
Judge: Siarhei Salouski
Maksim Mychko was sentenced to 1 year of imprisonment under Art. 370 of the Criminal Code (Desecration of state symbols).
On August 29, 2021, the accused in this case Maksim Mychko, Yana Mileuskaya and Aliaksandr Bendz, while being drunk, tore down the state flag in the street, which Mychko then threw on the sidewalk. The accused were identified using CCTV cameras.
Maksim served his sentence in full and was released on 23 June 2022.