Maksim Pikun

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 29 April 1986

Date of detention: 27 July 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 years

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

Date of release: 20 June 2024

Judge: Aksana Zotkina

In June 2022, in Gantsavichy, Brest region, Maksim Pikun was sentenced for insulting Lukashenka (Article 368 of the Criminal Code) to two (2) years at an open-type correctional facility.

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