Maksim Pytsel
sentenced to 3 years in prison
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 23 March 1991
Date of detention: 15 December 2020
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code — Hooliganism committed by a group of persons
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 26 August 2023
Judge: Aliaksandr Semianchuk
Cases: Protests in Brest, Rail sabotage
Maksim Pytsel was detained on December 15, 2020 in the case of blocking railways and hanging police effigies. Pytsel was charged under Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism).
Pytsel was convicted for hanging an effigy with a sign reading “OMON” (“riot police”) and placing on the road and setting fire to three car tires.
On May 18, the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced Pytsel under Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code to 3 years in a general-security penal colony.
