Maksim Razhkou
sentenced to 3 1/2 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 20 August 1993
Date of detention: 29 September 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 21 August 2024
Judge: Ruslan Tsaruk
Notes: Health issues
Cases: The Zeltser case
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Maksim Razhkou was detained in Homieĺ for publishing comments on the Internet in connection with the deaths of IT worker Andrei Zeltser and KGB agent Dzmitry Fedasiuk.
On September 21, 2022, the Homieĺ Regional Court commenced the hearings of the case. On September 28, Razhkou was found guilty of ‘organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them’ and ‘incitement to hatred’ under Part 1 of Article 342 and Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code. He was sentenced to 3.5 years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
