Maksim Stasiuk
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 15 March 1991
Date of detention: 8 April 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code — Participation or preparing to participate in hostilities on foreign soil by a Republic of Belarus citizen
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 15 June 2024
Judge: Natallia Buhuk
Groups: IT specialists
Notes: War in Ukraine
Maksim Stasiuk was taken into custody on charges of ‘participation in group actions that grossly violate the public order’ and ‘attempting to participate or in hostilities on foreign soil’ (intention to join the defenders of Ukraine) under Part 1 of Article 342 and Part 1 of Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code respectively.
On November 9, 2022, in Minsk City Court at a closed session Natallia Buhuk considered Maksim's case under two articles: Part 1 of Article 342 (Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order or active participation in them), and Part 1 of Article 361-3 (Participation on the territory of a foreign state in an armed formation or armed conflict, military actions, recruitment or preparation of persons for such participation).
Maksim was sentenced to two years and six months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
On February 24, 2023, the Ministry of Internal Affairs included Maxim in the "list of extremists".
