Mikalai Berdnikau

sentenced to 2 years

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 5 September 1986

Date of detention: 3 January 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting a government official

Sentence: 2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 3 January 2022

Date of release: 3 January 2024

Judge: Mikhail Yurchanka

Mikalai Berdnikau

Mikalai Berdnikau was sentenced to 2 years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary ("khimiya") for insulting a government official (Article 369 of the Criminal Code).

He started to serve his sentence on January 3, 2022. 

He was scheduled to be released at the end of his sentence on January 3, 2024.

 

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