Mikalai Shvets

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 295 of the Criminal Code — Unlawful acts against firearms, ammunition and explosives
  • Art. 309 of the Criminal Code — Intentional disrepair of a vehicle or communication lines
  • Art. 289 of the Criminal Code — An act of terrorism
  • Article 358-1 of the Criminal Code — Agent activity

Sentence: 25 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Valiantsina Ziankevich

Cases: Diversion in Mačuliščy, Donations

Notes: Foreign citizens, Trials in absentia, War in Ukraine

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