Mikhail Chumakou

Date of birth: 31 March 1962

Date of detention: 10 May 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")

Judge: Dzmitryi Vasiuk

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 24

Mikhail Chumakou

Mikhail Chumakou was charged with committing a crime under Article 369 (Insulting a government official).

On February 25, Judge Dzmitry Vasyuk found Mikhail guilty and sentenced him to two years of restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya").

      He was included in the list of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.

He serves his sentence in open correctional facility No. 24.

 
Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 24. 230025, Grodno, Lidskaya str. 29 b

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