Mikhail Lazko

Prisoner

Date of birth: 19 March 1986

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Maksim Trusevich

Prison: Penal colony No. 2

Mikhail Lazko was convicted under Article 369 of the Criminal Code for insulting a a government official. He was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

On August 16, 2024, he was added to the list of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 2. 213800, Babrujsk, vulica Sikorskaha 1

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