Mikhail Marmysh

sentenced to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment

Date of birth: 3 July 1987

Date of detention: 1 October 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 31 January 2023

Date of release: 15 July 2023

Judge: Sviatlana Charapanava

Mikhail Marmysh was arrested on October 1, 2021, as a defendant in the 'Zeltser case' for his comments on the Internet related to the shootout on September 28, 2021, in Minsk, between the KGB officers and the IT worker Andrei Zeltser.

On November 14, 2022, the Minsk City Court convicted him under Article 130 ('Incitement of hatred or enmity'), Article  369 ('Contempt of a public official'), and Article 368 ('Contempt of the President of Belarus') of the Criminal Code of Belarus. Judge Sviatlana Charapanava sentenced him to 2 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

On January 31, 2023, the Supreme Court dismissed his appeal and upheld the verdict.

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