Michail Rudko
Former prisoner (Recognized ex post facto)
Charges indicted:
- Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 3 months
Penalty: arrest
Judge: Alena Zhyvitsa
Prosecutor: Ulyana Rudnitskaya
Notes: Retirement age
Groups: The military
On January 6, 2021, the Court of Kastrychnitski District of Minsk started to consider the criminal case against military pensioner Mikhail Rudko, who was accused of violence against the official - the controller of Minsktrans Pavel Maksimovich and insulting the president.
As a result, on May 13, 2021, Judge Alena Zhyvitsa decided that Mikhail Rudko's guilt had been proved and sentenced him on the aggregate of two crimes by absorbing a less strict punishment by a more strict one to arrest for a period of 3 months.
At that time, it was the longest criminal trial on political grounds, which lasted more than five months.
