Mikita Zimin
IT worker, sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 8 November 1998
Date of detention: 17 August 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Judge: Viktoryia Shabunia
Prison: Released awaiting the commencement of the sentence
Groups: IT specialists
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Mikita Zimin was detained and charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (organization or active participation in group actions grossly violating public order).
On November 5, 2021, Mikita Zimin was sentenced to three years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiayr ("khimiya") after the Centraĺny District Court of Minsk found him guilty under Article 342 of the Criminal Code. He was accused of blocking traffic in Minsk on August 10, 2020. After two and a half months in custody, Zimin was released in the courtroom to wait for an appeal hearing.
