Pavel Babchanok
entrepreneur, sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 13 December 1974
Date of detention: 8 February 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 28 November 2023
Judge: Vasil Biahun
Pavel Babchanok was sentenced to two years of imprisonment in a penal colony under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code for ‘inciting hatred’ with a comment posted on a social network on bringing to justice those guilty of crimes against rights and freedoms in the future.