Pavel Berasniou

served full term, released

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 8 February 1970

Date of detention: 3 April 2021

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 3 April 2021

Date of release: 26 September 2022

Judge: Viktoryia Paliashchuk

Pavel Berasniou is a resident of Maladziečna convicted under Article 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a government official).

He was found guilty of insulting head of the Maladziečna police department Vadzim Pryhara.

The Maladziečna District Court sentenced him to one and a half years of restricted freedom.

On April 3, 2021, Berasniou was sent to serve his sentence at penitentiary No. 9 in Viciebsk.

Berasniou served his sentence in full and was released on September 26, 2022.

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