Pavel Kabarchuk
Prisoner
Date of birth: 16 June 1993
Date of detention: 16 February 2024
Charges indicted:
- Art. 295 of the Criminal Code — Unlawful acts against firearms, ammunition and explosives
- Art. 289 of the Criminal Code — An act of terrorism
- Art. 333-1 of the Criminal Code — Illegal cross-border transportation of poisonous, poisonous substances, radioactive materials, weapons, military equipment
- Article 358-1 of the Criminal Code — Agent activity
Sentence: 20 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Yauhen Sharshniou
Notes: Foreign citizens, War in Ukraine
Pavel Kabarchuk was detained along with his father Siarhei Kabarchuk.
Pro-government sources called them “saboteurs of the SBU”. They were found guilty under Part 3 of Article 289 of the Criminal Code (act of terrorism), Part 4 of Article 295 of the Criminal Code (illegal actions in relation to firearms, ammunition and explosives), Article 358-1 of the Criminal Code (agent activity), Part 3 of Article 333-1 of the Criminal Code (illegal cross-border transportation of poisonous, poisonous substances, radioactive materials, weapons, military equipment).
He was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony. The trial was conducted by Judge Yauhen Sharshniou.