Pavel Kulheika

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of restricted freedom

Date of birth: 27 September 1987

Date of detention: 25 October 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 179 of the Criminal Code — Illegal collection and dissemination of information about private life

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 25 October 2022

Date of release: 17 April 2024

Pavel Kulheika was convicted of ‘insulting a government official’ and ‘Illegal dissemination of information about private life’ under Articles 369 and 179 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to 18 months of restricted freedom in an open-type penal facility.

He has started to serve his sentence.

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