Pavlo Kupriyenko
sentenced to 7 years imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 27 February 1968
Date of detention: 12 November 2022
Charges indicted:
- Article 358-1 of the Criminal Code — Agent activity
Sentence: 7 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Date of release: 28 June 2024
Judge: Ruslan Tsaruk
Notes: Foreign citizens, Retirement age, War in Ukraine
On March 9, 2023, the Homieĺ Regional Court convicted Pavlo Kupriyenko, a citizen of Ukraine, under Article 358-1 of the Criminal Code of Belarus ('Inteligence activities') and sentenced him to seven years of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony.
Besides, in the case of "undercover activity for the benefit of Ukraine", Taras Machynski from the Homieĺ region was accused of 'high treason' under Part 1 of Article 356 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony. Dzmitryi Salavianchyk was found guilty of "concealing traces of a serious crime" under Part 1 of Article 405 of the Criminal Code and fined 400 basic fines (14,800 Belarusian rubles). Judge Ruslan Tsaruk handed down such a sentence. The trial started on February 14, 2023, and was held behind closed doors.
