Pavel Malitvik

sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of detention: 2 September 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Yuryi Kazakevich

Pavel Malitvik was convicted of ‘insulting a government official’ and ‘threatening violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies’ under Articles 369 and 364 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment in a penal colony for his comments about a Ministry of Internal Affairs officer.

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