Raman Hvazdziolka

sentenced to 4 years

Date of birth: 30 January 1995

Date of detention: 20 October 2020

Charges indicted:

Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots

Sentence: 4 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Sviataslau Kalina

Prosecutor: Aliaksei Baranouski, Alena Sharko

Prison: Penal colony No. 15

Godparent: Axel Echeverria, member of the German Bundestag

Raman Hvazdziolka

Raman Hvazdziolka was detained on October 20, 2020 on suspicion of involvement in the August 10 "riots" in Brest. He was charged under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code.

On August 12, 2021, Judge Sviataslau Kalina of the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced him to 4 years in prison.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 15. 213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183

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