Rastsislau Stefanovich
designer, architect, sentenced to 8 years in prison
Date of birth: 12 May 1988
Date of detention: 29 September 2020
Charges indicted:
Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Art. 218 of the Criminal Code — Intentional destruction or damage to property committed in a generally dangerous manner or causing damage on a large scale
Sentence: 8 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Dzmitry Astapenka
Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Ramanovich
Prison: Penal colony No. 17
Rastsislau Stefanovich, a member of the expanded Coordination Council, was detained and beaten by riot police on September 28, 2020.
He was then charged under Art. 293 of the Criminal Code and remanded in custody.
Rastsislau is a designer and architect. He is also a defensive end with the Zubrs football club.
On July 19, 2021, Judge Dzmitry Astapenka sentenced Stefanovich to eight years in a medium-security penal colony.