Ruslan Ksionzhyk

sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom

Prisoner

Date of birth: 20 March 1987

Date of detention: 14 December 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 3 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 22 July 2022

Judge: Lidziya Tselitsa

Prosecutor: Yauhen Serakou

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 7

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Ruslan Ksionzhyk

Ruslan Ksionzhyk, 34, was detained on December 14, 2021. He was taken into custody on December 24, 2021.

On April 12, 2022, Judge Lidziya Tselitsa of the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk convicted him of ‘group actions that grossly violated the public order’ under Article 342 of the Criminal Code and sentenced him to three years of restricted freedom in an open-type penal facility.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 7. 225136, Pružany district, Kuplina

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