Siarhei Bohdan

sentenced to 3 years in prison

Date of birth: 29 July 1991

Date of detention: 4 December 2020

Charges indicted:

Art. 309 of the Criminal Code — Intentional disrepair of a vehicle or communication lines

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 15 August 2023

Judge: Ina Paulouskaya

Siarhei Bohdan is a resident of Baranavičy convicted under Part 1 of Art. 14, Art. 309 of the Criminal Code (intentional disabling of a vehicle or means of communication and attempting to commit this crime).

The three defendants (Siarhei Bohdan, Uladzimir Lankevich and Viktar Ivantsou) made six attempts to block railway traffic. Some failed, and in two cases the blocking worked: as a result, train traffic was disrupted.

On April 27, 2021, the Baranavičy District Court sentenced Bohdan to three years in a general-security colony.

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