Siarhei Kabarchuk

Prisoner

Date of detention: 16 February 2024

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 295 of the Criminal Code — Unlawful acts against firearms, ammunition and explosives
  • Art. 289 of the Criminal Code — An act of terrorism
  • Art. 333-1 of the Criminal Code — Illegal cross-border transportation of poisonous, poisonous substances, radioactive materials, weapons, military equipment
  • Article 358-1 of the Criminal Code — Agent activity

Sentence: 20 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Yauhen Sharshniou

Notes: Foreign citizens, War in Ukraine

Siarhei Kabarchuk was detained together with his son Pavel Kabarchuk.

Pro-government sources called them “saboteurs of the SBU”. They were found guilty under Part 3 of Article 289 of the Criminal Code (act of terrorism), Part 4 of Article 295 of the Criminal Code (illegal actions in relation to firearms, ammunition and explosives), Article 358-1 of the Criminal Code (agent activity), Part 3 of Article 333-1 of the Criminal Code (illegal cross-border transportation of poisonous, poisonous substances, radioactive materials, weapons, military equipment).

He was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony. The trial was conducted by Judge Yauhen Sharshniou.

 

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