Siarhei Kreida

Date of birth: 24 February 1985

Date of detention: 30 September 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 20 February 2023

Judge: Zhanna Brysina

Siarhei Kreida was arrested in a criminal case opened for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dzmitryi Fedasiuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser.

He is charged under Article 130 of the Criminal Code (Incitement to hatred).

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