Siarhei Kryuchenia

sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 29 October 1981

Date of detention: 18 August 2020

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots

Sentence: 3 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Vera Filonik

Cases: Protests in Brest

Siarhei Kryuchenia was arrested in a criminal case of "mass riots" (Article 293 of the Criminal Code). The case was opened after the events of August 10 in Brest . He was detained on August 18.

Siarhei has two minor children.

On March 10, Judge Vera Filonik of the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest sentenced Kryuchenia to 3.5 years in a medium-security penal colony.

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