Sviatlana Astravinskaya

sentenced to 1 year

Date of birth: 16 March 1968

Date of detention: 20 January 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 368 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 18 December 2022

Judge: Irina Pradun

Svetlana Ostrovinskaya was sentenced to 12 months of imprisonment for insulting the president (Art. 368 of the Criminal Code).

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