Sviatlana Kasinskaya

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 7 January 1977

Date of detention: 21 February 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code β€” Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Yulyana Shcherba, Zhanna Khvainitskaya

Sviatlana Kasinskaya was arrested in February 2023 as a defendant in a criminal case on 'group actions grossly disrupting public order' (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

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