Uladzimir Zapolskikh
law student
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 10 November 2000
Date of detention: 20 May 2023
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 1 year
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 5 November 2024
Judge: Sviatlana Bandarenka, Dzmitryi Karsiuk
Groups: Students
Cases: The Zeltser case
Uladzimir Zapolskikh was detained for publishing comments on the Internet in connection with the deaths of IT worker Andrei Zeltser and KGB agent Dzmitry Fedasiuk.
On November 25, 2022 the Minsk Municipal court convicted the political prisoner. Judge Sviatlana Bandarenka found Zapolskikh guilty of “inciting social hatred” (part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code), “participating in actions that grossly violate public order” (part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code), and “insulting a government official” (Article 369 of the Criminal Code). He was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony and a fine of 6,400 Belarusian rubles ($2,500).
Zapolskikh served his sentence in full and was released at the end of January 2023.
