Uladzislau Pudziak

sentenced to imprisonment

Date of birth: 10 June 1985

Date of detention: 5 April 2023

Charges indicted:

Art. 356 of the Criminal Code — High treason

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Aliaksandr Piskunou

Prison: Penal colony No. 17

Uladzislau Pudziak is a shop head at Gomselmash, a major agricultural machinery manufacturer based in Homieĺ.

On June 20, 2023, the Homieĺ Regional Court found Pudziak guilty under Part 1 of Article 356 of the Criminal Code ('High treason') and sentenced to imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

The hearings were held behind closed doors and the details of the sentence are unknown.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 17. 213004, Škloŭ, vulica 1-ja Zavodskaja 8

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