Vadzim Tsykunou

sentenced to three years and six months in a high security prison

Date of birth: 19 July 1981

Date of detention: 25 November 2020

Charges indicted:

Art. 295 of the Criminal Code — Unlawful acts against firearms, ammunition and explosives
Part 1 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code — Hooliganism

Sentence: 3 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Yauhen Sharshniou

Prison: Penal colony No. 1

According to the prosecution, on October 25, 2020, Vadzim Tsykunou produced two Molotov cocktails and threw them into a cigarette kiosk, thereby causing damage in the amount of 26 rubles (about 10 USD). The man was detained at the end of November 2020.

Vadzim Tsykunou was sentenced to three years and six months in a high security prison under Art. 295-1 and Part 3 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code

Mail address: Penal colony No. 1. 211440, Navapolack, vulica Techničnaya 8

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