Vadzim Dzmitronak
Former prisoner (Recognized ex post facto)
Date of birth: 30 June 1977
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- Art. 357 of the Criminal Code — Conspiracy to seize power in an unconstitutional way
- Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code — Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it
- Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Judge: Tatsiana Akavitaya, Andrei Leshchanka Лещенко Андрей Лешчанка Андрэй
Prosecutor: Artsiom Tsviatkou, Ivan Protski
Groups: Cultural workers
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Notes: Trials in absentia
The Brest Regional Court heard in absentia the criminal cases against Yauhen Vilski, Vadzim Dzmitranka, Volha Karach, Anatol Kotau, and Veranika Tsapkala. The trial was handled by judge Andrei Leshchanka.
It became known that all the defendants were sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment. Kotau and Karach were also fined 600,000 rubles (almost 170,000 euros); Vilski and Dzmitranak, 480,000 and 440,000 rubles, respectively (more than 135,000 and 124,000 euros); Tsapkala, 40,000 rubles (11,000 euros).
The defendants in the case were charged under five articles: "conspiracy or other actions with the aim of seizing state power" (Part 1 of Article 357 of the Criminal Code), "assistance to extremist activities" (Part 1 and Part 2 of Articles 361-4 of the Criminal Code), "creation of an extremist formation" (Part 1 and Part 3 of Articles 361-1 of the Criminal Code), "discrediting the Republic of Belarus" (Articles 369-1 of the Criminal Code), and "slander against Lukashenka" (Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code).
Verdicts have been passed in another criminal case in absentia
