Vadzim Patsenka

Prisoner

Date of birth: 9 October 2000

Date of detention: 3 March 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 289 of the Criminal Code β€” An act of terrorism

Sentence: 21 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Valeryi Ramanouski

Cases: Protests in Hrodna

Notes: War in Ukraine

Vadzim Patsenka was detained under the case of sabotage in Machulishchy on March 3, 2023.

He is now in a pre-trial detention center. Vadzim is charged with preparing for an act of terrorism. According to KGB, Vadzim was supposed to commit an act of sabotage in Hrodna.

 

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