Vadzim Shylko
military reenactor, sentenced to 3 years imprisonment
Date of birth: 1 September 1983
Date of detention: 12 January 2023
Charges indicted:
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 14 February 2023
Judge: Anatol Dabradzei
Prison: Penal colony No. 17
Vadzim Shylko, a military reenactor who participated in the historical reenactments at the Stalin Line open-air museum, was sentenced to three years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony under Part 1 of Article 130-1 of the Criminal Code ('Inciting racial, national, religious or other social hatred'). His trial lasted from October to November 2022 in the Minsk Regional Court.
On his page in the Odnoklassniki Russian social media, Vadzim Shylko posted photos of him participating in reenactments and wearing a Wehrmacht soldier uniform. His page was recognized as an extremist information source, although he did not publish any information glorifying Nazism.
On February 14, 2023, the Supreme Court considered the appeal filed by the political prisoner.
