Valeryi Barzenka
sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 13 February 1971
Charges indicted:
Art. 295 of the Criminal Code — Unlawful acts against firearms, ammunition and explosives
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 7 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 15 February 2023
Judge: Viktar Sianko
Prison: Penal colony No. 3
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Valeryi Barzenka was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment in a penal colony for sending information about his former manager to the ‘destructive’ Telegram channels bots and keeping bullets for firearms. He was found guilty of ‘inciting hatred in group’ (p. 3 of art. 130 CC) and ‘unlawful possession of ammunition’ (p. 2 art. 295 CC).
