Valeryi Tsimashenka

sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment

Date of birth: 9 September 1983

Date of detention: 15 January 2023

Charges indicted:

Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Vera Halaukova

Prison: Prison No. 4

Valeryi Tsimashenka is 49 years old. He is from Minsk. He was accused of 'supporting extremist activities' (Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code) and 'organizing and preparing actions grossly disrupting public order' (Part 1 of Article 342).

On March 2, 2023, the Minsk City Court sentenced Valeryi Tsimashenka to three years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony. Judge Vera Halaukova heard the case.

Mail address: Prison No. 4. 212011, Mahilioŭ, vulica Krupskaj 99A

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