Valery Samsonenka

Prisoner

Date of birth: 26 September 1982

Date of detention: 14 October 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Krystsina Kasyanava

Notes: War in Ukraine

Valery Samsonenka was sentenced to one year in a penal colony under Article 370 of the Criminal Code (Desecration of state symbols).

The case was considered in the Court of the Svetlahorski District by Judge Krystsina Kasyanava on January 9, 2024 .

 

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