Valeryi Kazei

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 17 December 1991

Date of detention: 10 October 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 9 October 2022

Valeryj Kazey is a resident of Rečyca, sentenced to 1 year in prison under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code ("Organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order").

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