Valeryi Patsiarukhin
sentenced to 2 1/2 years in high security penal colony
Date of birth: 6 July 1975
Date of detention: 10 September 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: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony
Date of release: 28 January 2024
Judge: Yauhen Yerafeyeu
Valeryi Patsiarukhin was convicted on November 23, 2021, for participating in the protest action in Žlobin on August 9, 2020, under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code ('Active participation in group actions grossly breaching public order'). He was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony.
Patsiarukhin had previously been convicted several times. He was in custody until the trial.
