Valiantsin Muzykin
sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 21 April 1970
Date of detention: 29 September 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Ivan Kotau
Prison: Penal colony No. 2
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Valiantsin Muzykin was sentenced in a closed court session to 24 months of imprisonment in a penal colony for ‘inciting hatred’ (Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code) and ‘insulting a government official’ (Article 369 of the Criminal Code).
