Viktar Ivantsou

served full term, released

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 8 July 1989

Date of detention: 9 December 2020

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 309 of the Criminal Code — Intentional disrepair of a vehicle or communication lines

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 24 August 2022

Judge: Ina Paulouskaya

Prosecutor: Ihar Palyka

Cases: Rail sabotage

Viktar Ivantsou is a resident of Baranavičy convicted under Part 1 of Art. 14, Art. 309 of the Criminal Code (intentional disabling of a vehicle or means of communication and attempting to commit this crime).

The three defendants (Siarhei Bohdan, Uladzimir Lankevich and Viktar Ivantsou) made six attempts to block railway traffic. Some failed, and in two cases the blocking worked: as a result, train traffic was disrupted.

On April 27, 2021, the Baranavičy District Court sentenced Ivantsou to two years in a general-security colony.

Viktar served his sentence in full and was released on August 24, 2022.

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