Viktar Kalinouski

sentenced to 2 1/2 year of restricted freedom, released

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 21 December 2000

Date of detention: 8 July 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code — Hooliganism committed by a group of persons

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prosecutor: Iryna Mareika

Notes: Pardon / amnesty

Cases: Protests in Brest

Viktar Kalinouski was sentenced by the Brest District Court to two years and six months of restricted freedom in an open correctional institution under Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code for spray-painting protest slogans in various public places in Brest and the Brest district.

His actions caused damage of 94 rubles 1 kopecks.

On September 16, 2021, the convict was pardoned and released, after his sentence was commuted to home confinement (“domashnyaya khimiya”).

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