Vital Yakutsik

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code — Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it
  • Art. 356 of the Criminal Code — High treason
  • Art. 309 of the Criminal Code — Intentional disrepair of a vehicle or communication lines
  • Art. 289 of the Criminal Code — An act of terrorism
  • Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group
  • Art. 290-1 of the Criminal Code — Financing of terrorist activities

Sentence: 25 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Valiantsina Ziankevich

Cases: Diversion in Mačuliščy, Donations

Notes: Trials in absentia, War in Ukraine

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