Vital Leskavets
Prisoner
Date of birth: 20 December 1975
Date of detention: 20 May 2024
Charges indicted:
- Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group
- Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code — Participation or preparing to participate in hostilities on foreign soil by a Republic of Belarus citizen
Sentence: unknown
Judge: Vasil Halkouski
Notes: War in Ukraine
Vital Leskavets, an IT specialist, was arrested for making donations to help Ukraine.
His trial began on August 22, 2024. Leskavets is charged under two articles - "Financing or other material support of war" (Part 2 of Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code) and "Financing an extremist formation" (Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code).
