Vital Maksimchuk
Prisoner
Date of birth: 14 September 1983
Date of detention: 18 October 2023
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. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities
Sentence: 5 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Dzmitryi Kurouski
Prison: Penal colony No. 17
Vital Maksimchuk was arrested on October 18, 2023, allegedly for being an administrator of the chat room Salidarnasc Ivacevichy in 2020. Vital has three children.
Vital is being held in pre-trial detention center.