Viachaslau Savichau

sentenced to 1 year in prison

Date of detention: 28 September 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 28 September 2021

Date of release: 28 September 2022

Judge: Alina Koshkina

Viachaslau Savichau is a resident of Homieĺ sentenced to one year in a penal colony under Art. 370 of the Criminal Code.

According to the case file, being intoxicated by alcohol, Savichau removed a flag from a building in central Homieĺ on July 20, 2021. He also broke the flagpole.

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