Viachaslau Smirnou

sentenced to 2 years

Date of birth: 15 June 1999

Date of detention: 8 January 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 8 January 2022

Judge: Tatsiana Zharko

Prosecutor: Dziyana Klimovich

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 55

Viachaslau Smirnou was sentenced to two years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary ("khimiya") under Art. 368 of the Criminal Code for insulting Lukashenka.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 55. 220021, Minsk, vulica Sacyjalistyčnaja, 7

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