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 β€” 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

Date of release: 13 December 2023

Judge: Tatsiana Zharko

Prosecutor: Dziyana Klimovich

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.

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