Zakhar Siniakou

in custody

Date of birth: 30 January 2005

Date of detention: 21 May 2023

Charges indicted:

Art. 370 of the Criminal Code β€” Desecration of state symbols

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Halina Prykhozhka

Zakhar Siniakou is in remand prison #7 in Brest on charges under Article 370 of the Criminal Code ('Desecration of the state symbols').

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