Zhanna Charniauskaya

sentenced to 2 1/2 years of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 19 April 1968

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

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

Date of release: 2 October 2024

Judge: Mikhail Yurchanka

Zhanna Charniauskaya was convicted of ‘insulting a government official’ and sentenced to two and a half years of restricted freedom in an open-type penal facility under Article 369 of the Criminal Code.

Since April 2022 she is serving her term.

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