Persecuted for political reasonsForced emigration

Alexander Alexandrovich Azarov

Representative of the association of former security officials BYPOL.

On the morning of February 26, 2023, explosions occurred at the Machulishchi airfield near a Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft DRLV A-50, it was blown up in two places. It was used to guide Russian missiles to targets in Ukraine. It was reported that the aircraft is currently undergoing repairs at the 325th aircraft repair plant, which is part of the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex in Russia.

The main defendant in the case and, as official bodies and propagandists claimed , the perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets, was released in June in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.

Nikolai Shvets, Alexander Azarov, Alla Yatsuta, Vitaly Yakutik, Evgenia Tochitskaya, Mikhail Demin and Sergei Loparov were tried in absentia.

On August 19, the Minsk City Court will hear another criminal case against Alexander Azarov. He is charged under Part 3 of Article 289 of the Criminal Code (act of terrorism), Part 4 of Article 309 of the Criminal Code (intentional rendering a vehicle unusable), and Part 1 of Article 356 of the Criminal Code (Treason).

Sentences

Trial outcome 15.02.2024
25 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
Trial outcome 03.10.2024
25 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions (trial in absentia).

Involved in repression

Dina Valentinovna Kuchuk
Dina Valentinovna Kuchuk
Judges11 february 1974
Place:
Minsk City Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
15.02.2024
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Valentina Nikolaevna Zenkevich
Valentina Nikolaevna Zenkevich
Judges8 january 1969
Place:
Minsk City Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
03.10.2024
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Co-defendants

Alexander Alexandrovich Azarov
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
04.02.1977
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Groups:
Civil servants
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Timeline

  1. 2021
  2. 04.03.2021

    Status change

    Forced emigration

  3. 2024
  4. 15.02.2024

    Trial outcome 15.02.2024

    25 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia), Minsk City Court

  5. 03.10.2024

    Trial outcome 03.10.2024

    25 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions (trial in absentia), Minsk City Court