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Kanstantsin Eduardavich Kharytonenka

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In 1990, Konstantin graduated from the Faculty of Automated Control Systems at the Minsk Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile Engineering School (MVIZRU PVO, now the Military Academy).

From 1990 to 1993, he served in military unit 06534 in the 219th anti-aircraft missile regiment of the air defense forces, which was located in the village of Pervomayskoye in the Vyborg district of the Leningrad region.

The man then moved into the civilian sector. After his hired work, Konstantin headed the Minsk-based company DneprStal for almost ten years, from 2005 to 2014.

Since May 2018, Kharitonenko has been a co-founder and director of the Polish company Geowine sp. z oo, which is based in Warsaw and imports Georgian wines to Poland.

Sentences

Trial outcome 23.07.2026
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.

Once the sentence takes effect, you can only write letters to the prisoner. Under Art. 85 of the Penal Code of Belarus, convicts cannot receive money transfers from anyone other than close relatives. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, support the family directly if this option is available on the prisoner's page.

Involved in repression

Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
Overseers16 november 1982
Place:
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Kanstantsin Eduardavich Kharytonenka
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Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
25.11.1968
Mailing address:
No information
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Groups:
Entrepreneurs
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Timeline

  1. 2026
  2. 05.03.2026

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody

  3. 23.07.2026

    Trial outcome 23.07.2026

    5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, Minsk City Court

  4. ~18.08.2026

    Appeal date unknown

    unknown

  5. ~25.08.2026

    Status change

    In custody