Maxim was convicted right there at Brest State Technical University. He was in custody at the time of the trial. He was accused of writing a comment "in one of the Telegram channels" that was considered a "public insult" to Lukashenko.
Political prisonersPenal labor facility
Maksim Aliaksandravich Smirnou
- Dissidentby since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by Dissidentby
- Viasna since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by the Viasna Human Rights Centre
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Sentences
Trial outcome 21.03.2025
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.Involved in repression
Victoria Viktorovna Levchuk
MoreJudges17 october 2026
- Place:
- Court of the Maskouski District of Brest
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 21.03.2025
Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
MoreOverseers27 december 1979
- Place:
- SIZO-7
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Who else is held in IUOT-36
- In custody:
- from ~22.01.2025 to 21.03.2026
from ~04.05.2026 to present time - Hometown:
- Brest
- Birthday:
- 20.01.1992
- Mailing address:
- IUOT-36, 220039, Minsk, ul. Korotkevicha, 14
- Articles:
- Insulting the president
Timeline
- 2025
~22.01.2025
Transfer
SIZO-7 — In custody
21.03.2025
Trial outcome 21.03.2025
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, Court of the Maskouski District of Brest
- 2026
21.03.2026
Status change
Released pending appeal
~04.05.2026
Transfer
IUOT-36 — Penal labor facility