Former political prisonersReleased

Ruslan Iharavich Asiatrou

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Ruslan was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

In November 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting social hatred and discord" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

He was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 11.11.2022

2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Appeal 24.01.2023

the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Alexei Anatolevich Khlyshchenkov

Judges27 august 1982

Place:: Gomel Regional Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 11.11.2022

Vladimir Olegovych Cherevach

Judges20 october 2026

Place:: Supreme Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 24.01.2023

In custody:
Case categories:: Zeltser's case
Hometown:: Gomel
Birthday:: 25.05.1986
Was held in:: IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
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Timeline

2021
29.09.2021
Transfer
SIZO-3 — In custody
2022
11.11.2022
Trial outcome 11.11.2022
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Gomel Regional Court
2023
24.01.2023
Appeal 24.01.2023
the sentence was upheld, Supreme Court
07.02.2023
Transfer
IK-22 — In custody
31.07.2023
Status change
Released