Vladimir was arrested and convicted for allegedly snatching an Osa traumatic pistol from a police officer during the March of Heroes protest on September 13, 2020, and inflicting bodily harm on OMON officers.
Former political prisonersReleased
Vladimir Nikolaevich Zhikhar
- 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 30.04.2021
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 9000 rubles of compensation.Involved in repression

Anastasia Igorevna Maliko
MoreState prosecutors24 march 1997
- Place:
- court of the Soviet district of Minsk
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 30.04.2021

Alexander Anatolevich Yakunchikhin
MoreJudges29 december 1973
- Place:
- court of the Soviet district of Minsk
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 30.04.2021

Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev
MoreOverseers26 september 1981
- Place:
- IK-1
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility

- In custody:
- from 13.09.2020 to 25.04.2025
- Case categories:
- Protests 2020, Minsk
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 28.09.1973
- Was held in:
- IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
- Articles:
- Organization of group actions grossly disturbing public orderViolence or threat of violence against an officer of the internal affairs agenciesRobbery
Timeline
- 2020
13.09.2020
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
- 2021
30.04.2021
Trial outcome 30.04.2021
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 9000 rubles of compensation, court of the Soviet district of Minsk
~22.07.2021
Transfer
IK-1 — In custody
- 2025
25.04.2025
Status change
Released
