
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zhuk
- 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

Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Romanchikov Denis Valerievich is an employee of law enforcement agencies involved in politically motivated repressions. Supported the prosecution in the criminal case of Vladimir Zhuk, a former employee of the Zhlobin District Department of Internal Affairs, who went to a protest in May 2021. At the trial, former colleagues testified against Vladimir, and they also beat him during his arrest. After the arrest, the victim was taken to the hospital. According to Romanchikov's position, Vladimir used violence against law enforcement officers while intoxicated. However, doctors denied that any of the inmates were drunk. Romanchikov requested a sentence of imprisonment for the man in a general regime colony for three years. The judge handed down exactly this sentence. Acted as the state prosecutor in the case of Valery Loz and Alexander Yunitsky.
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