Sentenced Denis Urad to 18 years in a maximum security penal colony under Part 2 of Article 356 of the Criminal Code (“Treason to the state committed by a person subject to the status of a military serviceman”). Denis sent the NEXTA Telegram channel a photo of a letter in which Interior Minister Ivan Kubrakov asked Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin to involve military personnel in “maintaining order” during the protests.
Sentenced Denis Urad to 18 years in a maximum security penal colony under Part 2 of Article 356 of the Criminal Code (“Treason to the state committed by a person subject to the status of a military serviceman”). Denis sent the NEXTA Telegram channel a photo of a letter in which Interior Minister Ivan Kubrakov asked Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin to involve military personnel in “maintaining order” during the protests.
Denis, a special communications officer for the General Staff of the Armed Forces, was detained in March 2021 and convicted for, according to pro-government media, photographing a secret letter from the Minister of Internal Affairs to the Minister of Defense and “passing it on to a Polish Telegram channel.”
The trial was held behind closed doors, and the verdict was not subject to appeal or review. In addition to a long prison term, Denis was also stripped of his military rank.
In August 2022, his punishment was increased and he was transferred to prison.
Trial outcome 14.05.2021
18 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, military service restriction.
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