Andrei Burak

Prisoner

Date of birth: 10 July 1972

Date of detention: 11 May 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code — Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it
  • Part 1 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code — Hooliganism

Sentence: 5 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Yauhen Khatkevich

Prison: Penal colony No. 8

Andrei Burak was initially charged with hooliganism (Part 3 of Article 339 of the Criminal Code) and creation of an extremist formation or participation in it (Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code).

On February 29, 2024, Burak was found guilty and sentenced to five years' imprisonment under Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code. The charge of hooliganism was dropped. The trial began on February 15, and the case was considered by Judge Yauhen Khatkevich.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 8. 211388, Viciebskaja vobl., Orša, vul. Lienina, 195A

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