Andrei Krylou

engineer, sentenced to 5 years in prison

Prisoner

Date of birth: 15 October 1962

Date of detention: 16 April 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Part 1 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Organization of riots

Sentence: 5 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Mikalai Talashka

Prosecutor: Dzmitryi Zanimouski

Cases: Protests in Vaŭkavysk

On the list of “terrorists” (Money transfers are prohibited)

Andrei Krylou is an engineer based in Vaŭkavysk. He was sentenced to five years in a medium-security penal colony for calling to participate in "riots" by posting a message in a Telegram chat.

The accused pleaded not guilty, giving convincing arguments in favor of his innocence and the groundlessness of the accusation.

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