Yan Rudzik

Date of birth: 25 March 1993

Charges indicted:

• Part 1 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Organization of riots
• Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
• Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
• Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
• Art. 357 of the Criminal Code — Conspiracy to seize power in an unconstitutional way
• Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code — Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it
• Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
• Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus
• Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group
• Art. 369-1 of the Criminal Code — Discrediting Belarus

Sentence: 19 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Viachaslau Tuleika

Prosecutor: Natallia Sakalova

Groups: Bloggers, Journalists

Cases: Donations, Protests in Minsk

Notes: Trials in absentia