Kanstantsin Shestau

Prisoner

Date of birth: 20 April 1978

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group
  • Art. 290-1 of the Criminal Code — Financing of terrorist activities

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Sviatlana Charapanava

Cases: Donations

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

Kanstantsin Shestau was convicted on March 14, 2024 in Minsk City Court. 

Judge Sviatlana Charapanava sentenced him to imprisonment for financing terrorist and extremist activities under Part 2 of Article 290-1, Parts 1 and 2 of Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code.

On April 12, 2024, he was included in the list of citizens of Belarus, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.

 

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