Piotr Yarmashuk

Prisoner

Date of birth: 4 November 1987

Date of detention: 11 June 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group
  • Art. 354 of the Criminal Code - Development, use, distribution or sale of malicious computer programs

Sentence: 4 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Mikalai Sianko

Prosecutor: Katsiaryna Pakala

Prison: Penal colony No. 3

Cases: Donations

Notes: War in Ukraine

Piotr Yarmashuk was first arrested in this case on March 23, 2023. He was released after three days, but on June 11, 2023 he was again arrested and detained.

According to the prosecution, on March 1, 2022, Yarmashuk downloaded several files enabling DDoS attacks. Then "at least 8 times" he ran the program on his computer, as a result of which "the system of protection against DDoS attacks was violated" and "the work of unidentified Internet resources of the Russian Federation was disrupted". Thus, according to the prosecutor's office, Yarmashuk "used malicious computer programs" (Article 354 of the Criminal Code).

Also on August 19, 2020, Yarmashuk transferred about $60 to BySOL (Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code). Seven months later, on March 12, 2021, the Belarusian authorities recognized the BySOL Foundation as an "extremist formation".

On November 24, 2023, Yarmashuk was sentenced to four years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony. The case was considered in the Brest Regional Court by Judge Mikalai Sianko. 

 
Mail address: Penal colony No. 3. 211322, Viciebsk region, Vićba

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