Ruslan Labanok

sentenced to 11 years imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of birth: 28 February 1983

Date of detention: 25 October 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 431 of the Criminal Code — Giving a bribe
  • Art. 356 of the Criminal Code — High treason

Sentence: 11 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: IAnastasiya Papko

Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 8

Groups: Businessmen

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Ruslan Labanok is a former director of a Spain visa center in Minsk. He was convicted under Part 1 of Article 356 (High treason) and Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 431 (Giving a bribe; Giving a bribe repeatedly or on a large scale) of the Criminal Code of Belarus.

The Minsk City Court tried his case in November 2022, after which there was an adjournment in court. On March 6, 2023, Judge Anastasiya Papko handed down the verdict—11 years of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony.

Mail address: Pre-trial detention center No. 8. 222163, Žodzina, vulica Savieckaja 22A

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