Siarhei Kastryzh

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 25 April 1983

Date of detention: 30 March 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Date of release: 2 October 2023

Cases: Diversion in Mačuliščy

Notes: Parents of three or more children

Siarhei Kastryzh was detained under the case of sabotage in Machulishchy. Siarhei was detained for his communication with Maksim Lapatsin: the day before Maksim’s arrest they met, Maksim paid Siarhei a debt of 20 rubles.

 

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