Uladzimir Dudarau

coordinator of Viktar Babaryka's nomination group in Mahiliou region, sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison

Prisoner

Date of birth: 16 May 1977

Date of detention: 11 June 2020

Charges indicted:

  • Part 4 of Art. 209 of the Criminal Code — Fraud committed by an organized group or on a large scale
  • Art. 426 of the Criminal Code: Abuse of power or authority

Sentence: 7 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 14 February 2022

Judge: Alena Karalko

Prosecutor: Siarhei Snytchanka

Prison: Penal colony No. 2

Groups: Government employees

Cases: Volunteers of Babaryka’s campaign

Godparent: Renata Alt, member of the German Bundestag; earlier: Jürgen Martens, member of the German Bundestag

Uladzimir Dudarau is the coordinator of Viktar Babaryka's nomination group in the Mahilioŭ region. He was detained on June 11, 2020.

Uladzimir Dudarau used to work in the Mahilioŭ city executive committee. In 2018, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Mahilioŭ city executive committee, oversaw the construction, housing and communal services. He left the post last October.

On September 20, 2021, Judge Alena Karalko of the Čavusy District Court found him guilty of “abuse of office” (Part 3 of Article 426 of the Criminal Code) and “fraud” (Part 4 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to seven and a half years in a medium-security penal colony.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 2. 213800, Babrujsk, vulica Sikorskaha 1

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