Valeryi Barzenka

sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of birth: 13 February 1971

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 295 of the Criminal Code — Unlawful acts against firearms, ammunition and explosives
  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: 7 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 15 February 2023

Judge: Viktar Sianko

Prison: Penal colony No. 3

Notes: War in Ukraine

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

Valeryi Barzenka was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment in a penal colony for sending information about his former manager to the ‘destructive’ Telegram channels bots and keeping bullets for firearms. He was found guilty of ‘inciting hatred in group’ (p. 3 of art. 130 CC) and ‘unlawful possession of ammunition’ (p. 2 art. 295 CC).

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

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