Vital Maskaliou

lorry driver

Prisoner

Date of birth: 28 July 1977

Date of detention: 15 January 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 15 January 2022

Judge: Aliaksei Khlyshchankou

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 55

Vital Maskaliou is an international lorry driver from Homieĺ. He was sentenced to 3 years in an open penitentiary for insulting a military commander.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 55. 220021, Minsk, vulica Sacyjalistyčnaja, 7

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