Former political prisonersForced emigration

Artyom Zenkov

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Artem was arrested in February 2024 and convicted under the article on "financing the activities of an extremist group." He was held in a pretrial detention center before the trial.

He has two higher educations, worked as a programmer, was involved in photography and owned a company renting photo and video equipment.

It is currently known that he is being prosecuted again in connection with a new criminal case under the article “organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them.”

Sentences

Trial outcome 13.11.2024
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 17.01.2025
the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Zhanna Leonidovna Brysina
Zhanna Leonidovna Brysina
Judges17 october 2026
Place:
Minsk City Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
13.11.2024
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Yuri Ivanovich Rutkovsky
Yuri Ivanovich Rutkovsky
Judges16 december 1973
Place:
Supreme Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
17.01.2025
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Overseers21 january 1980
Place:
IVS Okrestina
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Overseers19 march 1977
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Overseers23 may 1983
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Correctional officer
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Artyom Zenkov
In custody:
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
08.02.1984
Number of children:
4
Articles:
Groups:
EntrepreneursParents of minorsService sectorIT staff
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2024
  2. 26.02.2024

    Transfer

    IVS Okrestina — In custody

  3. ~28.02.2024

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 — In custody

  4. ~26.04.2024

    Transfer

    Turma №8 — In custody

  5. ~28.06.2024

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody

  6. 13.11.2024

    Trial outcome 13.11.2024

    3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, Minsk City Court