Igor Vyacheslavovich Melnikov
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Igor Vyacheslavovich Melnikov
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In custody: 298 days
folder Categories of cases: Raid January 23-24, 2024
Hometown: Babruysk
Date of birth 26.04.1980
Address for letters: SIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
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Candidate of Historical Sciences, adjunct of the Historical Institute of the University of Wroclaw. Melnikov specialized in military history and the history of the period of Western Belarus as part of Poland (1921-1939). He published a dozen and a half books on the topic of Western Belarus. In 2020, he was awarded the L. Sapieha Prize for the preservation of the historical heritage of Belarus.

It is known for sure that he was arrested and is being held in a pretrial detention center. Melnikov's last activity on Instagram dates back to January 21, 2024.

Melnikov is being tried for an interview he gave to an unnamed independent media outlet in 2022. The trial is being held in open mode. An excerpt from the indictment was quoted by SB:

"In 2022, Igor Melnikov, motivated by national hatred and discord, as well as political and ideological hatred, knowingly knowing about the extremist activities of participants in an information resource banned in Belarus, gave them an interview in order to develop and popularize media of this kind and involve more citizens in such activities," the prosecutor said. It is noted that the historian gave comments to the media both in Belarus and in Poland. Melnikov reportedly pleaded guilty

Trial outcome 13.09.2024:

4 years of imprisonment in a penal colony under general regime conditions.

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