Former political prisonersReleased

Maksim Siarheyevich Razhkou

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Maxim was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

In September 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and sentenced to imprisonment.

He was released in August 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 28.09.2022

3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Appeal 13.12.2022

the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Ruslan Vitalievich Tsaruk

Judges28 may 1978

Place:: Gomel Regional Court
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 28.09.2022

Vladimir Olegovych Cherevach

Judges18 october 2026

Place:: Supreme Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 13.12.2022

Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh

Overseers21 january 1980

Place:: IVS Okrestina
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov

Overseers19 march 1977

Place:: Turma №8
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich

Overseers23 may 1983

Place:: Turma №8
Type:: Correctional officer

In custody:
Case categories:: Zeltser's case
Hometown:: Gomel
Birthday:: 20.08.1993
Was held in:: IK №3
Health problems:: Disability
Articles:
Groups:: People with disabilities
Marks:

Timeline

2021
29.09.2021
Transfer
IVS Okrestina — In custody
~08.10.2021
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
2022
~02.09.2022
Transfer
SIZO-3 — In custody
28.09.2022
Trial outcome 28.09.2022
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Gomel Regional Court
13.12.2022
Appeal 13.12.2022
the sentence was upheld, Supreme Court