Persecuted for political reasonsProbation

Vadim Stanislavovich Petrovsky

According to the prosecution, in August 2020, Vadim Petrovsky, "acting jointly and in concert with a group of individuals with other individuals not identified during the investigation, took an active part in the aforementioned group actions, grossly violating public order and involving clear disobedience to the demands of the police officers to stop the above-mentioned actions..."

At the trial, Vadim Petrovsky admitted his guilt.

The verdict revealed that the evidence of the man's guilt was photos and videos from his phones, seized during the search. The phone's memory contained 15 videos and four photos from the protest in August 2020.
Also, photographs from the protest were found in the Viber correspondence on Petrovsky’s phone.

Before the trial, Petrovsky was in custody.

Sentences

Trial outcome 28.03.2024
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.

Involved in repression

Elena Gennadyevna Zhukovich
Elena Gennadyevna Zhukovich
Judges22 july 1980
Place:
court of the Soviet district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
28.03.2024
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Vadim Stanislavovich Petrovsky
Case categories:
Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:
Minsk
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Timeline

  1. 2024
  2. 28.03.2024

    Trial outcome 28.03.2024

    2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of the Soviet district of Minsk

  3. 28.03.2024

    Status change

    Probation