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Jaroslav Kazakevich

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Yaroslav Kazakevich, a 27 year old resident of Orsha, accused of facilitating extremist activities.

According to the case materials, on December 8, 2022, the accused made a video file using a Samsung Galaxy mobile phone at the railway station «Orsha-Tsentralnaya», on which an echelon with Russian military equipment was recorded. Then Kazakevich, being in the carriage of a train of regional lines, distributed through the Internet the named video file in the Telegram channel, the information products of which had previously been recognized by the court as extremist materials.

On December 9, 2022, Yaroslav was detained by police officers and arrested by the Orsha district court for 15 days for the production and distribution of extremist materials. He was never released again.

On June 6, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict has entered into force.

Sentences

Trial outcome 04.04.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 04.04.2023
the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Galina Victorovna Bondal
Galina Victorovna Bondal
Judges18 october 2026
Place:
Vitebsk Regional Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
04.04.2023
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Igor Vyacheslavovich Lyubovitsky
Igor Vyacheslavovich Lyubovitsky
Judges21 july 1983
Place:
Supreme Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
04.04.2023
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Jaroslav Kazakevich
In custody:
Case categories:
Anti-war campaigns
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
15.04.1996
Articles:
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Timeline

  1. 2022
  2. ~09.12.2022

    Transfer

    SIZO-2 — In custody

  3. 2023
  4. 04.04.2023

    Trial outcome 04.04.2023

    2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Vitebsk Regional Court

  5. 04.04.2023

    Appeal 04.04.2023

    the sentence was upheld, Supreme Court

  6. 26.06.2023

    Status change

    In custody

  7. 2024
  8. 15.09.2024

    Status change

    Released