Volozhin District Department of Internal Affairs, Minsk Region. Internal Affairs Department, Minsk Regional Executive Committee. Chief of Criminal Police. Participated in repressions against protesters and activists. Carried out criminal orders from Igor Kachalov. In January 2021, he was a victim in a criminal case for insulting government officials: Alexander Deshchenya wrote to the Glussk regional newspaper asking them to accurately report on events in the country involving Kurs and the protests. The newspaper's management contacted the police regarding this matter. Kurs filed a claim for 3,000 rubles for emotional distress. The court granted the claim for 2,000 rubles and sentenced Alexander to two years of restricted freedom in an open correctional facility. Irina Gromyko, editor of the Radzima newspaper, was a witness for the prosecution in the trial.
Volozhin District Department of Internal Affairs, Minsk Region. Internal Affairs Department, Minsk Regional Executive Committee. Chief of Criminal Police. Participated in repressions against protesters and activists. Carried out criminal orders from Igor Kachalov. In January 2021, he was a victim in a criminal case for insulting government officials: Alexander Deshchenya wrote to the Glussk regional newspaper asking them to accurately report on events in the country involving Kurs and the protests. The newspaper's management contacted the police regarding this matter. Kurs filed a claim for 3,000 rubles for emotional distress. The court granted the claim for 2,000 rubles and sentenced Alexander to two years of restricted freedom in an open correctional facility. Irina Gromyko, editor of the Radzima newspaper, was a witness for the prosecution in the trial.
Alexander was found guilty in February 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article on insulting a government official. The case arose from a message he posted in the Radzima newspaper group on VKontakte regarding police officer Pavel Kurs, which the prosecution deemed humiliating.
Trial outcome 01.02.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 2000 rubles of compensation.
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