Berestovitsky District Prosecutor's Office, Grodno Region. Prosecutor. Justice Advisor. The prosecutor requested a 2.5-year prison sentence for 69-year-old Galina Mikhalchuk. The pensioner is accused of "hatred of the regime." Judge Tolochko granted the request. The following were the victims in the case: Mikhail Sitko (the only one who did not file a claim for compensation); Daria Bondarchuk and Maria Mazurkevich (1,000 rubles each);
Valery Romanchik (1,500 rubles);
Vitaly Osotsky (1,500 rubles). Incidentally, Galina's pension was 500 rubles. In her final statement, the pensioner said that imprisonment would be a "death sentence" for her.
Berestovitsky District Prosecutor's Office, Grodno Region. Prosecutor. Justice Advisor. The prosecutor requested a 2.5-year prison sentence for 69-year-old Galina Mikhalchuk. The pensioner is accused of "hatred of the regime." Judge Tolochko granted the request. The following were the victims in the case: Mikhail Sitko (the only one who did not file a claim for compensation); Daria Bondarchuk and Maria Mazurkevich (1,000 rubles each);
Valery Romanchik (1,500 rubles);
Vitaly Osotsky (1,500 rubles). Incidentally, Galina's pension was 500 rubles. In her final statement, the pensioner said that imprisonment would be a "death sentence" for her.
Galina was initially detained in the fall of 2021 on charges of participating in post-election protests. The charges were later reclassified, and after two months of detention, a court hearing was held. She was convicted of insulting a government official and sentenced to house arrest.
In February 2022, Galina was found guilty under a similar charge for comments left on a Telegram channel. The victims were Mikhail Sitko, Chairman of the Volkovysk District Executive Committee (the only one who did not file a claim for moral damages), Darya Bondarchuk and Maria Mazurkevich, OMON officers from the Grodno Department of Internal Affairs, Valery Romanchik, Chief of the Volkovysk District Police Service, and Vitaly Osotsky, Chief of the Volkovysk District Police Service.
The victims estimated their emotional distress at 5,000 rubles, while Galina's pension was 500 rubles. In her final statement, she said that imprisonment would be a "death sentence" for her, but Judge Andrei Tolochko delivered exactly that sentence.
Galina was released in September 2022 under a pardon.
Trial outcome 26.10.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 07.02.2022
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 5000 rubles of compensation.
Final verdict by partial addition:
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 5000 rubles of compensation.
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