
Vadim Vyacheslavovich Kovshov
- Dissidentby since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by Dissidentby
- Viasna since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by the Viasna Human Rights Centre

Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 74 decisions, awarding at least 348 days of administrative arrest, fines of at least 26,075 rubles and at least 10 years of restriction or imprisonment. In my decisions, I was guided only by the interests of the Lukashenko regime, I ignore the position and arguments of the defense and clear evidence of the innocence of the defendants, for example, a video that shows that the person did not participate in the mass event. He sentenced Oleg Garmazinsky, a programmer from the agricultural town of Sennitsa, to two years in prison for insulting Lukashenko (Article 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus). In 2019, he made indictments against defenders of Kurapaty. He convicted Dmitry Dashkevich under two articles - 17.1 and 23.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, and fined him 50 basic units. He awarded a fine of 10 basic units to Valentina Yaromenok - under Art. 17.1 and 23.4 of the Administrative Code.
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