Alexander Aleksandrovich Volk

Alexander Aleksandrovich Volk

Accomplice in crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Alexander Aleksandrovich Volk is an employee of the judiciary involved in politically motivated repressions, in which thousands of peaceful demonstrators, several hundred journalists, human rights defenders and activists were detained and subjected to violence. He handed down guilty verdicts in politically motivated cases, where he imposed penalties in the form of a fine totaling at least 80,915.5 rubles and administrative arrest for a total period of at least 1,399 days. He sentenced 50-year-old political prisoner Alexei Kireev, accusing him of organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them (Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code) for participating in protests. Volk sentenced the activist to 2 years of imprisonment to be served in a colony under general regime conditions. Tried two Minsk residents for participation in protests: Sergei Zhoglo and Vitaly Rybakov under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code (participation in group actions that grossly violate public order) and sentenced them to two years and one year and eight months in a colony under general conditions, respectively. He made a decision in the case of a resident of Change Square - political prisoner Stepan Latypov. He was accused under three articles of the Criminal Code: parts 1, 2 of Article 342, part 2 of Article 363, part 4 of Article 209 (“organizing mass riots,” “resistance to police officers” and “fraud”). He was accused of creating a yard Telegram chat, a workshop for the production of protest symbols, and resisting police officers during arrest. Alexander Volk found the political prisoner guilty and sentenced him to 8.5 years of imprisonment to be served in a maximum security colony, and also ordered him to pay a fine of 300 basic units.