On March 31, the Minsk City Court began to try IT specialist
Ruslan Zavadich
according to Part 2 of Art.
361-2 of the Criminal Code (Financing of extremist activities), writes the human rights center "Viasna".
According to information from human rights activists, he is charged with two donations to BY_help in August 2020 in the amount of about $50, as well as a donation to
Valery Tsapkala
in the amount of about $25.
The case is being considered by judge
Zhanna Brisina
.
Ruslan Zavadich was detained at the end of October 2022.
At first, he was kept in Akrestin prison for some time, and then he was transferred to SIZA-1 in Volodarskyi.
According to the case file, Ruslan made the donation through the Belarusian exchange in bitcoins.
But at the time of the money transfers, neither BY_help nor Tsapkala were recognized as "extremist formations".
According to his LinkedIn profile, Ruslan has been working at Netcracker for the past six years.
Previously, he was a volunteer of "Protection of Birds of the Fatherland" for some time.
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