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Viaczaslau Barodzii

Viaczaslau Barodzii is a Ukrainian citizen and a former hunter who was detained in the Elsk district. He was accused of collaborating with the Security Service of Ukraine and preparing terrorist acts. The Gomel Regional Court sentenced him to 10 years in a high-security penal colony.

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LAST UPDATED · AUG 20, 2026

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Russia · Art. 207.3 · military "fakes"
Russia · Art. 280.3 · "discrediting" the army
Russia · Art. 205.2 · justification of terrorism
Russia · Art. 275 · high treason
Russia · Art. 275.1 · confidential cooperation with a foreign state
Russia · Art. 205.5 · participation in a terrorist organization
Russia · Art. 282.2 · participation in an extremist organization
Russia · Art. 280 · calls to extremism
Russia · Art. 354.1 · rehabilitation of Nazism
Russia · Art. 205 · terrorist act
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