“Sophia Sapega was detained on suspicion of committing a crime under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (participation in riots).
Almost immediately she was prosecuted as a defendant in another criminal case, which is being investigated under Part 3 of Art.
130 (Criminal Code of Belarus. -
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This is inciting social enmity and discord, ”BelTA quoted him as saying.
Earlier, the Partizansky District Court of Minsk did not satisfy Sapieha's complaint about the detention.
The Russian woman was detained in Minsk on May 23 on suspicion of committing a number of crimes in August - September 2020, which provide for criminal punishment under the legislation of Belarus.