Belarusian Detained For ‘Discrediting’ Russian Army

He was detained in the Russian Federation.

A citizen of Belarus was detained in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation for criticizing the Russian army and condemning the war with Ukraine, according to the Russian news agency Don 24, citing a source in the law-enforcement agencies.

A 33-year-old resident of the Belarusian town of Novyja Doktaravichy, Kopyl district, was taken to the temporary detention center for foreigners under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in Novocherkassk. This decision was taken by the city court. Then our compatriot will be deported from Russia.

“Earlier, the Belarusian served a sentence in one of the penal facilities in the region. In October 2022, the Don Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service decided to ban the man from entering Russia for a period of three years,” the source said.