Ukrainian Man Tried For "insulting Lukashenko" On The Denunciation Of A Stranger

• 16.05.2025, 17:12

The man has a minor child.

Bobruisk district court sentenced 55-year-old citizen of Ukraine Yury Bondarenko to one and a half years in prison under Article 368 (Public Insult of Lukashenko). The criminal case against the man was initiated after the denunciation of a stranger, reports the human rights center "Viasna".

Bondarenko is from the city of Kropivnitsky - it is the administrative center of Kirovograd region of Ukraine. He has a minor child. The man was detained last May, and the trial began on July 10, the criminal case was considered by Andriy Lytvyn. But human rights activists have only now learned the verdict and the essence of the charges.

According to "Viasna", in the morning of May 4 last year, near the store "Transit" in Babruisk, in the presence of other people, Bondarenko spoke about Lukashenka "in an obscene form". One of those present outside the store appealed to the police and even showed the law enforcers a photo of the car, in which Bondarenko left. The next day the man was detained.

The man pleaded guilty in court. The man who denounced the Ukrainian acted as a witness. The whole case, as noted by human rights activists, was based only on his testimony. There was no audio or video recording of Bondarenko's statement in the case file.