Andrei Klimov Remains In Prison :: Charter'97 :: News

The term of imprisonment of the former MP of the Supreme Soviet of the 13th convocation Andrei Klimov has been extended for 10 days. This ruling has been passed by the deputy assistant of the Prosecutor of Minsk Nikolay Starovojtov, told the assistant of Andrei Klimov, Timofey Dranchuk, to the Charter’97 press center.

On April 22 A.Klimov was detained and taken to the investigative committee of the Interior Affairs Department of Minsk executive committee. The politician was detained for organizing a protest action of opposition, which had taken place in Minsk on March 25. A criminal action has been brought up against A.Klimov for violation of the Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organizing group actions violating public order, or active participation in them). He was charged with “organizing and active participation in group actions, gross violation of public order accompanied by obvious insubordination to lawful demands that caused disruption of public transport functioning and public institutions work).

As we have informed, Andrei Klimov is also accused of libeling the president (Article 367 Part 2 of the Criminal Code) and insulting the president (Article 368 Part 1 of the Criminal Code), because of his statements concerning Aliaksandr Lukashenka in different articles and books.

At present the politician is kept in the pre-trial detention facility of Minsk executive committee’s Interior Department.