Late Shutov Found Guilty, Witness To His Death Imprisoned For 10 Years

On 25 February, the court in Brest pronounced its verdict in the case of the late Gennady Shutov, who was fatally wounded in the head during the 11 August protests, and his friend Alexander Kordyukov.

Judge Svetlana Kremenevskaya found Shutov and Kordyukov guilty of violent resistance, Kordyukov was also punished for the attempted murder of a person in connection with the performance of his official duties. As a result, he was sentenced to 10 years in a maximum-security colony.

Shutov was convicted without a sentence. Both victims of the special operations forces, who, according to the prosecution, were attacked by the residents of Brest, had previously refused to ask the accused for