Hammer in the courtroom. File photoMINSK, July 29A court in Belarus sentenced a resident of Brest to two and a half years in prison for trying to join the armed formations of Ukraine, including trying to illegally cross the border between the two countries, the press service of the Belarusian Prosecutor General's Office reports. «The prosecutor's office of the Brest region supported in court state prosecution in a criminal case against a 37-year-old resident of Brest, who is charged with attempted participation of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus on the territory of a foreign state in the armed formation of one of the warring parties, as well as attempted participation in an armed conflict without the authorization of the state in the absence of signs of mercenarism», 
Belarusian political scientist Feduta pleaded guilty to conspiracyIt is noted that the judicial panel for criminal cases of the Brest Regional Court passed a guilty verdict, the defendant was sentenced to imprisonment for two years and six months in a penal colony. It was established that in April 2022, a man found out via the Internet order and possible methods of enrollment in the armed formations of Ukraine, and also contacted their representatives. «In order to implement his plan, in mid-April, the drunk (accused — ed.) went by taxi to the Maloritsky district to the border zone on the state border of the Republic of Belarus with Ukraine. Arriving to the place, the accused tried to cross the border in the direction of Ukraine, including outside the established checkpoint, but did not bring his intention to the end, because he was detained by law enforcement agencies,» the message says. The verdict has not entered into force, can be appealed and challenged on appeal.
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