28-Year-Old Army Dodger Detained At Minsk Airport

• 23.01.2024, 16:23

He lived in the USA for six years.

On April 19, 2016, the prosecutor’s office reported, the guy did not appear at the military registration and enlistment office to undergo a medical examination. Later, the young man left the country and lived in the USA, where he married a Belarusian citizen. They had a daughter there, writes Nasha Niva.

At the end of 2023, he was detained by security forces at the Minsk National Airport.

A criminal case was initiated against him under Part 1 of Article 435 (evasion of conscription for military service) of the Criminal Code of Belarus.

The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of community service, a fine, arrest, restriction of freedom for up to two years or imprisonment for the same period.

The Minsk resident was taken into custody.