Klіmau and Kazulіn not to be amnestied because of President’s decision

ERB has found out that Alyaksandr Kazulin and Andrei Klimau should not hope to be included in the amnesty and their terms of imprisonment will not be cut down by a year according to the new Law “On Amnesty” that does not provide for it this year.

Deputies of the House of Representatives will decide what prisoners will be included in the amnesty and who will have to serve their whole sentence on October 24. ERB has found out that such prisoners as Alyaksandr Kazulin and Andrei Klimau should not hope to be amnestied.




According to Amndrei Klimau’s wife Tattiana, they have never hoped to be amnestied. But they did not expect the term not to be cut down by one year as it used to be done during previous amnesties.




Tatstsyana Klіmava: “The project I saw excludes their release. The project of the amnesty will be shortened in general. It differs from previous amnesties because nobody’s term of imprisonment will be cut down by one year”.




ERB has found out that “the shortened project” was sent to deputies by the President. And it is likely to be adopted like that. The head of the national security commission Anatol Belasheuski informed us about it.




Anatol Belasheuskі: “Deputies have already studied the project and did not make any remarks”.




The approximate number of those who will be included in the amnesty has been announced. According to the Ministry of Internal Affaires and the head of the commission, about 3 thousand people will be released.




Anatol Belasheuskі: “1682 people will be released from closed prisons. I think the number will increase a bit because sentences are pronounced every day. 850 people will be released from open type institutions”.




According to the deputy, it is a lot because it has been the 5th amnesty for the past seven years. The fact that terms will not be cut down is explained by the President’s decision.




Anatol Belasheuskі: “I think it is because the project of the law was sent by the President”.




The interview revealed that the head of the national security commission did not know whether the most famous prisoners of the country would be amnestied and were unaware which articles of the Criminal Code had caused their imprisonment.




Anatol Belasheuskі: “They may be famous for you but they are regular prisoners for me. It doesn’t matter whether you are famous or not. The law says that the people will be amnestied depending on the article according to which they are imprisoned and both sanctions should not exceed 6 years. By the way, I didn’t even wonder according to what articles they had been imprisoned. I will tell you whether they will be amnestied if you tell me their articles”.




The deputy refused ERB the possibility to get acquainted with the Project. However, he agreed to name the articles according to which people could not be amnestied.




Anatol Belasheuskі: “Crime against personal freedom and honour: against the order of regulation of economic activities; against the civil order and morality; against information security; against the state and the governmental regime; against special services, etc.”




Considering the above, you do not have to know the exact articles according to which the politicians are imprisoned because it is clear that they will not be included in the amnesty.