Entrepreneur from Homiel Yauhen Skachko has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony. He is being held at Pre-Trial Detention Center No. 3 in Homiel.
The initiative “Christian Vision” drew attention to his name in the list of “extremists” published by the Interior Ministry. According to the security forces’ register, in April 2026 the Homiel Regional Court sentenced him to three years of imprisonment in a penal colony. He was accused of “facilitating extremist activity,” “defamation,” “insulting Lukashenka,” and “discrediting the Republic of Belarus.”
His criminal prosecution had not been publicly reported earlier.
Yauhen Skachko is an Orthodox believer and a father of many children, as well as a lawyer. In the past, he was one of the leaders of the Malady Front organization and an active participant in Belarusian Christian Democracy, but he stepped away from politics in the mid-2000s. Later, he was involved in church construction and provided legal assistance to people.
