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Journalist Pavel Dabravolski, who was sentenced to nine years in prison, will serve his term in a medium-security penal colony, Pozirk reports. It had previously been reported that the Minsk City Court had assigned him a strict-regime colony, but that information was later clarified.
A medium-security regime allows three short visits and two long visits per year, the receipt of three parcels and two small packages annually, as well as a monthly allowance for food and basic necessities equivalent to five base units — in 2026 this amounts to 225 rubles.
Pavel Dabravolski is a former journalist of Naviny.by. He previously cooperated with various independent outlets, and during the 2020 protests he was detained and held administratively liable in connection with his professional activities.
Dabravolski left Belarus in 2021 but returned to Minsk in October 2024. In January 2025 he was detained. He was charged under Part 1 of Article 356 of the Criminal Code on treason against the state. The trial took place from February 27 to March 6. The journalist refused to appeal the verdict.