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A court hearing was held on October 31, 2023. In November 2023, the sentence came into force.
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The man was accused of participating in protests in Minsk in 2020, entering the roadway and blocking public transport. According to the court ruling, during the march he shouted the slogan “Long Live Belarus” and also “ used a poster with images of people with bodily injuries as protest symbols.” Evgeniy admitted guilt.
After the verdict was announced, the man was released from custody in the courtroom.
Evgeniy has a secondary specialized education, is registered as an individual entrepreneur and is raising two minor children.
2.5 years imprisonment without direction
unknown years of restriction of freedom
Convicted of "outrage of a state symbol."
It is reported that in August 2023, Khachaturov “deliberately tore the national flag from the building of one of the shopping centers in Bobruisk, breaking the flagpole, after which he held it in his hands and waved it above himself.”
Evgeniy fully admitted his guilt in the charges brought against him.
The hearing of the appeal against the verdict is scheduled for January 21, 2024. Presumably the sentence was replaced by restrictions of freedom without direction.
1.6 years of restriction of freedom with transfer to an open correctional facility.
The sentence was probably changed on appeal.
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unknown years of restriction of freedom without direction
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Artur is a coach of the junior team "Dynamo Minsk" and the grandson of Mikhail Mustygin, one of the most famous footballers in the history of Belarusian football. He was detained on August 5 and forced to "confess" in a "repentant video" that he allegedly participated in a post-election protest and sent information to the chatbot of the "Voice" initiative.
It is unknown what pre-trial restraint measure was chosen for Artur.
Head of dormitory No. 4 of BSEU. Detained for participating in the 2020 protests. A “repentance video” appeared on pro-government Telegram channels, in which Elena says that she once went to a rally, where she took part in a mass event. Drabudko says that a relative recently called her and told her to come to the investigative committee to “repent.” But the woman did not do this. At the end of the video, the channel’s authors attached a video of Elena singing along with the previously detained teachers.
unknown years of restriction of freedom without direction
The man was accused of participating in a protest in 2020 and entering the roadway. He admitted partial guilt. As reported in the court ruling, Mikhail did not deny participation in the action and admitted that he could have blocked the road with his actions. But he said that he had not previously planned to participate in the march. Initially, he came to the site of the protest for a personal meeting, after which he joined the rally. The Minsk resident was released pending trial on bail of 7,400 rubles.
Mikhail was identified from 11 photographs from the protest, which he sent to Viber. In them, a man is on the roadway wearing brown trousers and a white and gray shirt. And in his hands he holds a white-red-white flag.
Mikhail Antonov has a higher education, is liable for military service, and has a dependent minor child.
1.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
unknown years of restriction of freedom
unknown years of restriction of freedom without direction
According to the court ruling, the essence of Roman’s charges under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (active participation in actions that grossly violate public order) is that he is at two protests in the fall of 2020 in Minsk. It is known that a photo of him on the roadway at a protest was found on Roman’s phone. The photos were discovered during phone inspections on June 2 and September 13, 2023. A bike was found at the man’s home, in which he took part in the protest. She was evidence in the case.
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
1.5 years of probation
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A Latvian citizen, Alla and a friend came to Belarus for a few days to undergo cosmetic surgery. As the women were leaving, they were detained by KGB officers. After her release, Alla recounted : " During interrogation, it was revealed that I had been taken hostage to be exchanged for a Belarusian who was in Latvia. They told me directly, 'Tell your people that the Belarusians need their man.' They wanted my relatives to contact the Latvian security services to arrange the exchange. My friend, a Russian citizen, was released on the third day, but I remained a Latvian citizen."
Alla was accused of traveling to Belarus for intelligence purposes under the guise of cosmetic surgery. According to investigators, she collected intelligence on behalf of her Latvian intelligence handlers, spied, and even recruited Belarusian servicemen for the Ukrainian army. Her trial began in the Minsk City Court on September 29, 2023. She is accused of being an agent.
On December 19, 2023, the appeal was heard.
On December 13, 2025, she was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.