Andrei ran for the Minsk City Council of Deputies in 2017. And on August 10, 2020, he was detained at a mass protest in the center of Minsk and arrested. He was also sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest on April 13, 2022 for "disobedience to the lawful demands of an official" under Art. 24.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.
According to the materials of the prosecution , in August 2020, "carrying the paraphernalia - a flag of white-red-white color, - with the help of which he expressed his socio-political views in order to whip up discontent, tension and protest mood in society, he deliberately blocked the movement of transport by means of blocking the carriageway of Pobediteley Avenue".
Has dependent minor children.
Trial outcome 16.06.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Wife of political prisoner Vyacheslav Lazarev. Tatyana is accused of creating or participating in an extremist group. What led to the charges is not yet known. Last May, Tatyana and Vyacheslav Lazarev had a daughter, Eva. After the mother was detained on June 6, she is in a children's hospital under the supervision of doctors, since the girl's father is also in pre-trial detention. The one-year-old child is taken into state custody until private guardianship is arranged by relatives.
In 2020, Tatyana was tried and fined for participating in peaceful marches. Because of this, she lost her teaching job at school. After the birth of her youngest daughter, she raised her and her two older children from her first marriage.
The Supreme Court sentenced her to the same term - three years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, but with a suspended sentence of 3 years. Tatyana should be released from the Vitebsk pre-trial detention center, where she spent almost six months . 11/24/2024 Tatyana was released from the pre-trial detention center.
Trial outcome 25.09.2023:
3 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony with a suspended sentence of 3 years.
First, Dmitry was sentenced to 15 days under an administrative article, then in a criminal case under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Folk singer. The girl is allegedly accused of participating in the protests of 2020, as well as publicly condemning Russian aggression against Ukraine. She didn’t leave Akrestsina after a day, she was transferred to the Zhodino prison.
Trial outcome 01.08.2023:
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction
She lived in Moscow, came to change her passport in Belarus and was detained for participating in the 2020 protests, as well as comments on social networks.
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