He was initially convicted on 02/07/2025 under administrative article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus, after which a criminal case was opened.
The man was accused of "discrediting Belarus" (Article 369-1 of the Criminal Code). The essence of the case is unknown. Semyon was threatened with arrest, or chemistry, or a colony - up to four years. The list of "extremists" indicates that he is "serving a sentence" - this means that the person was sentenced to a colony or chemistry with a referral.
In 2016, he founded his own consulting company, Strategy and Capital OJSC, and a few years later he headed the Belarusian branch of Civitta, where he is also listed as an associate partner. Civitta is a large consulting company with Lithuanian roots. It was founded by a former partner of McKinsey, a company from the so-called Big Three consulting firms (McKinsey, BCG, Bain). It is currently represented in 15 countries, with hundreds of consultants and developers working for it.
Nina Baginskaya, 78, became a symbol of the 2020 protests. Photos of her holding the national flag were published in many foreign media outlets.
She went to her first protest in 1988 in Kurapaty near Minsk, where there are mass graves of Belarusian victims of the Stalin regime. Later, Baginskaya took part in opposition actions held in memory of the Chernobyl disaster, the disappearance of opposition politicians, and in protest against the annexation of Crimea. She was detained and fined many times. "I need to live 120 years to pay them all off," Nina said in an interview. Since 2016, 20% of Baginskaya's pension has been deducted to pay fines, and since 2017, 50%. In 2016, bailiffs confiscated the pensioner's microwave and washing machine. A few years later, the state seized and put her two summer houses up for sale.
Baginskaya explains her activity by a sense of duty to her descendants.
In 2025, the basis of the charges in the criminal case against Baginskaya was administrative protocols and court decisions from 2024.
Nina Baginskaya has a number of serious illnesses and needs timely medical treatment. In prison conditions, her life could be in serious danger.
Nina was found guilty of "repeated violations of the law on holding mass events," but instead of punishment she was given "preventive observation."
Oleg was summoned to the police department for protests back in 2021.
He "repented" at the police department, promised in writing never to participate in rallies again. Three days later a paper arrived that the administrative case had been closed because there was no evidence.
In November 2023, the man went to work in Poland. Since then, he has visited Belarus several times without problems. However, in April 2025, he was not allowed to leave the Republic of Belarus at the border; the migration service reported that he was a suspect in a criminal case for participating in the 2020 protests. After that, Oleg was evacuated from the Republic of Belarus by the Baysola service.
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