Alexander Nikolaevich Kulinich

Alexander was a reserve lieutenant colonel, served in the 38th separate guards airborne assault Brest brigade of the Airborne Forces. Recently, he worked as an individual entrepreneur, engaged in food additives. As sources told the publication , Alexander Kulinich died on April 9, 2024, in the Brest pretrial detention center due to ischemic heart disease: this cause is indicated in the death certificate. In Brest pretrial detention center No. 7, journalists were told that they had a prisoner with that name, but they refused to confirm the fact of death.

It is known that Alexander was detained for comments he left in 2020. This happened on February 29, 2024, in the village of Dorogovo, Korelichi District, Grodno Region. On March 1, the "repentant" video appeared in one of the Telegram channels close to the security forces. But it contained footage of the detention from an apartment building. Relatives and friends of the deceased say that the video from the apartment is not Alexander. And later in the video, Alexander himself says that he was detained "for comments on the Internet." "In one of the accounts, I wrote "cattle" under the president's speech," the man explained.

Alexander Kulinich was buried on his birthday, April 11, 2024, in his native Molodechno.

The case was heard by Judge Marina Skalkovich from April 16 to May 31, 2024.

The appeal against the verdict will be heard on July 12, 2024. Chairman of the Judicial Collegium Dmitry Karasinsky.