Naftan member and drummer of the Paranoia Dolls group Dmitry Shalak was detained last summer, then he was given administrative arrest.
But the persecution of Dmitry did not end with this arrest. Criminal cases were opened against the man under two criminal articles of the Criminal Code: 369 - Insulting a government official; 368 part 1 - Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
