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Maksim Anatolevich Lopatin

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Detained together with his wife in the case of sabotage in Machulishchi.

Human rights activists received information that on March 3, Maxim Lopatin was detained by employees of the State Security Committee in the case of sabotage in Machulishchi. The man is being held in the pre-trial detention center of the State Security Committee.

Lopatin was severely beaten during the arrest. A film was released on ONT, which tells about some high-profile detentions, including the mention of Maxim. Allegedly his friend is a psychotherapist Evgenia Tochinskaya, who lives in Poland, asked to bring a Ukrainian agent Shvets from Stolin to the Lagoy highway on February 27.

The video shows that the man has dentures on his jaw, which may mean that it was broken. After splinting, there should be a serious stage of rehabilitation with eating and drinking water through a tube.

On March 23, Maxim's wife, Lyudmila Lopatina, was also detained. 

The couple has two juvenile children.

Sentences

Trial outcome 03.10.2024
8 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 1000 basic values fine.
Appeal 27.12.2024
unknown.

Once the sentence takes effect, you can only write letters to the prisoner. Under Art. 85 of the Penal Code of Belarus, convicts cannot receive money transfers from anyone other than close relatives. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, support the family directly if this option is available on the prisoner's page.

Involved in repression

Valentina Nikolaevna Zenkevich
Valentina Nikolaevna Zenkevich
Judges8 january 1969
Place:
Minsk City Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
03.10.2024
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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Davydov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Davydov
Judges11 april 1967
Place:
Supreme Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
27.12.2024
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Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Overseers9 january 1978
Place:
IK-17
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Co-defendants

Who else is held in IK-17

Maksim Anatolevich Lopatin
In custody:
Case categories:
Machulishchi
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
08.03.1979
Number of children:
2
Mailing address:
IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
Health problems:
Wound, serious injury during arrest
Articles:
Groups:
Parents of minors
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2023
  2. ~03.03.2023

    Transfer

    SIZO KGB — In custody

  3. 2024
  4. ~17.07.2024

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody

  5. 03.10.2024

    Trial outcome 03.10.2024

    8 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 1000 basic values fine, Minsk City Court

  6. ~07.11.2024

    Transfer

    Turma №4 — In custody

  7. 27.12.2024

    Appeal 27.12.2024

    unknown, Supreme Court