Alexander was detained on March 3, 2022 for a video involving a military man.
The man was found guilty of violence or threat of violence against soldier Mikhail Krut. During one anti-war demonstration on February 27, 2022 in Minsk. Alexander simply walked towards the soldier while he was retreating. The video spread through Internet sources.
During the interrogation, Alexander was tortured, as he told the court. The man did not admit his guilt.
| 16.08.2022 | 08/15/2022 - Sasha was interrogated. Doesn't admit guilt. He said that during the detention they beat him hard and for a long time. The next court session is 16.08.2022 |
| 16.08.2022 | 08/12/2022 - The "accomplice" was interrogated. He did not admit guilt. The next court session is 15.08.2022 |
| 16.08.2022 | 08/11/2022 The verdict was not issued. The next court session is 12.08.2022 |
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
On May 15, 2023, ONT released the propaganda film “Killer Package” of Death: Who and How Wanted to Commit a Terrorist Attack on Victory Day,” which told the details of the case. It was reported there that allegedly the KGB, on the eve of Victory Day on May 9, 2023, “prevented a terrorist attack under the supervision of Kiev." They said that the explosives were in electric stoves, which were sent to the detainees via parcels. The organizer of the action was named 23-year-old Belarusian Valery Vodin, who fought in Ukraine.
The video said that parcels with electric stoves containing explosives were delivered to the Minsk SDEK point in Kamennaya Gorka on March 21, 2023 from Kyiv via Italy. 29-year-old Victoria Volchek confirmed during interrogation that she received the package - Valery Vodin asked her to receive the package. BSU student Anna Savochkina and her mother Tatyana Rusak took the tile from Volchek and buried it in the cemetery in Kolodishchi. The second tile was picked up by dental technician Andrei Grigoriev and taken to the gardening partnership "Avtoremontnik 124" near Olekhnovichi.
20 years of imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony in absentia
20 year old Vladislav was accused of taking photos and videos of military equipment, military personnel, as well as a military airfield in Bobruisk from February 24 to February 25, 2022.
Then Vladislav forwarded at least 9 video files and photos to a telegram channel recognized as extremist in the Republic of Belarus.
Trial outcome 27.03.2023: 2 years of imprisonment under general regime conditions.
Anastasia, a mother of three, was detained at the end of 2022 and was under house arrest until the trial. According to the investigation, in October 2022, Podgaiskaya allegedly repeatedly sent photo and video files with text messages to the bot of the destructive Telegram channel of the extremist group.
The information sent to her contained information about the situation in the regions of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, as well as planned activities at the combined arms training grounds.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Yaroslav Kazakevich, a 27 year old resident of Orsha, accused of facilitating extremist activities.
According to the case materials, on December 8, 2022, the accused made a video file using a Samsung Galaxy mobile phone at the railway station «Orsha-Tsentralnaya», on which an echelon with Russian military equipment was recorded. Then Kazakevich, being in the carriage of a train of regional lines, distributed through the Internet the named video file in the Telegram channel, the information products of which had previously been recognized by the court as extremist materials.
On December 9, 2022, Yaroslav was detained by police officers and arrested by the Orsha district court for 15 days for the production and distribution of extremist materials. He was never released again.
On June 6, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict has entered into force.
Trial outcome 04.04.2023: 2 years of imprisonment under general regime conditions.
Appeal 04.04.2023: the sentence was upheld.
Pavel is a resident of Gomel, studied at the Francysk Skaryna Gomel State University. An active player in the quiz.
With the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the man on his vk.com page actively spoke out against the war. Later, his page was blocked by the decision of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.
Pavel's anti-war statements in social networks could be the reason for accusing him of inciting other social hostility.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in September 2023.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Detained for a conversation in a chat-roulette with a provocateur.
Citizen of Ukraine. The court found Pavel guilty of “undercover activity” in favor of Ukraine. Authorities accused him and two other men of sending data to Ukrainian military intelligence.
Propagandists claim that Kuprienko was recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services. Taras Machinsky is accused of transmitting data on the deployment and movement of military equipment in Belarus to Kuprienko, and he, in turn, to the Ukrainian special services. It is reported that Dmitry Solovyanchik was “used in secret.” In the video they say that Dmitry filmed the movement of military equipment in Belarus and asked his relatives about it, and then passed it on to Kuprienko, “not knowing what they were for.”
On the evening of June 28, 2024, sudden information appeared about the release of five political prisoners from Belarusian colonies. The Ukrainian authorities achieved the release of their exchange citizens as prisoners. This is how Natalya Zakharenko, Pavel Kuprienko, Lyudmila Goncharenko, Ekaterina Bryukhanova, as well as Nikolai Shvets, a defendant in the “Machulishchi case,” were released. The terms of the exchange were not disclosed. It is noted that the Vatican took part in the liberation. The released political prisoners were brought to Ukraine on June 28 - their photo from the Zhulyany airport appeared in the media.
7 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Taras was detained for talking in a chat-roulette with provocateur Yuri Komar.
In the video, Taras says that he supports Ukraine and its national heroes, and also wishes her victory. Employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption claim that for this he faces a criminal case for inciting hostility.
Detained for comments in a chat-roulette with a provocateur.
He was detained for talking to a provocateur in a chat-roulette, spoke out in support of Ukraine and admitted that he was in the «Peramoga» plan.
Works at the Minsk factory of wheeled tractors.
Detained for statements in chat-roulette.
According to pro-government channels, Vitaly, succumbing to a provocation, spoke in a roulette chat in support of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, and also predicted Russia's defeat in the war.
Anesthesiologist-resuscitator of Lyuban Central District Hospital.
In chat-roulette, having succumbed to provocation, he spoke out in support of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, and also predicted Russia's defeat in the war.
Graduate student of Mogilev State University named after A. A. Kuleshov.
In a chatroulette, a man answered the «Zhive Belarus!» with «Zhive vechna!» (Translation: «Long live Belarus» with «Long live forever»). He also confessed his support for Ukraine, predicted Russia's loss in the war and expressed the hope that after that a revolution could begin in Belarus.
*According to the decree of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus dated November 10, 2022, the phrase «Zhive Belarus!» in conjunction with the raised open palm was added to the list of extremist or Nazi symbols.
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