According to the prosecution , from August 10 to August 11, 2020, at that time, minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolay Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, Maxim Sobolev, were on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Cosmonauts Boulevards and Shevchenko, st. Soviet in Brest, “ they shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white canvases, grossly violating public order, deliberately impeding the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.”
At the court hearing, everyone fully admitted their guilt.
It is also known that Maxim Sobolev, Gleb Klimovich, Yulia Sharanova were convicted, including on “narcotic” charges.
Gleb Klimovich was sentenced to Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code, two years of imprisonment, and based on the totality of crimes by absorbing a less severe punishment with a more severe one, he was finally sentenced to imprisonment for a term of two years, serving the sentence in a correctional colony under general regime conditions.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
According to the prosecution , from August 10 to August 11, 2020, at that time, minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolay Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, Maxim Sobolev, were on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Cosmonauts Boulevards and Shevchenko, st. Soviet in Brest, “ they shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white canvases, grossly violating public order, deliberately impeding the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.”
At the court hearing, everyone fully admitted their guilt.
It is reported that Yulia Sharanova took part in the protests when she was 16 years old, and Nikita Voityuk and Nikolai Nikityuk were 17 years old. It is also known that Maxim Sobolev, Gleb Klimovich, Yulia Sharanova were convicted, including on “narcotic” charges.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
Detained for a protest rally that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. At the time of that action he was a minor.
Nikita and seven other people began to be tried on May 10, 2024 in the Moskovsky District Court of Brest. The verdict is unknown.
1 year imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
A special forces detachment burst into Alexey’s home, they knocked the man to the floor and one security officer sat with his knees on Samoiluk’s body (with one knee on Samoiluk’s neck).
The pro-government channel claims that Samoiluk “threw stones at the police during the riots.” In that publication on the same channel they also posted photographs: in one picture there are two people in hoods and masks, one holding a Ukrainian flag, the second a sheet of paper with the text “Brest residents with Ukraine.”
2 years imprisonment
Igor worked in Poland as an electrician. He was detained while crossing the Polish-Belarusian border.
In the pro-government video, Sorokin says that he went out onto the roadway and blocked traffic. The video clearly shows a protest on August 10, 2020, which took place in Brest. Namely, the moment of the clash at the intersection of boulevards and Masherov Avenue.
1.5 years imprisonment
Detained for participating in the action on August 10, 2020. The pro-government channel showed a video filmed on September 10, 2020, where a young man simply stands on the roadway of Masherov Avenue among protesters, and then leaves the road. The same channel showed the arrest: special forces with shields and machine guns burst into the young man’s apartment.
1.5 years in a general regime colony
In the “repentance video,” the man says that he was detained for participating in a rally after the elections and going out onto the roadway.
According to the prosecution , from August 10 to August 11, 2020, at that time, minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolay Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, Maxim Sobolev, were on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Cosmonauts Boulevards and Shevchenko, st. Soviet in Brest, “ they shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white canvases, grossly violating public order, deliberately impeding the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.”
At the court hearing, everyone fully admitted their guilt.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
A 19 year old boy was convicted for messages in telegram chats that he left in February of this year. Presumably, such messages in the group chat were the guy's reaction to the war that began with the armed forces of Russia in Ukraine, including from the territory of Belarus.
6,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
citizen of Ukraine. Arrested on May 17, 2021. On October 19, the state prosecution demanded punishment for Stanislav under two articles - Part 2 of Art. 293 and part 3 of Art. 205 of the Criminal Code ("Theft") - by drawing up: 5 years in a penal colony + a fine of 100 basic ones.
5 years in prison under enhanced regime.
resident of Brest, worked as a turner before his imprisonment. He loves to do metalworking and design. Has a mathematical mind. Has a 12-year-old daughter. Sergei has been in custody in a pre-trial detention center since the end of March 2021.
In the summer of 2023, he was transferred to prison regime until the end of his term.
4 years of imprisonment under enhanced security conditions. On July 21, 2023, he was transferred to prison regime until the end of his term.
4 years of imprisonment in conditions of a reinforced regime .
accused of the August "riots" in Brest. He was taken into custody on July 19, 2021 at the request of prosecutors.
3.5 years in prison under enhanced regime.
A resident of Brest, detained at the border with Lithuania .
4 years in prison under enhanced regime.
4 years in prison
Person involved in the case of "mass riots" in Brest.
Arrested on February 25, 2021 and taken into custody in SIZO-7 pending trial.
On June 11, Vyacheslav and 11 other defendants in the case began to judge.
4 years in prison in a penal colony
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