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According to the investigation , Nikita Struy, from May to November 2022, “in order to spread the ideology of Nazism, approve and deny crimes against the peace and security of mankind, war and other crimes, using a mobile phone he repeatedly posted images and comments in various Telegram channels aimed at the rehabilitation of Nazism.
In July and August 2022, in order to ensure the activities of the destructive Telegram channel and Telegram group, he, clearly knowing that their information products were recognized by the court as extremist materials, forwarded publications from these resources to other Telegram communities.”
Nikita Brui is the great-great-cousin of the people's writer of Belarus Yakub Kolas, and studied at a high school in the village of Nikolayevshchina.
In November 2022, state channels reported the detention of five participants in the closed chat “Union of the Belarusian National Shield” (UBNSH), recognized as an “extremist formation.”
The sentence was reduced on appeal from three to two years.
On September 15, 2023, the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the winter of 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years imprisonment in a correctional colony
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- Detained under 18 years
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- Detained under 18 years
It is known that the boy had successfully competed in district intellectual games competitions among schoolchildren. Oleg was 16 years old at the time of his arrest. He was beaten for six hours while being transported to the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (GUBOP) building. There, after he asked, "Why are they interrogating me without a lawyer present?", he was beaten again.
He finished school in a pre-trial detention facility.
One of Five detained members of the closed chat "Sayuz Belarusiana Natsianalnaga Shchyta" (The Belarusian National Movement), whose detention the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported in early November 2022. The Ministry of Internal Affairs had designated the chat an extremist group a week earlier. The ministry reported that a criminal case had been opened against the detainees under the article on the creation of an extremist group. The group had united in a Telegram group, which was designated an extremist group in early November. They allegedly "were supposed to find perpetrators to destroy infrastructure and organize attacks on law enforcement."
During his imprisonment, Oleg spent 129 days in solitary confinement. He was first placed there on the second day after arriving at the adult prison colony. He was constantly denied visits and parcels.
He was released in June 2025, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
According to pro-government Telegram channels, Kirill and three other guys "have been administering four TikTok accounts and two Telegram channels since 2020. The said resources published information aimed at organizing and preparing mass riots, resisting law enforcement officers with the aim of encroaching on the independence, territorial integrity, and foundations of the constitutional order of the Republic of Belarus. The guys united in a Telegram group, which was recognized as an extremist group in early November." They allegedly "had to find perpetrators to destroy infrastructure facilities and organize attacks on law enforcement officers."
On June 21, 2025, Kirill was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and was immediately taken to Lithuania.
According to pro-government Telegram channels, Vladislav and three other men "have administered four TikTok accounts and two Telegram channels since 2020. These resources published information aimed at organizing and preparing mass unrest and resisting law enforcement officers, with the aim of undermining the independence, territorial integrity, and constitutional order of the Republic of Belarus. The men united in a Telegram group, which was designated an extremist group in early November." They allegedly "were tasked with finding perpetrators to destroy infrastructure and organize attacks on law enforcement."
In January 2025, he was pardoned. Afterwards, he left the country.
In 2026, Vladislav was charged with new criminal offenses under Articles 364 and 361-4, Part 2, for media interviews. Police officers searched his mother's home and confiscated his equipment for inspection. Furthermore, the Belarusian special services sent messages to his personal account inviting him to return to Belarus.
According to pro-government telegram channels, Alexander and three other guys "beginning in 2020 administered four tik-tok accounts and two telegram channels. These resources published information aimed at organizing and preparing mass riots, resisting law enforcement officers in order to encroach on independence, territorial integrity, the foundations of the constitutional order of the Republic of Belarus... The guys united in a telegram group, which was recognized as an extremist formation in early November." They allegedly "should have found executors to destroy infrastructure and organize attacks on law enforcement officers."
Of the relatives, Alexander has only a sister.