Yuri Dobrokhotov was detained on April 20, 2023 on suspicion of “petty hooliganism,” but charges were brought for participating in a protest in 2020. After a search of the residence, a jar with a small amount of marijuana was allegedly found in the apartment.
During the trial, Dobrokhotov did not admit guilt on two counts of crime. He explained that in September 2020, after work, he saw many people heading towards Pobediteley Avenue. I didn't know any of them. People moved along the sidewalks. He went with them, entered the crowd, because he was interested in what was happening there. He did not have any prohibited symbols with him. And according to the circumstances of the charge of possession of narcotic substances, he said that for 4 months someone A lived in his apartment as a guest. When he left, he temporarily left some things in his apartment, among which a jar of “grass” was later found. .
When Yuri was detained, police officers beat him.
Based on the totality of crimes, the final sentence was imprisonment for a period of two years. On October 20, 2023, an appeal hearing was held.
2 years imprisonment in a colony
Design engineer.
On July 18, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict entered into force.
3 years imprisonment
According to a channel associated with the security forces, he was detained for allegedly writing comments in the chat bot of the Belarus Brain channel. It is reported that he is in a pre-trial detention center and a criminal case has been opened against him under two articles (which are not specified).
Ivantsov is 38 years old. He studied at the Faculty of Biology of the Belarusian State University, worked as a junior researcher at the Academy of Sciences, and as a medical representative of several pharmaceutical companies. Since 2013, he has been the head of the De Viz company, which is engaged in marketing research in pharmacology. Five years ago, Ivantsov entered the graduate school of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University and worked at the university. Ivantsov is also a practicing psychologist, supporter and popularizer of the enneagram.
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Convicted for participating in protests.
On June 23, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force
2 years imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
Convicted for participating in protests in 2020. Tkachenko was identified from photographs and videos found on the Internet, as well as from telephone connections provided to the security forces by the man's mobile operator.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open correctional facility
On August 10, 2020, during the protests, Alexey was driving in his car in Minsk in the area «Belaya Vezha». At the intersection, the man saw members of the special purpose police squad, who, looking for protesters, began to brutally detain car drivers: shoot and break windows in cars. Alexey, not expecting his detention, drove forward, where traffic police officers were just passing. Not noticing the official car, Alexey moved into its row. At the time of the maneuver, the traffic police car had already stopped, and the man went on about his business. In this action, the court saw interference in the activities of an employee of the internal affairs body (Article 365 of the Criminal Code).
At the same time and in the same place, there was allegedly a traffic police officer Mosenza, who testified at the end of December 2022, allegedly Alexey wanted to shoot him down then. For this, the man was charged with Article 364 of the Criminal Code and taken into custody.
Alexey has three children, one of them is a minor daughter of 5 years old.
4 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Andrei was accused of participating in protests in Minsk in 2020 and blocking public transport. The man was also accused of using a white-red-white ribbon and a victory gesture.
Andrey was identified by the photos he took at the protest and then published on his page vk.com.
The man fully admitted his guilt.
The prosecutor also filed a lawsuit to recover property damage from Andrey in favor of the Ministry of Transport in the amount of 86 515 BYN. The claim will be considered in civil proceedings.
Andrey has a higher education. He worked as a specialist.
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Detained for participating in protests.
He began serving his sentence on 09/06/2023.
3 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open institution.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
An employee of the Minsk Motor Plant. Detained on November 16, 2022, allegedly for participating in protest actions. Convicted on February 28, 2023.
2,5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Sergey Kudritsky, who worked as a sales specialist, was detained on June 24, 2022 and placed in custody until trial, and his wife, a leading specialist of one of the departments of MTBank, Margarita, was released on a large bail, since there is a minor child in the family.
According to the materials of the prosecution, Sergei and Margarita took an active part in an unauthorized mass event in Minsk on August 30, 2020.
It became known in court that Sergei was also detained on June 9, 2020. Then a bag of marijuana was allegedly found in his belongings. So the investigation had another article — 328, the charge on which was considered at the same time.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
He was detained for the administration of the chat «Tipichnaya Serebrianka», but the case was transferred to the court with charges only of protest actions.
| 14.06.2023 | Апелляция оставила приговор без изменений. |
| 12.05.2023 | заседание по аппеляции Глеба будет 13.06.23г. в Минском городском суде. Время ещё не проставлено. |
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Presumably detained for participating in protests in 2020.
On March 14, 2023, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.
5 years imprisonment in a general regime colony
Since 1996, he has been actively involved in the life of Catholic youth. He participated in local and parliamentary elections in 2003 and 2004. He was one of the initiators of the formation of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party. But since 2011 he has withdrawn from active participation in political life.
He was convicted, among other things, for posting information about the «Freedom March» on his page on August 15, 2020, on August 17 he posted information in which he analyzes the mistakes of the last march, on August 20, 2020 he posted information about how to act when suppressing protests by law enforcement officers. He left more than twenty such messages.
Artyukhov was also accused of direct participation in one such action in Minsk in August 2020.
Nikolay admitted his guilt in the commission of the acts incriminated to him in full at the court hearing, did not deny the authorship of the texts and messages that he left on the social network vk.ru and facebook.com.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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