Konstantin was found guilty of insulting a government official for a comment about traffic police officer Alexander Kirkalov left in the "People's Reporter" group on the VKontakte social network in September 2020.
Sergei was found guilty in May 2021 of a criminal case brought under the article on insulting a government official for a comment left in the Telegram chat "Brest 97%" regarding the head of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime, Nikolai Nikolaevich Karpenkov, which, according to the prosecution, contained a "negative assessment."
Trial outcome 06.05.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Anatoly was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article "violence or threat of violence against an internal affairs officer" for, according to the charges, during a protest that took place on Pobediteley Avenue in Minsk on October 4, 2020, "experiencing a sense of revenge, he committed violent acts against OMON officer Zyukin, namely, grabbing his rubber baton and jerking it, thereby causing him physical pain."
Anatoly was found guilty in May 2021 of participating in a post-election protest that took place on August 9, 2020, in Minsk. According to the indictment, he joined a group of citizens shouting provocative slogans. Anatoly was also accused of taking sand from a flowerbed and throwing it at Interior Ministry officers.
Daniil was detained on February 19, 2021, on charges of damaging a public transport stop in the agro-town of Bolshiye Radvanichi by writing graffiti. In May 2021, he was convicted under the article "Hooliganism committed by a group of persons." At the time of the incriminated episode, Daniil was a minor. He did not admit guilt.
Trial outcome 13.05.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, approximately 358 rubles of compensation.
Dmitry was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article "Desecration of state symbols" for, according to the charges, removing the state flag hanging on the roof of Gymnasium No. 4 in Smorgon one night in the fall of 2020, carefully folding it, putting it in his pocket, and replacing it with a "white-red-white flag."
It's worth noting that the "desecration" of the national flag, according to investigators, consisted of a small tear in the fabric, approximately one and a half centimeters in size. This led investigators to conclude that the flag had been torn down, and they considered this a mockery of the national symbol.
Maxim was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article "hooliganism committed by a group of persons" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Ekaterina was found guilty in 2021 of a criminal case brought under the article "insulting a judge" for publishing a comment containing obscene language directed at Judge Poleshchuk.
Trial outcome date unknown
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Dmitry was found guilty in November 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on the social media site Odnoklassniki under a post about Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer from the Gantsevichi District Department of Internal Affairs, who used a chokehold on a detained participant by pressing his knee on his neck during the dispersal of a solidarity chain.
Trial outcome 22.11.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1587 rubles of compensation.
Alexander was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on the social media site Odnoklassniki under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer from the Gantsevichi District Department of Internal Affairs, pinning a person's head to the pavement with his knee.
Trial outcome 22.10.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Olga was found guilty of insulting a government official for a comment addressed to Vadim Prigara, head of the Molodechno District Police Department, on the social network Odnoklassniki, under Olga Karach's post. The "thumbs down" reaction, as well as the comment itself, which Olga deleted and which was not read in court, were considered insults.
Anna was found guilty in June 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article "Desecration of State Symbols," specifically for altering a verse of the national anthem on her personal Twitter account, beginning it with the phrase "We are extremists—peaceful people..." According to the charges, she committed a mockery of the national symbol—the anthem.
Marina was found guilty in July 2021 of a criminal case under the article "insulting a government official" for a comment left in August 2020 on the social network Odnoklassniki addressed to police major A.V. Bagraenko, a traffic police inspector with the Svetlogorsk District Department of Internal Affairs. According to the prosecution, this constituted a public insult.
Trial outcome 16.07.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Kirill, an engineer, was found guilty in May 2021 of criminal hooliganism committed by a group of persons for replacing the red-green flag with a white-red-white one during a protest on August 16, 2020, in Gomel.
Trial outcome 12.05.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Matvey was found guilty in December 2021 of a criminal case brought under the article "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
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