Design engineer at Naftan, is deputy head of the independent trade union of Naftan workers. He was detained on September 27, 2021 at his workplace. In the Novopolotsk GAUS, a protocol was drawn up against the man under art. 19.11 Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities). The offense, according to the police, is that on his Instagram page “Alexander distributed an information product included in the republican list of extremist materials.” A screenshot of the publication was attached to the written materials of the case, in which a man stands with a poster “I/we are TUT.by.”
Alexander’s case was reviewed on October 1 by Novopolotsk district judge Zinaida Balabolova. Balonkin did not admit his guilt at the trial and tried to find out how the police discovered that this was his Instagram page. According to Alexander, he does not have a personal page, so he does not know who owns the publication. Despite this, Judge Balabolova arrested the man for 15 days precisely because of the “extremist” logo in the photo on Instagram.
In August 2023, he was detained along with other members of the independent trade union "Naftan": Olga Britikova and Alexander Kukharenok.
In the “repentance video,” the detainee says that he works as a programmer in one of the companies. The police called him, “but the man did not listen to them,” he answered rudely and hung up.”
After that, security forces came to him and allegedly discovered that the man had participated in post-election protests.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under enhanced security conditions
On December 8, 2023, an appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
1.5 years imprisonment in a colony
Is on maternity leave to care for a child.
In fact, it is known that on August 9, 2020, she was at work and in the evening she went home to her parents. Walking past the World of Products store, I saw a large crowd of people, opposite whom stood police officers armed with special equipment.
Valeria became interested in what was happening and she approached the people. During the investigation and trial, she explained that she did not call anyone to participate in the event, just as she was not called. She said that she got there by accident, but at the same time, the woman admitted her guilt.
1.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
A resident of Loyivshchyna was detained at the end of August 2023 for insulting police officers while filming a video and then posting the video with insults on the Internet.
After the verdict, she was released in the courtroom due to the recalculation of the time spent in the pre-trial detention center.
6 months imprisonment in a colony.
unknown years of restriction of liberty
unknown years of restriction of liberty
On pro-government channels, the man is accused of commenting “and that he seems to have registered in the “peramog” plan.
The man works as an ordinary locksmith, but his real passion is reconstruction. For many years, Sergei Batura has been a member of the Osipovichi military-patriotic club "Bayonet", which annually performs, for example, at festivals of reconstruction of battles during World War II on the Stalin Line, as well as at several other festivals.
On November 21, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
2 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
unknown
Boris was found guilty of leaving a comment in a telegram channel under a photo of cadets of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Sidorov admitted guilt.
1.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
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