At the end of October 2022, six men were detained in Minsk for allegedly hanging a sewn white-red-white flag along with the flag of Ukraine on power line supports in Minsk on October 7. These are Igor Tepteev, Yuri Nesterenko, Victor Grinko, Valery Balabeshko, Vladimir Savelyev, Igor Tikach. Only the next day a post appeared on Anton Mot’s Telegram channel with a photo of the flag and the caption: “Minsk residents congratulate the Ukrainian people on the wonderful news from the Crimean bridge. Crime is Ukraine! Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!”
Tepteev said in the pro-government film that he has known the other defendants in the case since childhood. According to Igor, he did not think that there would be criminal liability for hanging flags. The flag was made back in March, Igor kept it at home for a long time, and then gave it to Yuri.
According to propagandist Gladkaya, Igor’s wife was forced to leave Belarus due to persecution for the events of 2020. Now she is in Poland, and the man with small children is in Belarus.
On September 14, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
3.5 years imprisonment in a colony
Citizen of Poland. As it turned out , Robert Tampala has been living in Belarus since the 90s, has a residence permit, is a co-founder of OrionSvit LLC, a company that supplies confectionery.
3 years in prison in a penal colony.
On 25.08.2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
In September 2024, it became known that another criminal case had been opened against Evgeny.
2.5 years in prison
Born in Ukraine. European Kickboxing Champion. Presumably detained for wanting to fight in Ukraine.
At the trial, Pavel stated that he initially reacted to the war in Ukraine on emotions, but later abandoned the idea of military operations. In addition, Pavel is charged with illegally crossing the state border with the Russian Federation in the Republic of Belarus of potent substances (stanozolol 100 tablets), illegal purchase and storage of ammunition (16 cartridge cases from 9mm cartridges, 12 cartridges of 9mm caliber).
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony
The man was accused of participating in protests in 2020 and entering the roadway. "Together with other people, they stood in a clutch, clapped their hands, shouted loudly, shouted various slogans," the court order says.
At the rally, the police pushed Kirill back with a metal shield and cut his head until it bled with a rubber truncheon.
Komarov fully admitted his guilt and repented of his deed.
Kirill has a specialized secondary education and has a minor child as a dependent.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
A former Ukrainian. He received Belarusian citizenship in 2010, often happens in the border area.
In the story on the channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it is claimed that he transmitted to Kuprienko (accused of espionage) data on the location of military equipment, the movement of a vehicle convoys.
10 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Trucker. A video on a pro-government channel claims that he was "transporting blank ballots from Poland with a choice already made in favor of one alternative candidate."
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
The accusation is based on comments that Kotov left within a month and a half after the 2020 presidential election in Telegram channels recognized by extremist groups in the territory of the Republic of Belarus. The investigators of these telegram channels found evidence of crimes under 4 articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
It is also known that Ivan was detained twice after the 2020 presidential election. For the first time immediately after August 9. For the second time, Lukashenko's security forces seized Kotov in mid-February 2021. Then the riot police detained 68 people in the village of Sokol, Smolevichi district – participants and spectators of the concert.
3,5 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.
The musician of the TOR BAND, detained together with Evgeny Burlo, their wives were also detained. Golovach's wife was fined, Burlo's wife was placed under administrative arrest.
At the end of November 2022, Dmitry and Evgeny were sentenced for the third time for 15 days. TOR BAND became a popular band in Belarus during the 2020 protests. Many songs have become hits on different platforms. Information products, social networks and the logo of the TOR BAND were recognized as extremist materials, as well as their songs listed above.
9 years of imprisonment in a colony under enhanced security conditions
Railway employee The circumstances of the trial/s are unknown.
On March 3, 2022, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
4 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
In addition to imprisonment, Mikhail was awarded compensation for moral damage to the victims and damage caused by a public transport stop in the amount of 49 000 BYN (~ 20 000 USD).
6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Chairman of the primary trade union organization of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union of Employees of JSC «Grodno Azot».
The reason for the initiation of a criminal case against the trade union leader, according to the state prosecutor, was his conversation with a journalist of the Belsat TV channel, during which he "gave her some information."
Andrei's phone was tapped, and the conversations were recorded by the special services. After his dismissal from the factory, a criminal case was initiated against him.
He is accused of facilitating extremist activities and discrediting the Republic of Belarus. Earlier, the primary organization of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union of Employees of JSC «Grodno Azot» was recognized as extremist. The Grodno Regional Court decided to ban the activities of the organization and its liquidation.
He was taken into custody in the courtroom, before that he was on his own recognizance not to leave.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
It became known about the detention of Yevgeny Glushkov, a resident of the village of Zyabrovka in the Gomel region. According to some media reports, on the night of August 10-11, 2022, an incident occurred at the airfield in Zyabrovka, about which the media wrote a lot, then local checks began.
Eugene found an old picture of the airfield in his phone, which he took from a drone. And we also found contacts of different Ukrainians. That was enough to detain him. The guy before his detention worked as a veterinarian in one of the clinics in Gomel, has exceptionally positive characteristics from employers. Before the beginning of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, Yevgeny lived abroad for a long time. In recent years - in China, where he studied music and planned to stay to live. But due to the coronavirus epidemic, he was left without sources of income and was forced to return to his homeland.
9 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Arthur is from Pinsk. He studied at the Slonim Medical College, graduated with honors and upon graduation was assigned to Grodno. He entered the Grodno State Medical University, in addition to this he worked as a paramedic for a visiting team in an ambulance.
According to pro-government telegram channels, he was detained for registering in the Peramoga plan, and also participated in “unauthorized mass events.”
On August 17, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony
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