The man was accused of participating in protests in 2020 in Minsk and entering the roadway. As reported in the court ruling, Oleg “used a white-red-white banner as a protest symbol.” He was identified from photographs from the protest. The man fully admitted his guilt.
During his arrest, Oleg’s guitar and phone were seized, which were returned after the verdict was announced. Before the trial, the Minsk resident was held on bail of 20,000 rubles. Oleg Lyadenko graduated from BSTU and works as director of the recording studio "BLACK LINE STUDIO". He is also the guitarist of the rock metal band "Steel rain".
Trial outcome 28.05.2024:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
A pensioner from Glubokoe. She has two children: a son who is finishing school, and an adult daughter with her own family.
On March 31, 2020, blogger Sergei Tikhanovsky, author of the YouTube channel "Country for Life", came to Glubokoe and streamed from the main square for his subscribers. Lyudmila also came to the meeting. She spoke about the life of people in her hometown, expressed her opinion on the policies of Alexander Lukashenko and the coronavirus epidemic.
On October 9, the presidium of the Vitebsk Regional Court “released” Lyudmila and removed her conviction.
Trial outcome 08.05.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
According to the prosecution , from August 10 to 11, 2020, then-minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolai Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, and Maksim Sobolev, while on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Kosmonavtov and Shevchenko Boulevards, and Sovetskaya Street in Brest, " shouted slogans, displayed white-red-white banners, grossly violating public order, and deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of businesses and organizations."
At the court hearing, everyone admitted their guilt completely.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2025.
It is reported that Yulia Sharanova participated in the protests at the age of 16, and Nikita Voytyuk and Nikolai Nikityuk were 17 years old.
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