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Rodion lived abroad for some time in several countries, and then decided to return to Belarus.
He was soon detained by the GUBOPiK. The comments that the GUBOPiK accuses him of are dated 2020.
It is possible that the guy was identified long ago and a case was opened against him, but they waited until he returned to Belarus to detain him. The security forces claim that "he faces 5 to 12 years in prison" - probably referring to a criminal case for "inciting hatred and enmity."
According to human rights activists , he will be released in March 2025.
The 35-year-old hard rock fan was initially charged with insulting a government official (Article 369 of the Criminal Code), insulting Lukashenko (Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code), and slandering Lukashenko (Part 1 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code).
Vitaly was detained on October 13, 2022 and placed in the Vitebsk pretrial detention center.
03.08.2024 released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to the prosecution , Yevgeny, while at his place of residence, posted a message of offensive content regarding Alexander Lukashenko in a Telegram group on March 1, 2022. This follows from the conclusion of a forensic linguistic examination.
Previously, the man was brought to administrative responsibility for storing information products of an extremist nature on his mobile phone.
On 24.03.2024, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists , he was released on January 25, 2025.
According to the prosecution, Dmitry Anchukov, having the intent “aimed at desecrating buildings and other structures with cynical inscriptions and drawings, used a black aerosol can to apply several inscriptions on the ends of houses and public transport stops in different places of the city, which, according to the investigation, offended the feelings of citizens , demonstrated disregard for moral values and discredited state power.” The graffiti was anti-war in nature.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the winter of 2024 , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
1 year of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
The man was accused of painting white-red-white flags in different places of Minsk from February 2021 to September 2022. The court found that as a result of Peter's actions, three businesses were damaged: RUE «Minskenergo», RUE «Minskavtodor-Center», CCU «Minskobldorstroy» for a total amount of over 700 BYN.
Peter fully admitted his guilt and repented. During the preliminary investigation, he compensated for the damage caused.
In June 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Sergey Kudritsky, who worked as a sales specialist, was arrested on June 24, 2022 and placed in pre-trial detention, and his wife, Margarita, a leading specialist in one of MTBank's departments, was released on a large bail, since there is a minor child in the family.
According to 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 things. So the investigation had another article - 328, the charge under which was considered simultaneously.
According to human rights activists , he was released on May 6, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Daniil, who worked at the Grodno branch of Beltelecom, was detained for several comments on social networks in early October 2022 and placed in custody pending trial.
On 11.04.2023, the appeal was reviewed and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists , he was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Andrey was accused of leaving an offensive comment on the Internet about a police officer. After seeing a video on Facebook where a policeman beats up a defenseless person.
Andrey explained that by writing the comment, he was not guided by the motive of ideological divination and did not intend to undermine the authority of the state authorities. The man pleaded partially guilty.
1,5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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36-year-old Oleg Shvaiko worked with the women's team at the Minsk football club. It is known that he expressed an active position regarding the events in Belarus in 2020. At the end of 2021, the coach left the Minsk structure. He was detained on November 4, 2022. After his arrest, he was sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest. Oleg was then transferred to a pre-trial detention center as part of a criminal case for participating in the 2020 protests.
According to human rights activists, he was released in July 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Author of the Spadchyna telegram channel, Wikipedia editor and Twitter blogger.
In the pro-government video, Chekhovich says that he is “against the current government and supports Ukraine.”
Released after administrative arrest (13 days).
Dmitry Solovyanchik worked as a courier for Kuprienko's company. A story on a pro-government channel claims that he also filmed a video of the movement of military equipment and passed it on to Kupriyenko, "not knowing what they were for him."
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At the end of July 2024, he was released , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years in prison
Before the trial, Vyacheslav was at large, he was detained for three days from September 9 to 12, 2022. He was found guilty of leaving a comment about Lukashenko on the social network VKontakte under his photo on March 1, 2021, the comment consisted of one word: "idiot".
Vyacheslav Ovchuk admitted his guilt. He said that he was outraged by Lukashenko's statement that people who receive salaries in envelopes should be punished. According to the accused, those who issue them should be punished.
According to human rights activists, he was released in mid-January 2025.