According to social networks, the man is 38 years old. It is known that he lived in Russia for some time, but recently in Minsk. The man has a wife and a child.
Kozelsky worked as an operator at ONT for a long time. For example, back in November 2022, he taught the Interior Ministry Security Department how to work with state media. Kozelsky's last report was released in October 2023.
It is not known exactly when the operator was detained, but it happened more than six months ago.
The issue may be in the Telegram comments he left. Anton used to comment a lot in various political groups, but he deleted the comments themselves. They can only be found indirectly, through other users' responses and the man's traces in the groups.
On August 13, 2024, the appeal was heardandtheverdict came into force.
Trial outcome 28.05.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 13.08.2024
the sentence was upheld.
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Details of the verdict became known from prosecutor Pleskatsevich’s comment to Pinsk state TV (the name of the accused is not named, but he is the only one who was tried in Pinsk in 2024 under the article “unrest”). The prosecutor recounted the position of the accused: on August 9, 2020, he voted at the polling station, returned home and drank a lot (about a bottle of vodka), after which “out of interest he went to look at the protesters near the city executive committee building.” What exactly the man did next at the protests, for what reasons, he did not remember due to alcohol (in his words). But the video captured what the prosecution qualified as follows: “he took an active part [in the riots], namely, with his actions he supported the pogrom and attacked the police with other protesters.”
Trial outcome 29.04.2024:
4 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony
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The first time she was detained by the KGB at the end of January 2024 (during the mass detentions of relatives and friends of political prisoners) for writing letters and transferring money to the accounts of political prisoners in the pre-trial detention center of prison No. 1. Then a criminal case was opened against her under Art. 361-2 (financing extremist activities), but the woman was not taken into custody.
During the search, equipment and money were confiscated from her. After examining the technique, unwanted comments were allegedly discovered on social networks, and an examination was then carried out on them. After receiving the results of the examination, on April 20, 2024, Victoria was re-detained and placed in a temporary detention facility, and subsequently in a pre-trial detention center.
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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He is involved in a case of treason together with the Prokhorov family from Grabovka.
Participants in the closed trial have signed non-disclosure agreements. An unofficial source reports that the criminal case concerns photographing various objects on the territory of Belarus, and that the defendants in the case were followed by special services for some time before their arrest.
Trial outcome 20.05.2024
10 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 30.08.2024
the sentence was upheld.
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According to the prosecution , from August 10 to August 11, 2020, at that time, minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolay Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, Maxim Sobolev, were on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Cosmonauts Boulevards and Shevchenko, st. Soviet in Brest, “ they shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white canvases, grossly violating public order, deliberately impeding the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.”
At the court hearing, everyone fully admitted their guilt.
It is also known that Maxim Sobolev, Gleb Klimovich, Yulia Sharanova were convicted, including on “narcotic” charges.
Maxim Sobolev under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code was sentenced to two years of imprisonment. But since Maxim was already convicted under the “narcotic” part 4 of Art. 328 of the Criminal Code, by partial addition of the main punishments and the full addition of an additional punishment, 12 years in prison were sentenced to serve in a correctional colony under a high security regime with a fine of 3,200 rubles.
Trial outcome 20.05.2024
12 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 23.07.2024
unknown.
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According to the prosecution , from August 10 to August 11, 2020, at that time, minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolay Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, Maxim Sobolev, were on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Cosmonauts Boulevards and Shevchenko, st. Soviet in Brest, “ they shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white canvases, grossly violating public order, deliberately impeding the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.”
At the court hearing, everyone fully admitted their guilt.
It is reported that Yulia Sharanova participated in the protests when she was 16 years old. It is also known that Maxim Sobolev, Gleb Klimovich, Yulia Sharanova were convicted, including on “narcotic” charges.
Yulia Sharanova was sentenced to one and a half years in prison for participating in the August protest. But due to the fact that she was convicted under Part 4 of Art. 328 of the Criminal Code, she was eventually sentenced to 13 years in prison under general regime conditions with a fine of 3,700 rubles.
Trial outcome 20.05.2024
13 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 23.07.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
The man is 50 years old. He was the founder or director of several organizations involved in the import of computers and their components. Recently he was Deputy Director for Commercial Affairs of the Avard Service company and Director of the SunRan company.
It is not known exactly when he was detained , but more than six months ago. The KGB included Rushkevich on the list of participants in the “extremist formation Trielite,” as well as businessman Vladimir Balabanovich, who is on trial for calls for sanctions.
The chat was probably opened because of one of the detainees.
Trial outcome 23.05.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 13.08.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Accused of financing extremist and terrorist activities through donations to a protest initiative (Bysol).
Alexander is originally from Glusk, a small regional center in the Mogilev region. After finishing school, he entered the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, majoring in "Information Systems and Technologies in Logistics". After graduating, he went on to a master's degree.
Alexander worked in the IT field.
Trial outcome 30.05.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 06.08.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
The man was accused of tearing a red and green flag from a store building in the town while drunk. He fully admitted his guilt.
The town resident had already been tried nine times before. In addition to imprisonment, Vladimir was prescribed compulsory treatment for alcoholism.
Trial outcome 04.06.2024:
2 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony.
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Nikolai's wife and little daughter are waiting for him at home.
Trial outcome 08.05.2024
unknown.
Appeal 05.07.2024
unknown.
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The investigation established that Artur Radzivanovich “on his own initiative entered into correspondence with representatives of the armed formation “K. Kalinovsky’s Regiment” via Telegram.” During the conversation, he clarified the procedure and conditions for enlisting in the regiment, and then planned the crossing of the state border of the Republic of Belarus with the Republic of Poland and the further route to Ukraine. Arriving on December 30, 2023 at the international checkpoint “Brest” to travel to Ukraine through the territory of Poland, the accused was detained by internal affairs officers.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On July 12, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
Trial outcome 10.04.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 12.07.2024
the sentence was upheld.
Trial outcome 25.03.2025
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 20.06.2025
the sentence was upheld.
Final verdict by partial addition:
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Neurologist. Badamshin was detained at least five times after the elections - reports were drawn up against him and he was arrested. Then he served a total of more than 60 days of administrative arrest.
The doctor was last detained on the morning of February 28. A criminal case was opened against him for photos from protests in 2020 in Minsk.
In June 2025, it became known that Ruslan had been detained again and was being held in Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1.
Trial outcome 07.05.2024
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Detained along with other young people in Baranavichy (late December 2023).
And the press service of the court announced the verdict (without naming names, but the circumstances fit this group of people). The essence of the charges is briefly stated: they were on the roadway in Baranavichy, shouting slogans, displaying white-red-white flags, “deliberately obstructing the movement of traffic and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.” The exact date when the protests took place is not even indicated, it is simply called “August 2020.”
Thus, in 2024, 25 residents of Baranavichy have already been sentenced for the protests of August 2020. All were sentenced to a prison colony for a period of 1 to 3 years (the only exception was that a woman with a child under 3 years of age was sentenced to a suspended sentence).
Trial outcome 31.05.2024
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 09.08.2024
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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