A friend of Viktor Babariko, was detained in the "Balgazprombank case."
A 41-year-old resident of Grodno was detained by border guards while trying to leave Belarus. He was accused of fixing a white-red-white flag on a flagpole over a red-green flag in July 2021 on the Mound of Glory. This, according to law enforcement officers, he did "with the aim of desecrating state symbols."
On May 27, 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
He was arrested on September 21, 2021. Kirill was charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Actions grossly violating public order) and placed in a pre-trial detention center.
Since December 27, 2021, he has been serving his sentence at the IUOT -9.
02/13/2024 released after expiration of sentence.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom .
Denis was detained on September 9, 2021. Denis was charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Actions grossly violating public order) for participating in the August protests in 2020 and placed in a pre-trial detention center.
3 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open institution.
Detained on July 15, 2021. Former teacher of the Minsk gymnasium. She was convicted 7 times under the administrative article 19.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (dissemination of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities) for sending news from telegram channels to each other with her husband.
In total, Anastasia received 126 days of administrative arrest. Also under this article, her husband Sergei is serving another administrative arrest.
Arrested on July 15, 2021. A programmer from Minsk, convicted 7 times under the administrative article 19.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities) because he and his wife forwarded messages to each other from Telegram channels.
In total, the man received 127 days of arrest. Also under this article, his wife Anastasia is serving another administrative arrest.
He was detained for participating in a coupling at protests. Was calculated from the photo.
2 years of restriction of liberty with a referral.
sound engineer from the Theater for Young Spectators. The son of a famous culturologist, teacher of the Academy of Arts Vadim Saleev. He was detained on September 14, 2021.
3 years restriction of liberty in an open facility
person involved in a criminal case initiated under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order). Artem was detained on September 23, 2021 for participating in the protest on September 6, 2020.
Released in July 2022 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1 year in prison .
defendant in a criminal case initiated under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order). He was detained on August 30, 2021, sentenced to 15 days under Art. 19.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (dissemination of extremist materials). But after the arrest, he did not go free, he was taken into custody on a criminal case.
On December 10, 2022, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
1.5 years in prison.
The person involved in the criminal case initiated under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order) on protests in Grodno.
2 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open institution
Detained on September 20 in a criminal case on the creation of an extremist formation (telegram chat). After the temporary detention facility, she was immediately transferred to a pre-trial detention center.
| 17.06.2022 | According to friends, the courts of appeal are expected no earlier than August. |
| 17.06.2022 | According to friends, the courts of appeal are expected no earlier than August. |
3.5 years in prison.
She was detained on September 20 in a criminal case for a performance at the city cemetery, when a group of young people placed a portrait of Lukashenka on the grave and opened champagne. After the temporary detention facility, she was immediately transferred to a pre-trial detention center.
| 17.06.2022 | According to friends, the courts of appeal are expected no earlier than August. |
Trial outcome 20.05.2022: 3 years 6 months of imprisonment under general regime conditions.
Appeal date unknown: the sentence was upheld.
Maria was the wife of Andrei Zeltser.
It is known that the woman collected signatures for Tikhаnovskaya in 2020. But, they say, she did not want to participate in protest actions because of her little son.
Maria was detained on September 28 , 2021 on suspicion of joint participation in the murder of an employee of the State Security Committee .
On September 28, employees of the State Security Committee of Belarus conducted searches and raids on residents participating in the 2020 protests in Minsk. Andrey Zeltser, refused to open the door to law enforcement officers (dressed in civilian clothes and did not have official insignia) and locked himself inside the apartment with his wife, armed with a hunting rifle. Both were videotaping at the same time. After breaking into the door, Zeltser opened fire with a hunting rifle at the employees of the State Security Committee who broke into the apartment. Dmitry Fedosyuk, an employee of the State Security Committee, was injured. On the same day, he died of his injuries in the hospital. Andrey Zeltser was shot by return fire.
On September 29, the Investigative Committee of Belarus opened a criminal case under the article on the murder of a person in connection with his official activities.
On August 26, 2022, it became known that Andrei Zeltser's widow Maria Uspenskaya was transferred from the pre-trial detention center to the «Novinki» psychiatric hospital.
Andrey Zeltser is Maria's second husband, from a previous marriage Maria has a schoolboy son.
compulsory treatment
I agree with the prosecution, Serhiy had the intent to insult a representative of the authorities, one day from June 21 to June 23, 2020 he was at home and using a laptop left an offensive comment for public viewing under the photo of the traffic police inspector of the Gantsevichi district executive committee Igor Volnich, posted on the page of Olga Karach in Odnoklassniki. He wrote the word "schmuck". The court awarded compensation for non-pecuniary damage in favor of the victim in the amount of 1,000 rubles.
2 years of "home chemistry".
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