44-year-old resident of Baranovichi.
It is known that after graduating from BSU, he continued to work in the prosecutor's office of the Frunzensky district. At the time of 2020, Pavel worked as a senior investigator in the investigative department of the city of Minsk.
According to the prosecution , from July 14, 2020 to January 6, 2022, on the territory of Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other states, "an organized criminal group was created and operated, the main purpose of which was to commit an indefinite number of extremist crimes. The crimes were supposed to to commit persons radically inclined towards the current government, including former active military, law enforcement officers, primarily special forces, hand-to-hand combat athletes, businessmen and others who shared the views of seizing state power by unconstitutional means.
There are 18 defendants in the case, 15 of whom are in custody, and three were convicted in absentia. The process took four and a half months. At the trial, the main person involved in the case, deputy Oleg Gaidukevich, acted as a witness (for some reason, not the victim) , who stated that they wanted to set fire to his house - they threw three Molotov cocktails. Then only the cat of the deputy suffered.
9 years of imprisonment in a colony under a reinforced regime
Director of Europcar , a partner company of Uber in Minsk. Dmitry is still in custody. It is known that in November 2020 he was detained under Art. 23.34 Administrative Code of the Republic of Belarus for participating in protests. In September 2021, the charge was reclassified to Art. 357 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
He is involved in the case of arson of the house of deputy Oleg Gaidukevich.
According to the prosecution , from July 14, 2020 to January 6, 2022, on the territory of Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other states, "an organized criminal group was created and operated, the main purpose of which was to commit an indefinite number of extremist crimes. The crimes were supposed to to commit persons radically inclined towards the current government, including former active military, law enforcement officers, primarily special forces, hand-to-hand combat athletes, businessmen and others who shared the views of seizing state power by unconstitutional means.
There are 18 defendants in the case, 15 of whom are in custody, and three were convicted in absentia. The process took four and a half months.
11 years of imprisonment in a colony under a reinforced regime with deprivation of the right to hold positions related to the performance of organizational, administrative and administrative duties for a period of five years
Vladimir is accused of posting photos from the August 2020 protest actions in Vitebsk on his social networks.
Vladimir was detained on December 14, 2022 after three more people connected with the ROK'I PUB gastropub were detained (the founders of the institution Ilya Kulman and Pavel Petrunin, the name and post of the third detainee are unknown).
As reported by «Vitebsk Viasna», according to pub visitors, one of the reasons for the detention could be a recent concert by a Belarusian singer performing under the pseudonym Iva Sativa (real name Yana Smolyaga, she is the wife of former political prisoner Levon Khalatryan). But, probably, the concert was an occasion to check the activities of the institution. As it turned out later, the Department of Financial Investigations opened a case for non-payment of taxes. Most likely, Bulavsky, as an organizer of concert activities in Vitebsk, was also detained as part of this case.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Yuri was detained on January 12, 2022 right at the department of the university where he works.
Yuri Bubnov has been the head of the Department of Humanities at the Belarusian University of Food and Chemical Technologies (formerly MGUP) since 1997. His portrait is on the veterans honor board of the Belarusian State University of Technology (formerly MGUP). The man was awarded the badge «Vydatnik adukatsi». In Mogilev, Yuri Bubnov is known as an expert sociologist, one of the founders of the Center for Urban Initiatives and the festival «Dranik-fest».
2 years in prison
The man was convicted for leaving publications in his ok.ru profile that contained humiliating information about Lukashenko. According to the prosecution, their goal was to publicly damage the authority of the state authorities and spread knowingly false information that humiliates Lukashenko.
Anatoly pleaded guilty in full.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Anatoly (59 years old) a resident of Svetlogorsk. The man was detained on October 25, 2022 for drinking alcoholic beverages in a public place. Being in the duty room of the police of the railway station in Bobruisk, he several times expressed insults to Lukashenko.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
On January 9, 2023, the Gomel Regional Court considered the case of two Homel residents - Vladislav Yatsenko and Kirill Plakushchev. According to the investigation, one of them repeatedly posted publications in one of the social networks calling for participation in the battalion of Kastus Kalinouski, «Azov» and other formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And I also transferred 21 EUR for Kastus Kalinouski's battalion. And both guys were accused of putting cynical inscriptions and drawings on the walls of buildings. The court estimated the damage at 130 BYN.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
On January 9, 2023, the Gomel Regional Court considered the case of two Homel residents - Vladislav Yatsenko and Kirill Plakushchev. According to the investigation, one of them repeatedly posted publications in one of the social networks calling for participation in the battalion of Kastus Kalinouski, «Azov» and other formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And I also transferred 21 EUR for Kastus Kalinouski's battalion. And both guys were accused of putting cynical inscriptions and drawings on the walls of buildings. The court estimated the damage at 130 BYN.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Andrey is registered in the urban settlement. Ushachi (Vitebsk region), but in recent years he lived and worked in Russia. On September 23, 2022, he was detained in Moscow and placed in custody due to the fact that the Belarusian security forces had put Andrei Nikolaevich on the international wanted list.
As was announced at the trial in Brest, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office refused to extradite Protasevich to Belarus due to the absence of a crime under Russian laws in his actions.
However, he was expelled from Russia under the procedure of “violation of migration legislation” and transferred to Belarus. In Belarus, Andrei Nikolaevich has been in custody since November 7, 2022. Sentencedto three months of arrest for commenting on social networks.
It is known that Andrei had another trial, under Art. 368 part 1 (insulting Lukashenko). The result is unknown.
April 2, 2024 Andrey had a hearing of his appeal. It is known that Andrei began serving his sentence.
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It is known that Alexey Alekseychik worked as a transplant doctor at the Republican Scientific and Practical Center of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology for more than 20 years. He is considered one of the best specialists of the center, who has performed many bone marrow transplant operations.
In the spring of 2022, law enforcement officers gained access to the internal chat of employees of the Republican Scientific and Practical Center, where they discussed the political situation in Belarus, the work of the independent trade union «Panacea» and much more. It is assumed that the detention of the transplantologist is connected with this chat.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
In the period from August 2020 to July 26, 2022, Alexander administered the telegram chat «Zhyve Luninets!», for which he was detained on July 27, 2022.
On November 24, 2022, by the decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the telegram chat «Zhyve Luninets!» was recognized as an extremist formation on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
The trial of Alexander took place on February 9, 2023, where he was accused under 5 articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus: Part 1 of Article 361-1, Part 1 of Article 342, part 2 of Article 367, Article 369, part 3 of Article 361.
It is known about Alexander Sumar that in 2006 he worked in the Luninetsky district police Department as a forensic expert. In recent years, he lived in Moscow (Russia).
9 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
Rodion lived abroad for some time in several countries, and then decided to return to Belarus.
Shortly after returning home, he was detained by employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption. The comments for which he is accused are dated 2020.
Perhaps the guy was found out a long time ago and started a case against him, but they waited until he returned to Belarus to detain him. Law enforcement officials claim that «he faces from 5 to 12 years in prison» — probably we are talking about a criminal case for «Incitement hostility and discord».
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to the prosecution , Yevgeniy, while at his place of residence, on March 1, 2022, posted an offensive message against Alexander Lukashenko in a group on the Telegram social network. This follows from the conclusion of the forensic linguistic examination.
Previously, the man was brought to administrative responsibility for storing extremist information products on his mobile phone.
On March 24, 2024, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Andrei was convicted of slandering Lukashenko and participating in protests 2020. The circumstances of the case are unknown, as the court session was held in closed form.
On March 22, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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