Sergei was detained in February 2024. First, he was given a day for "dissemination of extremist materials", and then a criminal case was opened and he was transferred to a pretrial detention center. The case probably concerns the comments. Sergei faces four to twelve years in prison. Sergey's hobby is music. In the 2000s, he played in the band "Lesnoye Radio". He participated in several other projects, translated foreign songs into Belarusian.
Sergey Yuryevich Gorlovstudied at the Minsk State Linguistic University, and later graduated from the European Humanities University. He worked as a translator and English tutor. His last known place of work was the Sakharov Institute in Minsk.
Trial outcome 09.12.2024: unknown.
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A famous basketball referee, he was arrested for creating a basketball chat.
He was detained in January 2024 when he was returning to Belarus. He is currently in pretrial detention. He is accused of "insulting Lukashenko" and "creating an extremist group" under Articles 361-1 and 368 of the Criminal Code.
Syritsa had previously believed that coming to Belarus was not associated with major risks. His wife was also detained at the border (she spent a day in jail). And the chat participants were summoned for questioning.
Alexander Syritsa has been one of the best basketball referees in Belarus for many years. A FIBA referee since 2005. In 2019, together with his colleagues, Syritsa filed a lawsuit against the basketball federation, lost and was blacklisted. He lived in Australia, did business, and often visited Ukraine.
On January 16, the KGB recognized the "Fund of Belarus Friend LTD" as an "extremist organization" - at that time it was reported that Belarusian citizen Alexander Syritsa was related to it.
According to the court, the essence of the charge against everyone was that on August 10, 2020, people in Brest "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.
Trial outcome 09.10.2024: 1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 26.11.2024: unknown.
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According to the court, the essence of the charge against everyone was that on August 10, 2020, people in Brest "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.
Trial outcome 09.10.2024: 1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 26.11.2024: 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.
According to the court, the essence of the charge against everyone was that on August 10, 2020, people in Brest "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.
Trial outcome 09.10.2024: 1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 26.11.2024: 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.
Trial outcome 14.11.2024: 3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security 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.
Andrei Loboda is 54 years old. He is a resident of Minsk and graduated from the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (then the Minsk Radiotechnical Institute) in 1993. Since then, he has worked in the banking sector.
Andrey was detained in April 2024. On April 12, he was sentenced to administrative arrest for "dissemination of extremist materials." After that, a criminal case was opened against him. In the GUBOPiK video, he says that he made a donation to the "Country for Life" foundation and wrote comments.
On September 11, 2023, the State Security Committee reported in a propaganda film that it had detained six people in Belarus on charges of collaborating with the "Security Service of Ukraine" and "preparing terrorist attacks." In the video, some of them appear beaten, some are led around in chains during investigative actions, and one of the detainees was filmed in a KGB pretrial detention center. As a result, three people, including Valentina, were charged under six articles of the Criminal Code at once, including "Treason" and "agent activity."
Valentina, according to pro-government media, together with Nikolai Losovsky, was picking up a package containing weapons and explosives, which had to be buried in the Mozyr district. They did not manage to complete the task, as they were detained.
Trial outcome 02.12.2024: 9 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 550 basic values fine.
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On September 11, 2023, the State Security Committee reported in a propaganda film that it had detained six people in Belarus on charges of collaborating with the "Security Service of Ukraine" and "preparing terrorist attacks." In the video, some of them appear beaten, some are led around in chains during investigative actions, and one of the detainees was filmed in a KGB pretrial detention center. As a result, three people, including Nikolai, were charged under six articles of the Criminal Code at once, including "Treason" and "agent activity."
Nikolai, according to pro-government media, checked caches on orders from Ukrainian special services and also carried out other tasks for money.
Trial outcome 02.12.2024: 10 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 550 basic values fine.
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.
Details of the persecution of the Ukrainian gamekeeper became known from a propaganda film on September 11, 2023, which was shown on all state channels at once. In it, Vyacheslav was led on a chain during the investigation. The State Security Committee reported that it had detained six people in Belarus on charges of collaborating with the "Security Service of Ukraine" and "preparing terrorist attacks." In the video, some of them look beaten, some are led on chains during the investigation, and one of the detainees was filmed in the KGB pre-trial detention center. As a result, three people were charged under six articles of the Criminal Code at once, including "Treason" and "agent activity."
Ukrainian ranger Vyacheslav Borodiy was detained on September 1, 2023, in the Yelsky district of Belarus, bordering the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. It is known that Vyacheslav was born in the Zhytomyr region, lived in Mozyr for some time, and then returned to Ukraine and worked as a ranger, raising three children. The film said that after the start of a full-scale war, Borodiy allegedly underwent training at the training center of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and that "since March 2023, in addition to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, he began to cooperate with the Security Service of Ukraine."
Trial outcome 02.12.2024: 10 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 550 basic values fine.
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Vladimir Sitkovich is 57 years old. He comes from the small village of Pushcha in the Sharkovshchinsky district of the Vitebsk region. In 1991, he graduated from Polotsk State University. For a long time, Vladimir worked and lived in Vitebsk, and in recent years he managed the boiler room at the Vitebsk oil extraction plant.
Vladimir is a biker, participated in local biker races.
In 2016, 2018 and 2019, he was an observer at local and parliamentary elections. Vladimir's other political activity is unknown, and his social networks are also neutral.
Trial outcome 14.10.2024: 3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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In late May, state media reported the detention of two Belarusians on the Belarusian-Lithuanian border: one of them was on the international wanted list and was trying to illegally enter Lithuania to avoid criminal liability, and the other was a driver.
64-year-old Alexander Sudnikovich said in a "repentant video" that in 2021 he left comments approving the actions of Andrei Zeltser, who died during a shootout with KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk. It is known that Alexander lived in the United States for a long time.
She was detained at least six months ago. Judging by the charges, she could have left comments on Telegram - at least, she did not actively comment on anything on other social networks.
Anastasia's trial will begin on October 31 in the Minsk City Court. She is charged under three articles: "slander against Lukashenko" (Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code), "calls for sanctions" (Part 3 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code), and "incitement of hatred" (Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code). The girl faces four to twelve years in prison.
She worked as a programmer in the Minsk office of Exadel. This is a large IT company from the USA, which employs several thousand people.
Trial outcome 05.11.2024: unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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