Artur is a coach of the junior team "Dynamo Minsk" and the grandson of Mikhail Mustygin, one of the most famous footballers in the history of Belarusian football. He was detained on August 5 and forced to "confess" in a "repentant video" that he allegedly participated in a post-election protest and sent information to the chatbot of the "Voice" initiative.
It is unknown what pre-trial restraint measure was chosen for Artur.
Trial outcome 06.11.2023
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Head of dormitory No. 4 of BSEU. Detained for participating in the 2020 protests. A “repentance video” appeared on pro-government Telegram channels, in which Elena says that she once went to a rally, where she took part in a mass event. Drabudko says that a relative recently called her and told her to come to the investigative committee to “repent.” But the woman did not do this. At the end of the video, the channel’s authors attached a video of Elena singing along with the previously detained teachers.
Trial outcome 30.10.2023
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
The man was accused of participating in a protest in 2020 and entering the roadway. He admitted partial guilt. As reported in the court ruling, Mikhail did not deny participation in the action and admitted that he could have blocked the road with his actions. But he said that he had not previously planned to participate in the march. Initially, he came to the site of the protest for a personal meeting, after which he joined the rally. The Minsk resident was released pending trial on bail of 7,400 rubles.
Mikhail was identified from 11 photographs from the protest, which he sent to Viber. In them, a man is on the roadway wearing brown trousers and a white and gray shirt. And in his hands he holds a white-red-white flag.
Mikhail Antonov has a higher education, is liable for military service, and has a dependent minor child.
Trial outcome 24.10.2023:
1.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
According to the court ruling, the essence of Roman’s charges under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (active participation in actions that grossly violate public order) is that he is at two protests in the fall of 2020 in Minsk. It is known that a photo of him on the roadway at a protest was found on Roman’s phone. The photos were discovered during phone inspections on June 2 and September 13, 2023. A bike was found at the man’s home, in which he took part in the protest. She was evidence in the case.
Trial outcome 19.10.2023:
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
Kirill was accused of participating in protests in Minsk in 2020, entering the roadway and blocking public transport. The man was also accused of being in a clutch in the front rows of protesters on Maxim Bogdanovich Street in Minsk. Photos of this episode were found in one of the telegram channels. Kirill fully admitted his guilt.
After the verdict was announced, he was released from custody in the courtroom.
Trial outcome 10.10.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
Elena was detained in connection with the “round dance” case. She was returning from Poland to Brest. At passport control, the border guards became interested in the fact that the woman was born in Ukraine. She was handed over to unknown people in civilian clothes who demanded a phone number.
As a result, the woman was detained. After that there was an administrative court (15 days of arrest under Part 2 of Article 19. 11 of the Administrative Code) through two reposts in Telegram. And then the woman was placed in a pre-trial detention center until trial.
It is known that Elena lived in Brest and went to Poland for shopping.
Natalya was accused of participating in a protest in Minsk in 2020, entering the roadway and blocking public transport. She fully admitted guilt. Natalya and her friend Vasily were identified from the video recording.
Before the trial, both were on bail of 7,400 rubles
Vasily and his girlfriend Natalya were accused of participating in a protest in Minsk in 2020, entering the roadway and blocking public transport. They fully admitted their guilt. The Belarusians were identified from a video recording.
Before the trial, both were held on bail of 7,400 rubles.
46-year-old Vasily Kroes is a native of Mogilev. Graduated from Minsk State Linguistic University, Faculty of Spanish. At the beginning of the 2000s, he worked as a teacher at the Belarusian-Russian University in Mogilev for a couple of years. Lately I have been translating from Spanish, Portuguese and English as a self-employed entrepreneur.
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