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It is not known when the man was detained, but the last time he was online on his VKontakte page was on December 29, 2022, although he had previously visited there regularly.
It is known that in 2015 the man lived in Poland. And in 2019 and 2021 he wrote that he lived in Germany, was engaged in artificial intelligence and worked for the German company EDEKA GmbH/WITRON. His main messengers were linked to a German number, and his mailbox was on a German domain, that is, he lived in Germany permanently.
According to CyberPartizan, Novogrodsky has not officially worked in Belarus since 2011 and has three children from different women.
As Nasha Niva writes, Alexey is interested in philosophy and participated in thematic conferences - for example, in April 2021, he gave a report "Consciousness and Artificial Intelligence" at the scientific conference "Philosophy and Challenges of Modernity", which was organized by the Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
The press service said in a statement that the man convicted in March-April 2022 posted messages in an "extremist" chat aimed at "exacerbating tensions in society and destabilizing the situation in the Republic of Belarus." He also wrote "negative messages and comments that discredit the Republic of Belarus" and insult officials and Lukashenko.
German partially admitted his guilt in court.
On December 18 , 2024, the Bobruisk District Court and Bobruisk will hear Alexey's case "on transfer to a different type of correctional facility and change of regime conditions."
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Nikolai was repeatedly tried for “unauthorized picketing,” and in March 2022, the man was arrested for 20 days for calling for participation in the protest on February 27. He was detained at home by five security officers wearing bulletproof vests.
On December 5, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict entered into force.
The basis for the criminal case were comments in one of the chats, recognized by security forces as extremist materials in May 2021.
According to Alexander's acquaintances abroad, in May 2023, after the criminal case had already been opened, he left for Poland, where he stayed for about a month. Then his elderly mother called him and said that an investigator had called her and threatened to search for her son. It was promised that if Kulikov returned, he would be given a punishment that did not involve imprisonment.
After some time, Kulikov decided to return to Belarus and was detained. He stopped communicating while crossing the border. Another administrative violation protocol was drawn up against him (Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and a criminal case was opened. On July 13, 2023, the Leninsky District Court of Mogilev found the Mogilev resident guilty and sentenced him to three years of imprisonment with referral to a general regime colony.
In December 2023, it became known that Kulikov was going to be tried again. This time, he is accused of three articles: participation in an extremist group (Article 361, note 1, part 3), participation in an armed group or armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state (Article 361, note 3, part 1), and undergoing training or other preparation for participation in extremist activity (Article 361, note 5). On December 22, the press service of the Moscow Regional Court reported that on December 20, Kulikov was sentenced to 4 years in prison. Together with the previous punishment, the total term of imprisonment for the man will be 4 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime.
On December 12, BT aired a propaganda film about Kulikov, who talks about his attempt to join Kastus Kalinovsky's regiment and about undergoing military training near Kiev.
In March 2024, it became known that the prosecutor appealed the sentence of political prisoner Alexander Kulikov from Mogilev, who was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. According to the court's decision, he was given an additional year and a half to his term .
On 01.07.2024, a trial was held to replace Alexander's regime and he made the decision to transfer the political prisoner to prison regime .
A 34-year-old resident of Bobruisk. After 10 days in the Okrestina detention center, he was transferred to pretrial detention center No. 1.
The man was charged with donating to an organization recognized as terrorist in Belarus. He faces 8 to 12 years in prison.
Dmitry Sluk did not appeal the verdict and was transferred to one of the Belarusian colonies to serve his sentence.
On June 24, 2024, the conditions of detention were tightened, and Dmitry was transferred to prison regime.
8.5 years in prison
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Pyotr was arrested in January 2022 on politically motivated terrorism charges and convicted on several criminal charges. He was given a long prison term, the first five years of which were in prison.
According to the indictment, from July 2020 to January 2022, an "organized criminal group" allegedly preparing extremist crimes operated in Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other countries. It included radical military personnel, security officials, athletes and businessmen who sought to seize power illegally. This case is related to the attempted arson of the house of MP Oleg Gaidukevich in June 2021 and the "organization of mass riots."
Trucker. A video on a pro-government channel claims that he was "transporting blank ballots from Poland with a choice already made in favor of one alternative candidate."
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Vladimir, according to available information, a former riot police commander and deputy of the Pushkinsky electoral district No. 9 (agro-town of Kolodishchi) of the 27th convocation, was detained in December 2021 after an attempted attack on GOM-2 of the Frunzensky District Department of Internal Affairs in Minsk on August 16, 2021, as part of a criminal case initiated under the article "act of terrorism".
According to the indictment, from July 2020 to January 2022, "an organized criminal group operated in Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other countries with the goal of committing extremist crimes. The group included radical individuals, including former and current military personnel, law enforcement officers, athletes and businessmen, who sought to seize power illegally." The case involves charges of attempted arson of the home of MP Oleg Gaidukevich in June 2021 and "organizing mass riots."
Vladimir was convicted under several criminal articles to a long term of imprisonment, the first five of which were prison terms. He was also stripped of his military rank.
Military analyst Egor Lebedk was awarded 15 days of administrative arrest under Article 24.3 of the Administrative Code. After a day, Yegor did not come out and was detained on a criminal case of promoting extremist activities for comments for Euroradio.
In October 2022, channels supporting the current government of the Republic of Belarus published the news that another criminal case was opened against Egor on the basis of repetition, and noted that each interview by an extremist forms a separate crime.
Andrey was detained by employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption for posting extremist materials on his page vk.com. Andrey published a video of Lukashenko taking the oath in 1994 under a white-red-white flag.
He was convicted for participating in the Grodno Marches and comments in the chat.
The man did not admit guilt, but confirmed only the fact of writing comments on August 11 and 12, 2020. The man's participation in the Grodno Marches was not confirmed after watching videos from events in the city.
It became known that a laboratory and forensic medical examination was carried out in June 2022. She confirmed Andrey's mental illness. However, he was convicted anyway, and also included in the list of individuals and organizations involved in terrorist activities.
In August 2023, she was transferred to the prison regime.
6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
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Resident of the Mogilev region. Shoe store worker.
In 2020, he was detained for participating in protests.
Detained for sabotage of the railway near the stations of Bobruisk, as well as arson of the shooting range of military unit 5527.
On April 12, 2024, a trial was held to change the conditions of the regime of serving the sentence and Vitaly was transferred to a prison regime for a period of 3 years.
14.07.2022 | 15.07. The trial will begin in Bobruisk |
15 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Chairman of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions.
The Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions unites several independent trade unions. It includes the Free Belarusian Trade Union, the Free Metalworkers' Union, the Belarusian Trade Union of Radio-Electronic Industry Workers and the Belarusian Independent Trade Union.
On April 19, 2022, Alexander was searched at his place of work and place of residence, equipment was seized. Yaroshuk was detained and placed in a pre-trial detention center.
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Mikhail, the owner of the Samorodok jewelry workshop, made jewelry for members of reenactment clubs and studied medieval history. In February 2022, he was detained and later convicted on charges of “slandering and insulting Lukashenko” and “insulting a government official.”
In May 2024, a new court hearing was held, following which Mikhail's conditions of detention were tightened, transferring him to a prison regime.
In February 2025, he was convicted again under the article on “financing the activities of an extremist group.”
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Vladimir, a graduate of the Bobruisk School of Olympic Reserve and BGATU, was involved in wrestling and worked as a trainer at the Eva fitness center.
He was arrested on March 30, 2022, on charges of sabotage on the railway. Despite the fact that he did not resist, the special forces used force and weapons. He was later convicted under five serious articles of the Criminal Code.
In September 2024, Vladimir was transferred to a strict prison regime.
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Citizen of the Russian Federation, has been living in Minsk for 16 years.
According to pro-government channels, he was detained for participating in protests in 2020.
Convicted of participating in protests and setting fire to a car (the exact information on the charge is unknown).
It became known that Maxim was tried on May 12, 2023 under Part 2 of Art. 411 of the Criminal Code. The verdict is unknown.
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Ex-lieutenant colonel of the State Security Committee.
The criminal case against the lieutenant colonel is known only from the state media.
In 2021, the ONT TV channel showed the film «Operation of the State Security Committee «Mankurty»», in which they reported on the detention of lieutenant colonel of the State Security Committee Alexei Khralovich.
The man has been in custody of law enforcement officers for about a year at the time of the verdict.
Khralovich was deprived of the military rank of lieutenant-colonel.