Dmitry Nikolaevich Neshta
- Dissidentby since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by Dissidentby
- Viasna since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by the Viasna Human Rights Centre

Involved in the adoption of politically motivated court decisions, at least 2 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 11,000 rubles in fines and at least 3 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed. Olga Kronda was again found guilty of committing a crime under Art. 369 “Insulting a representative of authority” and added to the two years of restriction of freedom of “household chemicals” that the woman was serving in the previous case, another year of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility. On February 16, 2023, the 65-year-old director of an auto parts store, Viktor Makarenko, was sentenced for refusing to sell goods to military personnel of the Russian Federation and calling them occupiers. The man was charged under Art. 190 of the Criminal Code (“violation of the equality of citizens”). At the request of prosecutor Svetlana Pasemko, he imposed a fine on Viktor in the amount of 300 basic units (11,100 Belarusian rubles). Makarenko’s individual entrepreneurial activity, which he has carried out since 1993, was terminated by decision of the economic court at the request of the local prosecutor.
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