Igor Fedorovich Zemtsov
Involved in issuing politically motivated court decisions, at least 20 decisions, on the dismissal of complaints against sentences of lower courts. Occupying the position of a judge, which is personally approved by Lukashenko, is an employee of the judicial system of the Republic of Belarus, supporting the Lukashenko regime and politically motivated repressions in Belarus. On September 1, 2020, left the verdict in the case of journalist Petr Migursky unchanged. Previously, Petr was fined 540 rubles under Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for allegedly participating in an illegal picket, which he attended as a journalist. On November 9, 2021, sentenced Vladislav Tymoshchuk to 3 years in prison for Instagram stories that incite social hatred. (Article 130 of the Criminal Code). In his stories, Vladislav wrote expressions like: “smash the riot police for your sisters,” “drown them in blood.”
Involved in issuing politically motivated court decisions, at least 20 decisions, on the dismissal of complaints against sentences of lower courts. Occupying the position of a judge, which is personally approved by Lukashenko, is an employee of the judicial system of the Republic of Belarus, supporting the Lukashenko regime and politically motivated repressions in Belarus. On September 1, 2020, left the verdict in the case of journalist Petr Migursky unchanged. Previously, Petr was fined 540 rubles under Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for allegedly participating in an illegal picket, which he attended as a journalist. On November 9, 2021, sentenced Vladislav Tymoshchuk to 3 years in prison for Instagram stories that incite social hatred. (Article 130 of the Criminal Code). In his stories, Vladislav wrote expressions like: “smash the riot police for your sisters,” “drown them in blood.”
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According to the authors of the pro-government film, Daniil Garasim, born in 2005 in December 2023, on the instructions of the “Ukrainian curator”, contact with whom was established in an extremist Telegram chat, filmed the location of the missile brigade of the Armed Forces of Belarus in the city of Osipovichi, Mogilev region. But it is noteworthy that the security forces made operational filming from the very first task; the question arises as to who the task came from.
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 .
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Oleg was arrested and convicted for "hitting" a police officer during a street march in Vitebsk on September 13, 2020. In September 2021, he was transferred to prison for "violating the rules of the order."
In August 2022, Oleg was re-convicted for “malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of the correctional institution” and was given another year of imprisonment.
On July 25, 2023, the political prisoner was again convicted of “disobeying the demands of the administration” and sentenced to another year in prison.
In September 2024, another hearing was held on the criminal case against Oleg for “malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of the correctional institution” - a charge that is often applied to prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the prison administration.
Throughout his imprisonment, Oleg is constantly under pressure. He is regularly sent to a punishment cell, where he is kept in isolation for dozens of days.
He was found guilty of “slander against Alexander Lukashenko.” The reason was a comment on the news in one of the telegram channels, which contained sharp criticism of the politician.
A worker of the Svarmetprofil enterprise Alexander Nikonov, who was detained at the end of June 2023. It is known that he was accused of “insulting A. Lukashenka” and “slandering A. Lukashenko” because he marked “Class” under a post in the public STOP LUKA on the Odnoklassniki social network.
According to the case materials , Olga Ivanchenko posted on her Odnoklassniki page in the public domain “text with an image containing deliberately false fabrications that disgrace Alexander Lukashenko, humiliate his honor and dignity, and are aimed at undermining his authority and creating a negative image.”
In addition, the woman posted “comments with a negative assessment of him, containing obscene language” under the post with an image of Alexander Lukashenko.
Olga has an autism spectrum disorder . After her arrest, she was held for about a month at the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Mental Health in Novinki.
On 20.06.2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in the fall of 2024.
The reason for the detention was a comment in the networks regarding A.G. Lukashenko.
Victor is an orphan.
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She is a Student of «Mogilev State University Kuleshov's name».
According to the prosecution, the girl reposted a publication in the chat criticizing the actions of Putin and Lukashenko with calls to go outside if the Belarusian army enters the war.
In May 2022, Alexander was found guilty of making offensive remarks about two police officers from the city of Gorki in a comment on Odnoklassniki. A linguistic expert found these remarks to be obscene.
In August 2023, it was revealed that he had been retried for "slander and insult against Lukashenko." Details of the case and the verdict are unknown.
was detained on September 30, 2021 in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in the Minsk apartment.
Released in February 2024 upon expiration of his sentence.
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Vladislav, the owner of a barbershop in Petrikov, was detained after being summoned to the police department and a search was conducted, during which his equipment and phones were seized. The reason was Stories published on March 16, 2021 on Instagram, in which he spoke out against riot police officers after the detention and beating of a former MTZ employee. Although the posts were soon deleted, a criminal case was opened against him, and he was later convicted of "inciting social hatred."
According to human rights activists, he was released at the end of 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
