Tatiana Ivanovna Zherko
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 26 decisions awarding at least 44 days of administrative arrest, fines of at least 6,858 rubles and at least 11 years of restriction or imprisonment.
Denis Koval was convicted under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code, sentencing him to 1 year and 3 months of restriction of freedom without referral to IUOT - “household chemicals”. Denis Koval must also pay each victim 1,500 thousand rubles as compensation for moral damage.
She handed down sentences to Gennady and Vyacheslav Smirnov, accused of insulting Lukashenko (Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code), and Gennady - of resisting an internal affairs officer (Part 2 of Article 363 of the Criminal Code).
Gennady Smirnov was sentenced to two years and 6 months of imprisonment in a maximum security colony.
Vyacheslav Smirnov, was sentenced to restriction of freedom and sent to an open correctional facility for a period of two years.
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 26 decisions awarding at least 44 days of administrative arrest, fines of at least 6,858 rubles and at least 11 years of restriction or imprisonment.
Denis Koval was convicted under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code, sentencing him to 1 year and 3 months of restriction of freedom without referral to IUOT - “household chemicals”. Denis Koval must also pay each victim 1,500 thousand rubles as compensation for moral damage.
She handed down sentences to Gennady and Vyacheslav Smirnov, accused of insulting Lukashenko (Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code), and Gennady - of resisting an internal affairs officer (Part 2 of Article 363 of the Criminal Code).
Gennady Smirnov was sentenced to two years and 6 months of imprisonment in a maximum security colony.
Vyacheslav Smirnov, was sentenced to restriction of freedom and sent to an open correctional facility for a period of two years.
List of repressed
Alexander was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "hooliganism" and remanded in custody pending trial.
In December 2021, he was convicted of writing red and white graffiti and declaring his love for presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open correctional facility.
In June 2022, the court ordered an increase in the sentence, replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment to be served in a penal colony until the end of the sentence.
Alexander was released in February 2023, having fully served his sentence.
After his release, the persecution against Alexander did not stop; he was repeatedly subjected to searches and administrative arrests for “picketing.”
In the summer of 2023, he was placed in pretrial detention on a new criminal case, and in December of that year, he was found guilty of "rehabilitation of Nazism" and "hooliganism," and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2026, having fully served his sentence.
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Vitaly was found guilty in December 2021 of the criminal offense of "insulting a government official" for a comment left on VKontakte under a post alleging that Pavel Ermoolenko, a police captain with the Zheleznodorozhny District Department of Internal Affairs in Vitebsk and a patrol company commander, had beaten people. In addition to a suspended sentence, the court ordered the "victim" to pay substantial compensation.
Vyacheslav was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting Lukashenko" for posting leaflets with the texts "Adolf Grigoryevich Lukashenko" and "We need a corpse in a king's clothes, not a living idiot at the helm."
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence.
After his release, political persecution against Vyacheslav continued, and he was forced to leave Belarus.
Gennady was found guilty in October 2021 of "resisting a police officer or other person maintaining public order" and "insulting Lukashenko" for posting leaflets with the texts "Adolf Grigoryevich Lukashenko" and "We need a corpse in a king's clothes, not a living idiot at the helm."
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence.
After his release, political persecution against Gennady continued, and he was forced to leave Belarus.
