Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka

Alexander was charged with writing two comments under publications on the Belarus of the Brain Telegram channel. One message was written on February 24, 2022, under the news that Russian troops were entering Ukraine from Belarus. The second message, with which (according to the prosecution) Alexander publicly insulted A. Lukashenko, was published on April 7, 2022 (when Ukraine and Russia were negotiating a ceasefire) under the news with a quote from Lukashenko that "there can be no negotiations without the participation of Belarus."

On June 16, 2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

The resident of Brest was accused of writing 2 comments under a video with Lukashenko on May 24, 2021, in the Facebook group “People’s Verdict”. One message said “sick person”, the second “schizophrenic”.

On May 16, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.

According to human rights activists, she was released in the winter of 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

According to the prosecution , on February 13, 2023, Igor Svirida, while in the Compulsory Enforcement Department (COI), “... provided a department employee with a handwritten explanation of the reasons for non-payment of fines imposed by the court for committing various administrative offenses, in which he deliberately and publicly wrote the text, in the content of which, in an offensive form, he expressed a negative assessment of the president’s personality, presented in the form of an obscene form of speech expression...”

On the same day, when a squad of employees of the Security Department was called to the enforcement department to detain him, he again publicly insulted A.G. Lukashenko. The investigation claims that Igor Svirida was allegedly intoxicated in the premises of the OPI.

During the court hearing, he partially admitted his guilt.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the winter of 2024 upon expiration of his sentence.

Vyacheslav was convicted for insulting comments towards Lukashenko and police officers on Facebook.

It became known about the verdict from a video on State TV. In it, Prosecutor Pavel Kurpenich said that Vyacheslav was held in custody before the trial, and during the trial he fully admitted guilt.

Vyacheslav Kobrin is 58 years old. The man is married, enjoys fishing.

According to the state prosecution , in June 2021, Dmitry Gorbunov wrote a comment on the Internet under a photograph of Lida police officer Anton Anatolyevich Kotilo with the word “asshole”.

Opposition Telegram channels wrote about Kotilo that he participated in the arrest of activist Vitold Ashurka (the activist later died in prison).

The public insult to Lukashenko, according to the prosecution, also occurred on the Internet in August 2022.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Nikolai was detained in November 2022 as part of a criminal case opened under several articles, including “insulting Lukashenko.”

According to the prosecution, from February 2021 to October 2022, he used his mobile phone to post messages on various messaging apps containing "slanderous fabrications against Lukashenko," publicly insulting him, as well as the heads of the Central Election Commission, the Council of the Republic, other government officials, and a judge.

Furthermore, according to the prosecution, on October 11, 2022, "in order to facilitate the activities of a destructive Telegram channel," previously recognized as extremist, he sent a message about the movement of military aircraft in the Brest area.

Nikolai was convicted in March 2023 and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

He was released on March 20, 2026, as part of a pardon following another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole.

Dmitry Stepanov was placed in pretrial detention. He was initially tried under administrative "political" charges, but was later charged with allegedly "creating and leading an extremist group" (Part 1, Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus). The "extremist group" refers to the local Brest protest Telegram chat "GOBK."

Released on parole in December 2024

It is known that during a search at home in connection with the case, a white-red-white flag was taken from Vlasyuk, which was later included in the materials of the criminal case.

According to the prosecution, an online comment written on April 22, 2022 under a video of Alexander Grigorievich’s speech was considered a public insult to Lukashenko. This message contained obscene language.

In October 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Former police officer Alexander Sazonov and Yevgeny Vasilevsky were detained almost a year ago, on February 27, 2022, in Minsk, and on March 1, both were punished with administrative arrest under Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (violation of the procedure for organizing or holding mass events).

The Pervomaisky District Court of Minsk sentenced Sazonov to 13 days of arrest for participating in a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Vasilevsky to 15 days.

The essence of the accusation is still unknown. It is likely that it concerns the transfer of personal data of security officials to protest chats.

According to human rights activists , he was released on September 9, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

The reason for the criminal case was a video recorded by Yuri in the Tik Tok. According to Yuri's explanations, on October 5, 2022, he called the local district police officer Dmitry Tiunov to help resolve a family conflict. The district police officer promised to come, but did not do it. On emotions (and being drunk), Yuri recorded a video where he said that the police were working poorly, and insulted Tiunov.

Released upon expiration of sentence.

Andrei is registered in the urban settlement of Ushachi (Vitebsk region), but in recent years he lived and worked in Russia. On September 23, 2022, he was detained in Moscow and placed in custody because Belarusian security forces put Andrei Nikolaevich on the international wanted list.

As was announced at the court in Brest, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office refused to extradite Protasevich to Belarus due to the absence of a crime in his actions under Russian law.

However, he was expelled from Russia under the procedure of "violation of migration legislation" and transferred to Belarus. In Belarus, Andrei Nikolaevich has been in custody since November 7, 2022. He was sentenced to three months of arrest for a comment on social networks.

It is known that Andrei had another trial, under Article 368 Part 1 (insulting Lukashenko). The outcome is unknown.

April 2, 2024 Andrey had his appeal reviewed. It is known that Andrey began serving his sentence.

In January 2025, he was released after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.

Rodion lived abroad for some time in several countries, and then decided to return to Belarus.

He was soon detained by the GUBOPiK. The comments that the GUBOPiK accuses him of are dated 2020.

It is possible that the guy was identified long ago and a case was opened against him, but they waited until he returned to Belarus to detain him. The security forces claim that "he faces 5 to 12 years in prison" - probably referring to a criminal case for "inciting hatred and enmity."

According to human rights activists , he will be released in March 2025.

Grigory returned to Belarus in March 2022, where he was detained. The reason for the return was the mother's illness (cancer was found), and then the cancer was found in the father.

Grigory has not been in Belarus for a year and a half: since the end of November 2020. As he told the court, the reason for his departure was the inability to find a job in his specialty, as well as the need to deal with the documents of his grandmother (a citizen of Ukraine, but there is a Belarusian residence permit).

The man was convicted for participating in protest actions in Brest in 2020 (in the case of round dances).