Dmitry Alexandrovich Kolobov
- 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 issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 14 decisions awarding at least 16 years of restriction or imprisonment. He also left unchanged the sentences of lower courts in politically motivated cases. On November 28, 2022, a verdict was passed on “Zeltser’s gun,” 40-year-old Sergei Anufrienko, who was accused of insulting a government official (Article 369 of the Criminal Code), Lukashenko (Part 1 of Article 368) and inciting other social hatred (Part. 1 Art. 130). Sentence: two years imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions. On August 12, 2022, he sentenced Alexander Kurgansky, imposing a sentence of one and a half years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, and also ordered him to pay 50 basic fines (1,600 rubles). Alexander Kurgansky was found guilty under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (Insulting a representative of authority) and Part 1 of Art. 130 of the Criminal Code (Inciting social hostility or discord). On June 28, 2022, the KGB added Alexander to the list of persons “involved in terrorist activities” for liking a comment. He sentenced Oksana Kasperovich to 1 year and 2 months imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions under Part 1 of Art. 130 of the Criminal Code (inciting social hatred), for comments on the “Zeltzer case”. There is also evidence of negligence in non-politically motivated cases.
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