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.
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.
Evgeny was convicted under the article "organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and sentenced to restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type institution.
Trial outcome 13.11.2024
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 24.09.2024
unknown.
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Elizaveta worked at the IT company SENLA. She probably left for Poland after the start of the war in Ukraine. Then she returned to Grodno and was detained.
The trial of the IT specialist will begin on July 23. The girl was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for allegedly “participating in protests.”
Vadim Saranchukov is an activist of the BPF party, acting chairman of the party. In August 2024, he was sentenced in absentia to 4 years in prison and a fine of 24,000 rubles.
His account was recognized as extremist by the Central District Court of Minsk on June 4, 2025.
Trial outcome 30.08.2024
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 600 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
Roman was detained for comments on social networks and sending information to chatbots “Belarus Brain” and Nexta . A video of him was published by a pro-government telegram channel. It is unknown under what article the man was detained and where he is now.
Roman works as director of the Grodno Real Estate Agency.
Trial outcome 15.08.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
She was detained for participating in the 2020 protests in Grodno together with Lyudmila Mazurkevich. As a result, Natalia was sentenced to probation. In January 2024, Natalia was detained during a raid by security forces on relatives of political prisoners and people of solidarity. Natalia was not released.
Trial outcome 17.03.2023
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 04.10.2024
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
A resident of the village of Shchorsy in the Novogrudok district. He was accused of reposting a message from the group "Grodno Region of Change!" on his page on the social network "Odnoklassniki". The message itself was dedicated to two employees of penal institutions.
Before the trial, Viktor Pilzhis was placed under house arrest as a preventive measure from September 12, 2022. This means that Pilzhis was prohibited from leaving his home, using the Internet, or using communications.
In addition to the two-year prison sentence, the court ordered Viktor Pilzhis to pay the two security officials 10,000 Belarusian rubles as compensation for their moral damages.
On 06.12.2022, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he was released on October 12, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 13.10.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Grodno resident. Emergencies Ministry employee. He 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 a Minsk apartment. Alexander liked one of the comments.
At the end of November 2021, information appeared about Alexander's transfer from Zhodino Investigative Prison No. 8 to Prison No. 1 in Grodno.
On June 28, 2022, the KGB added Alexander to the list of persons "involved in terrorist activities", and in September - to "extremist" ones.
On August 12, 2022, the political prisoner was sentenced to 1.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony. In accordance with the decision of the judge of the Grodno Regional Court, he must also pay a fine of 50 basic units (1,600 rubles). It is known that the state prosecutor asked to punish the political prisoner with four years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
10/17/2022 released , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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