Institution "Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 1" of the Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the city of Minsk and Minsk Region. Head. Colonel of the Internal Service.
Institution "Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 1" of the Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the city of Minsk and Minsk Region. Head. Colonel of the Internal Service.
In the “repentance video,” the detainee says that he is a first-year student at the Belarusian State Pedagogical University and allegedly “administered a nationalist chat of Belarusians and Ukrainians,” where cruelty against the Russian military was published.
The guy also “admits to distributing Nazi and extremist materials.”
09/08/2023 convicted under Article 19.11. for reposting from telegrams of the NEXTA channel. On September 11, 2023, he was convicted under Article 19.11. for reposting from the telegrams of the Belarus brain channel. On September 19, 2023, he was convicted under Article 19.11. Part 2. for 10 days for repeated reposting from the telegrams of the Belarus Brain channel. On September 29, 2023, he was sentenced to 14 days under Article 19.11. Part 2 for reposting from the telegram channel "Belarus of the Brain".
On October 15, 2023, charges were brought under Article 368 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus
20.09.2023
19.09.2023 осужден по статье 19.11. ч.2. на 10 суток за повторный репост из телеграмм канала "Беларусь головного мозга" судья Климук М.А.
Trial outcome 31.05.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
A Russian citizen. According to the prosecution , Alexander was intoxicated when, on the night of June 19, 2023, he allegedly first tore down a flag attached to the wall of a store. He then removed another flag from a building in Minsk near a metro station and handed it to a metro employee. He then allegedly removed a flag from the façade of a Belpochta branch building and left it at the entrance. Finally, he allegedly tore down another flag, threw it at a public transport stop, and set it on fire. That same night, Alexander allegedly set fire to a plastic waste container. Alexander Smirnov pleaded not guilty during his trial. He said he tore down the flags while intoxicated because he wanted to keep a memento of his time in Belarus and hang them in his home. He had no intention of desecrating state symbols. He accidentally set fire to one of the flags, and was not even present at the scene of one of the incidents. Alexander noted that he gave preliminary testimony regarding this episode under physical and emotional pressure from police officers .
Alexander has a criminal record: in April 2023, he was convicted under Part 1 of Article 205 (theft) and Part 1 of Article 339 (hooliganism) and sentenced to three months in jail. He was released after serving his sentence.
In April 2026, he was released , having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 08.09.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
In the "repentance video", Sophia says that she participated in a protest in 2020 - namely, she stood on the road with a banner. According to security forces, footage of the girl was found in a DELFI film about Belarusian protests, and therefore she was detained.
Trial outcome 12.09.2023
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Natalia was convicted in August 2023 in a criminal case opened under the articles "organizing group actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and "assisting extremist activity," and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Trial outcome 31.08.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
On October 13, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
It is known that Irina’s mother is disabled 2 degrees, musculoskeletal system, pensioner, 75 years old. Doesn't leave the house. The sister is on long-term sick leave after spinal surgery.
Trial outcome 03.08.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After Klim’s relative, with whom he was at one of the marches in 2020, was detained in December 2021, Klim decided not to wait for his detention and left for Moscow. A few days later, law enforcement officers came to his parents’ apartment looking for Klim. A year and a half later, summonses from the military registration and enlistment office began to arrive at his Belarusian address, since his deferment from the army had ended. Klim decided to go to the Republic of Belarus and undergo a medical examination. In the summer of 2023, after arriving in Belarus, he was detained by employees of the Main Directorate for Organized Crime Control, and during his arrest he was severely beaten. A criminal case was opened against him for participating in protests in 2020; Klim was in custody before the trial.
Trial outcome 16.08.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
Director of the Technical Support Center "KMA-BelAZ" in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation. Detained for participating in 2020 protests and comments on social networks.
He is accused of participating in protests in 2020 and leaving comments online. At the same time, he deleted his telegram account at the end of 2022, but he was found, probably because of the comments - he gave a lot of information about himself there and left a lot of them (at least a thousand).
During the arrest, the Gubopik officers tore or cut his shirt - this is clearly seen in the photo from their channel. On the man's arm is a large tattoo with a national ornament.
Trial outcome 25.10.2023
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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