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.
Ex-manager of the channel «Belarus 2». In the office, Olga conducted official office work, monitored the implementation of contracts, etc. she left Belteleradiocompany in September 2020 to try her hand at IT. However, the decision coincided with mass protests against the falsification of the results of the presidential elections and the unreasonable violence of the security forces; many «BT» employees also joined the protests in the form of a strike.
According to reports , on March 7, the first interrogation took place, and two days later, Olga Gladkaya was charged with participating in unauthorized events.
Trial outcome 03.05.2023:
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
Director of ZAO AVANGARD LEASING. He was arrested in early November 2022. He was convicted 4 times in a row under an administrative article, spent more than a month at Akrestsina, after which a criminal case was opened against him for participating in protests in 2020.
Vitaly Vasilevich, 49, is the founder and CEO of Belwooddoors in Belarus, which is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Belarus with offices in Asia and the United States, and the company employs more than 400 people. Vasilevich also built a 16-storey business center "Titul" in Minsk. Pro-government sources called the detainee a “dollar millionaire” and accused him of “not letting police officers into the enterprise’s facility.” Allegedly, because of this, claims arose against the man , and “during a thorough check”, they found in him “a firearm and traces of participation in mass violations of public order and road closures committed in August 2020”, namely a photo with his wife in protests on August 16 and 23, 2020.
Trial outcome:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
He was detained in October 2022 and was sentenced to administrative arrest for 15 days twice. Then a criminal case was opened for participating in the 2020 protests.
01.04.2023
According to Art. 368 and 369 the criminal case was terminated after the expiration of the term
Trial outcome 13.03.2023:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
He was detained in December 2022 under an administrative article for reposting. Convicted for participating in protests. A case has currently been opened under Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On October 31 and November 6, 2024, in the Frunzensky District Court of Minsk, Judge Alena Busheva made a decision "On replacing the restriction of freedom without sending to an open-type correctional facility."
17.03.2023
3 years of home chemistry
Trial outcome 10.03.2023
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Citizen of the Russian Federation. According to the indictment , in August 2022, Shakirov intentionally posted a comment containing signs of verbal aggression in a duly recognized extremist Telegram group (chat) in order to obstruct the lawful activities of an employee of the internal affairs bodies and out of revenge for the performance of official duties by the head of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, N. N. Karpenkov.
On June 9, 2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
39 year old Irena is a specialist of the Minsk City Agency for State Registration and Land Cadastre, she was detained in the summer of 2022. It is known that the woman has 4 minor children. Slander was charged with four articles of the Criminal Code.
Trial outcome 28.03.2023
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
32 year old Maxim was detained in early February 2023 after returning to Belarus from abroad. He is charged with «people's» art. 342 of the Criminal Code.
In 2020, Maxim worked as a firefighter and warned residents when the Ministry of Emergency Situations went to remove flags.
Convicted for participating in protests on August 10 and 16, 2020.
Furthermore, in July 2021, the accused allegedly assisted an extremist group when he sent messages to a chatbot on a destructive Telegram channel containing allegedly false information regarding one of the company's executives, as well as information about his private life.
At the court hearing, the defendant partially admitted his guilt. However, he stated that he had no intention of assisting an extremist group.
According to the materials of the prosecution , on August 16, 2020, Valeria Sokol took part in an unsanctioned mass event in the center of Minsk. In court, Valeria admitted her guilt in full and indicated to the court that on August 16 and 30, 2020, she took part in unauthorized mass events that took place in Minsk, which she learned about from social networks.
Trial outcome 24.02.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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