Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
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.
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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.
Convicted for comments and reposts of videos on social media that were allegedly offensive and defamatory towards government officials Lukashenko A.G.
In early June 2022, he illegally collected information about the private life and personal data of an employee of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Directorate, after which he published it in the Telegram chat "Novaya Borovaya 98%."
After the trial, he was held in Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 and transferred to another pretrial detention center to await his appeal. The appellate court ruled that Roman's sentence was reduced by six months.
He was released in the winter of 2026.
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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.
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.
10.21.2023 released after expiration of sentence.
1 year in prison
He was detained when he came to Belarus to visit relatives. Convicted for participating in protests in 2020.
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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.
Died on September 22, 2025.
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.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Detained for participating in protests in 2020. Victor has three children, one minor.
On November 17, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
3 years imprisonment in a colony
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Pensioner. Was detained at home for commenting.
On February 27, 2023, the woman turned 68 years old, which she met in prison.
| 02.08.2023 | 07.08.2023 пачнецца суд: 10.00, Мінскі гарадскі суд (вул. Дуніна-Марцінкевіча,1) |
6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
2.6 years of restraint without referral
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Detained for participating in protests in Minsk in 2020.
It became known that on February 17, 2023, four residents of Postavy were sentenced to "house arrest".
Before the verdict, all but Lyudmila Tsybulskaya were in custody. They were released in the courtroom.
They were found guilty for participating in one of the Minsk Marches. According to the charges, they disrupted the operation of public transport by going out onto the roadway during protests, shouting slogans, clapping, and holding a flag. Yuri Dikovich was also tried for another March. Dikovich, Levko, and Pleshavenya pleaded guilty in full, Tsybulskaya - partially. Dikovich said that he had planned to participate in the Marches in advance because he did not agree with the use of violence against protesters. Levko, Pleshavenya, and Tsybulskaya said that they came to Minsk from another city to take part in the March. Levko did not agree with the election results, Tsybulskaya and Pleshavenya came "out of interest."
It is known that Dikovich is raising a daughter with a disability, and Tsybulskaya is a pensioner.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
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Sergey is originally from Kherson, Ukraine, but has lived in Belarus almost his entire life. He has worked in various blue-collar jobs throughout his life. He has two young children.
The man was detained in February 2023. In a pro-government video, he claims to have left comments on Telegram and registered with the "Plan Peramoga" chatbot. He was first convicted in October 2023 for "inciting other social hatred" (Part 1, Article 130 of the Criminal Code).
On December 8, 2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Sergei's next trial will begin on September 27, 2024, in the Minsk City Court. He is charged under four articles: "participation in an extremist group" (Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code), "incitement of other social hatred" (Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code), "insulting a government official" (Article 369 of the Criminal Code), and "insulting Lukashenko" (Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code). Sergei faces up to five years in prison in addition to his previous sentence.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).