Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus.
Igor Nikolaevich Volchek has been handing down politically motivated sentences in administrative and criminal cases since 2017.
On March 2, 2022, he sentenced Dmitry Sushchik to 1.5 years in prison for insulting Lukashenko.
On December 6, 2022, he sentenced Vitaly Andreyev to 1 year in prison for insulting Lukashenko.
He held trials behind closed doors.
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus.
Igor Nikolaevich Volchek has been handing down politically motivated sentences in administrative and criminal cases since 2017.
On March 2, 2022, he sentenced Dmitry Sushchik to 1.5 years in prison for insulting Lukashenko.
On December 6, 2022, he sentenced Vitaly Andreyev to 1 year in prison for insulting Lukashenko.
He held trials behind closed doors.
He was detained by Russian border guards when he tried to leave Belarus. He was handed over to the Belarusian security forces and placed in a pre-trial detention center.
At the beginning of September 2022,it became known that a trial was held in Orsha to strengthen the political prisoner regime and Dmitry was transferred to prison regime.
Dmitry’s mother died on April 13, 2023.
It recently became known that in Orsha on September 1, 2023, a trial was held under Part 1 of Art. 411 of the Criminal Code (Malicious disobedience to the requirements of the prison administration). Dmitry was added to his prison term by another 1 year and 15 days . That is, the political prisoner’s term should have ended on August 18, and he should have been released, but this did not happen due to re-arrest and trial on a new criminal case.
Trial outcome 02.03.2022
1 year 6 months 15 days of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Trial outcome 01.09.2023
1 year 15 days of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
In January 2022, Ruslan was sentenced to three years in prison in a general regime colony.
On August 2, 2022, another trial of Ruslan Kuzmich took place under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a government official) and Art. 370 of the Criminal Code (outrage of state symbols).
Trial outcome 27.01.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Trial outcome 03.08.2022
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 11.10.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Final verdict by partial addition:
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Vladislav was convicted for, according to the investigation materials, posting in the chat of one of the Telegram channels a message in which he gave a characterization of the judge of the Lida District Court, Maksim Filatov, thereby, according to the prosecution, humiliating his honor and dignity. Earlier, on October 28, 2020, Filatov, referring to Part 3 of Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, sentenced Vladislav to administrative arrest.
He was released in October 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 07.04.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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