Ruslan Eduardavich Khikhol
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Ruslan Eduardavich Khikhol
Korelichi District Court. Judge and Chairperson.
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of Belarusian citizens. Ruslan Eduardovich Khikhol supports the Lukashenko regime and politically motivated repression.
Handled guilty verdicts on politically motivated charges, imposing fines totaling at least 3,415 rubles and at least seven days of administrative arrest.
On August 29, 2018, he sentenced activist Alexander Lavrentyev to a fine of 20 basic units under Articles 23.4 and 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for attempting to stage a performance featuring Nikolai Solyanikov.
On July 10, 2019, he sentenced historian Mechislav Supron to a fine of 5 basic units under Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for reporting on environmental issues in the Neman River.
On December 20, 2019, activist Vadim Saranchukov was sentenced to a fine of 20 basic units under Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for protesting integration with Russia.
On August 7, 2020, Yevgeny Urbanit was sentenced to a fine of 20 basic units for participating in a solidarity rally.
On August 31, 2020, cartoonist Andrei Yankovich was sentenced to seven days of administrative arrest for participating in a peaceful demonstration.
Korelichi District Court. Judge and Chairperson.
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of Belarusian citizens. Ruslan Eduardovich Khikhol supports the Lukashenko regime and politically motivated repression.
Handled guilty verdicts on politically motivated charges, imposing fines totaling at least 3,415 rubles and at least seven days of administrative arrest.
On August 29, 2018, he sentenced activist Alexander Lavrentyev to a fine of 20 basic units under Articles 23.4 and 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for attempting to stage a performance featuring Nikolai Solyanikov.
On July 10, 2019, he sentenced historian Mechislav Supron to a fine of 5 basic units under Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for reporting on environmental issues in the Neman River.
On December 20, 2019, activist Vadim Saranchukov was sentenced to a fine of 20 basic units under Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for protesting integration with Russia.
On August 7, 2020, Yevgeny Urbanit was sentenced to a fine of 20 basic units for participating in a solidarity rally.
On August 31, 2020, cartoonist Andrei Yankovich was sentenced to seven days of administrative arrest for participating in a peaceful demonstration.
List of repressed
Nikita was arrested for spraying gas in the face of a riot police officer while he was trying to protect a person at a protest. He was beaten, had his hair cut with a knife, and had gas sprayed in his face. In December 2020, he was sentenced to four years of restricted freedom, but the prosecutor later succeeded in increasing the sentence to two and a half years in prison. Nikita did not appear in court, relaying through a friend that arbitrary detentions were planned in the courtroom, threatening him and others.
Was in forced exile.
At the end of March 2025, it became known that Nikita, who had been hiding from the verdict for four years at that time, was detained in Grodno. As reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the man was stopped, he did not have documents with him, so he was asked to go to the station. Nikita resisted the police officers and, allegedly, broke the arm of one of them. It is reported that the man was wanted for allegedly "spraying a gas canister in the face of law enforcement officers" in August 2020. A criminal case was opened against him for this. He left the country, but then illegally returned to Belarus.
Since May 13, 2025, there has been no information about the political prisoner. Correspondence and parcels to him are prohibited. There is also no information about Nikita's case and the court date. In addition, it is reported that the investigator in the political prisoner's case is prohibited from informing Nikita's relatives and friends about the status and progress of the case.
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.
Tatyana was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment she left in the "Korelichi 97%" Telegram group addressed to Alexei Kot, the chief of staff of the Korelichi District Department of Internal Affairs.
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- Parents of minors
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Vadim was detained and convicted under the article "hooliganism" after an incident in a park where he was hanging white ribbons. Olga Bondareva, a representative of the "Antivandal-Grodno" movement, began filming him on her phone and stalking him, which provoked a conflict.
He was released on January 17, 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Ten days after her release, Olga Bondareva went to court to recover compensation for moral damages from Vadim.