Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 5 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 11 days of administrative arrest, at least 721 rubles in fines, and at least 4 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed.
She sentenced Orsha resident Anton Bobrov to 2 years in prison. He was accused of insulting the president under Part 1 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code.
According to the prosecution, Bobrov twice left offensive comments about the President of Belarus in one of his telegram channels, which a linguistic examination considered an obscene form of speech.
Convicted Artem Yuryevich Leshnevsky, a driver from Orsha, who was accused under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (Insulting a representative of authority) for leaving an offensive comment on one of the social networks addressed to the Grodno traffic police officer Voiteshonka. On February 2, 2022, Artem was sentenced to two and a half years of restriction of freedom with a referral to an open-type correctional facility “chemistry with direction.”
The defendant’s colleagues sent a petition to the court in which they asked that Artem Lyashnevsky be punished not with “specialized chemistry,” but with “household chemistry,” since there are not enough qualified machinists and the work team is vouching for him. She rejected this request.
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 5 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 11 days of administrative arrest, at least 721 rubles in fines, and at least 4 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed.
She sentenced Orsha resident Anton Bobrov to 2 years in prison. He was accused of insulting the president under Part 1 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code.
According to the prosecution, Bobrov twice left offensive comments about the President of Belarus in one of his telegram channels, which a linguistic examination considered an obscene form of speech.
Convicted Artem Yuryevich Leshnevsky, a driver from Orsha, who was accused under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (Insulting a representative of authority) for leaving an offensive comment on one of the social networks addressed to the Grodno traffic police officer Voiteshonka. On February 2, 2022, Artem was sentenced to two and a half years of restriction of freedom with a referral to an open-type correctional facility “chemistry with direction.”
The defendant’s colleagues sent a petition to the court in which they asked that Artem Lyashnevsky be punished not with “specialized chemistry,” but with “household chemistry,” since there are not enough qualified machinists and the work team is vouching for him. She rejected this request.
Vladislav, known in Vitebsk as a wedding and nude photographer, was convicted in November 2024 of "insulting Lukashenko" and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open facility.
According to the Vitebsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, Martirosyan admitted his guilt in full during the trial. He explained that while intoxicated, in a service car, in the presence of employees of the Security Department, he repeatedly made negative comments about Alexander Lukashenko, and these statements were offensive.
Trial outcome 08.08.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 01.10.2024
unknown.
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According to the prosecutor's office , Artem decided to deposit money through an information kiosk in June of this year, but was unable to complete the planned transaction. So, upon returning home, he "called a contact center employee at Belarusbank and, during the conversation, made negative comments about the President of the Republic of Belarus."
Investigative authorities and the prosecutor's office qualified this as a "public insult," as it "was committed in the presence of an outsider—an employee of the contact center of JSC ASB Belarusbank, who subsequently conveyed this information to others (management)." Essentially, the bank employee herself "revealed" the contents of a private conversation.
The investigation also determined that Artem's statements were "humiliating, undermining the authority of the Head of State, his personal and professional qualities, as well as the authority of state power as a whole."
He was scheduled to be released onNovember25,2025.
Trial outcome 19.09.2024
1 year 3 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Alexander was convicted for a comment on Instagram on the channel "Typical Vitebsk" addressed to the PPS sergeant Vitaly Shnyavin, and sentenced to restriction of freedom with direction. He managed to leave Belarus before the start of serving his sentence.
In January 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held regarding Alexander to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Trial outcome 09.07.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, approximately 32 rubles of compensation.
Appeal 10.09.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Regime change trial 29.01.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
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