Elena Vasilevna Litvina

Elena Vasilevna Litvina

Elena Vasilievna Litvina is involved in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus. Litvina is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Leninsky District Court of Mogilev, she makes politically motivated sentences against representatives of civil society. As a result of Elena Litvina’s decisions, for political reasons, fines were issued in the amount of at least 5882.5 rubles, and at least 127 days of administrative arrest were awarded. In judicial practice, Elena Vasilievna Litvina considers not only administrative cases, but also criminal ones. As a result of her decisions, Belarusians who opposed the current regime in the country were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. In particular, on November 17, 2020, a judge sentenced political prisoner Vladimir Shustov to 3 years in prison for violence against a police officer (Article 364 of the Criminal Code) during the dispersal of a peaceful protest in the city of Mogilev. On April 20, 2021, Elena Litvina sentenced Konstantin Shavnev to 2 years of restriction of freedom for insulting a police officer (Article 369 of the Criminal Code) in the Vkontakte group. On July 30, 2021, she sentenced Rostislav Kushnerov to 2.5 years of restriction of freedom for insulting police officers (Article 369 of the Criminal Code) in the comments of a telegram channel. Litvina also decided to pay compensation to the victims in the amount of 3,000 rubles. Thus, Elena Vasilyevna Litvina is responsible for human rights violations and undermining the principles of the rule of law, as well as for promoting repression against representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition. Her work within the judiciary is focused on maintaining the position of the existing government, rather than on enforcing the law. Litvina’s actions contribute to human rights violations, strengthening the power of Alexander Lukashenko and increasing politically motivated repression in the Republic of Belarus.