The victim is the deputy head of the Molodechno district police department for ideological work, Lieutenant Colonel Sergey Gelda — asked for moral compensation — 2 500 BYN.
In the social network ок.ru he saw under the post with his photo Kulesh's comment: «To answer the bitch!» — and he was very offended, he felt insulted.
In June 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
Boris was found guilty in June 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article on insulting Lukashenko. According to the prosecution, on January 14, 2021, he called the police on 102 from his phone and said, "Lukashenko is an idiot. That's all."
Pyotr was found guilty of desecration of state symbols on May 4, 2021, for allegedly damaging a flag on the façade of a grocery store while intoxicated in the village of Bystritsa, Kobrin District. He did so "with the intent to damage the authority of the Republic of Belarus."
According to human rights activists, Pyotr was released in 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Nikolai was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article on desecration of state symbols for tearing down a red-and-green flag attached to the facade of the Euroopt store in Brest.
He was released in September 2021, having fully served his sentence.
Nikolai was found guilty in December 2020 of a criminal defamation charge. According to the ruling of Major Petrovich, investigator of the Pinsk Interdistrict Department of the Investigative Committee, Nikolai intentionally posted images of Major Sakovich on the "Pinsk for Life" Telegram channel on two occasions—on August 18 and 20, 2020.
He was released in February 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Alexander was found guilty in May 2021 of inciting hatred or discord. According to the case file, on December 20, 2019, and between January 28 and May 28, 2020, Alexander posted public comments in various VKontakte communities that, according to the prosecution, were aimed at inciting social hatred against law enforcement officers, as well as ethnic hatred based on his ethnicity.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Vitaly was found guilty in November 2020 of a criminal offense related to insult. According to the local publication Zarya nad Nemanom, one day in September 2020, he posted a publicly accessible obscene comment, degrading her honor and dignity, under a photograph of a woman named P. in the Telegram channel "Bridges for Life" due to her participation in the electoral commission for the presidential election of the Republic of Belarus.
He was released in 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 19.11.2020
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
In November 2020, a criminal case was opened against Eduard for "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer." Details of the case are unknown. He was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released on September 16, 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Vladislav was found guilty in June 2021 of desecrating state symbols and sentenced to three months in prison for tearing down the official flag of the Republic of Belarus from the building of the Mogilev City Museum in February.
He was released in July 2021, having fully served his sentence.
Sergei was found guilty in March 2021 of desecrating buildings and damaging property for spray-painting the numbers "3%" and "80%" onto asphalt pavement and a staircase during the 2020 protests in one of the city's residential areas.
Trial outcome 11.03.2021
2 months of arrest, approximately 56 rubles of compensation.
Mikhail was found guilty in May 2021 of assaulting an official, Minsktrans controller Pavel Maksimovich, and insulting Lukashenko.
According to the indictment, on September 23, 2020, at approximately 7:20 a.m., Mikhail was charged with fare evasion on trolleybus #27 at the "Mechanical and Technological College" stop in Minsk. Since he had no identification documents, he was asked to exit the trolleybus and await the arrival of the police. A conflict ensued between Mikhail and the inspector, during which, according to the prosecution, Mikhail used obscene language and expressed negative views toward the current government.
Trial outcome 13.05.2021
3 months of arrest, approximately 2102 rubles of compensation.
According to the Prosecutor General's Office, between July 16 and August 12, 2020, Ivan "while intoxicated posted three videos publicly from his TikTok page to incite social hatred. The material presented in them fostered negative attitudes toward police officers and military command personnel, encouraging violent and aggressive actions."
The Prosecutor General's Office also states that he had previously been convicted 10 times.
Ivan was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article "inciting hatred or discord" and sentenced to imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony.
According to human rights activists, he was released in 2025, having fully served his sentence.
Evgeny, a car mechanic, was found guilty of insulting a government official on October 19, 2020, for posting the following comment on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus" under a photo of Sergei Zhuchkov, deputy commander of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee's OMON special police unit for ideological work and personnel support, in uniform: "Shit, not people."
He was released in June 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 30.11.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1087 rubles of compensation.
In the fall of 2021, Olga was sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest for reposting from an "extremist" channel. She was also found to have an image of Lukashenko and Belarusian officials in Nazi uniforms, which led to the criminal case. According to investigators, Olga posted this image in a closed chat more than a year ago.
In January 2022, she was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony. Olga was taken into custody in the courtroom.
She was released in June 2023, having fully served her sentence.
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