Citizen of Germany. It is known that Rico previously worked as a special security officer for the American Foreign Ministry in Berlin. After this position, he moved into the healthcare field, working as a nurse. According to his linkedin page, the man was a military doctor for the Red Cross.
Rico Krieger was found guilty of “committing an explosion in order to influence decision-making by authorities, intimidate the population, destabilize public order (an act of terrorism), committed by a person who had previously committed a crime under Part 4 of Art. 295 of the Criminal Code, by an organized group, that is, in the commission of a crime under Part 3 of Art. 289 of the Criminal Code."
Based on it, Krieger was given an exceptional punishment in the form of death penalty (execution).
Human rights activists also learned that the case of the military doctor concerns the Kalinovsky regiment, namely its structural unit, the foreign mechanized battalion "Western".
It is known that the man left behind a minor child in Germany. It is also noted that at the moment there is no information whether the verdict was appealed or protested, and whether it entered into legal force.
08/01/2024 Rico Krieger was released as part of an exchange between Russia and the West.
A pensioner from Glubokoe. She has two children: a son who is finishing school, and an adult daughter with her own family.
On March 31, 2020, blogger Sergei Tikhanovsky, author of the YouTube channel "Country for Life", came to Glubokoe and streamed from the main square for his subscribers. Lyudmila also came to the meeting. She spoke about the life of people in her hometown, expressed her opinion on the policies of Alexander Lukashenko and the coronavirus epidemic.
On October 9, the presidium of the Vitebsk Regional Court “released” Lyudmila and removed her conviction.
Trial outcome 08.05.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
Yuri is a boiler room operator. He was found guilty of attempting to knock down a national flag from a store in February 2024. The man allegedly "made at least two blows to the shaft." When he failed to knock down the flag, he brought a wooden ladder from the house, climbed up it, grabbed the flag pole with his hands and pulled it down: because of this, the pole broke. According to the indictment, Tomashev then “carelessly crumpled the flag, wrapping it around a tree” and took it to his barn, where he kept it in a bag until the police took it out.
Tomashev admitted guilt. He said that he saw the flag and decided to take it for himself. He was found guilty and sentenced to three months in prison.
According to the prosecution , Elena Dubrovskaya, using a mobile phone, under a post with a photograph of Alexander Lukashenko, published in a chat included in the Republican list of extremist materials, posted a comment with a negative assessment of Lukashenko’s personality, containing an obscene form of speech expression. At the court hearing, the woman fully admitted her guilt.
Elena Dubrovskaya filed an appeal. The Judicial Collegium of the Mogilev Regional Court considered it on June 20, but left the complaint unsatisfied and the verdict unchanged.
Trial outcome 17.04.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
It is unknown when Daria was detained , but probably in the fall of 2023. She is accused of two articles - Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code and Part 2 of Art. 361-3.
The first article is organizing or participating in actions that grossly violate public order. The second is recruitment, training, other preparation or use of Belarusians to participate in a war on the territory of another state, as well as financing or other material support for such activities. It is usually given to those who helped Ukraine in some way.
It is known that after graduating from the philological department of BSU, Daria went to work at gymnasium No. 23 in Minsk, where she herself studied. She also entered the master's program at the Faculty of Philology of BSU.
On July 23, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 29.04.2024
5 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
As stated in the resolution, she was a language consultant for the Belsat television channel, which is recognized as an “extremist formation” in Belarus. According to the verdict, from June 19, 2021 to November 15, 2023, Anastasia Matyash was a language consultant for the Polish television "TVP", which includes the Polish television channel "BELSAT tv BELSAT". During her work, she allegedly conducted language consultations, translated, corrected and edited texts, which were then used on BELSAT. The resolution also states that for participation in “extremist activities” Anastasia Matyash allegedly received “criminal” income, 40,000 Polish zlotys, 12,258 dollars and 8,575 euros.
Anastasia Matyash did not admit her guilt.
Trial outcome 19.04.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The trial of the second group of Baranovichi residents (9 people) began on March 28, 2024. Elena was among them. The verdict was handed down on April 11.
According to the prosecution , in August 2020, the convicted persons "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations."
Elena worked as a Belarusian language teacher until retirement.
Trial outcome 11.04.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The trial of the second group of Baranovichi residents (9 people) began on March 28, 2024. Olga was among them. The verdict was handed down on April 11.
According to the prosecution , in August 2020, the convicted persons "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations."
On July 21, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in the fall of 2024.
Trial outcome 11.04.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The man was drinking with his wife in a dormitory around midnight. She called an ambulance and reported an alleged knife wound. The police arrived and offered him a ride to the police station. Then, in front of four police officers from the detention group and his wife, he insulted Alexander Lukashenko. He allegedly did this “with the aim of damaging his authority.” The insult was recorded on the recorder.
According to human rights activists, he was released on November 24, 2024.
Trial outcome 27.03.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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