He was detained in June 2022 by employees of the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption for participating in protest actions 2020.
Father of three children.
On October 20, 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
He was detained for taking photographs of military equipment with a mobile phone camera, filming the movements of military vehicles and subsequently passing this information on to the administrators of “extremist” Telegram channels.
04/21/2024 released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Yuri is accused of the fact that on January 25, 2022, from his mobile phone “in order to humiliate the honor and dignity of the head of state, guided by base motives” in one of the online communities, he wrote a comment about Lukashenko: “He organized terrorism and genocide in the country, and also "were engaged in occupation."
According to linguistic expertise, this comment “has a negative assessment of the activities of the head of state, which is not true.”
It is known that the man is 39 years old, he is from Ivanovo, a builder by training. Before his arrest, Yuri lived and worked in Russia for several years and visited Belarus on vacation.
According to human rights activists, he was released in early spring 2024after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 04.08.2022:
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
He is accused of inciting racial, national, religious or other social hatred or discord based on comments on social networks and links to download Leon De Goel's memoirs about World War II.
According to human rights activists, he was released on January 17, 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
On July 20, 2022 he was arrested for 10 days under Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus. However, after the expiration of the term, he was not released. According to Valery's acquaintances, a criminal case has been initiated against him for insulting Lukashenko. All the actions that he is charged with, he committed while in Poland.
12/18/2023 released after expiration of sentence.
Trial outcome 27.09.2022:
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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