Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 117 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 600 days of administrative arrest, at least 15,000 rubles in fines, and at least 101 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed.
Judge in the “zero ppm case” against Ekaterina Borisevich and Artem Sorokin.
She sentenced four anti-fascists for participating in “mass riots”, sending them to a maximum security colony for terms of 5 to 6 years.
She also sentenced a man to three years in prison for defending himself from being beaten by Interior Ministry officers at a march of “non-parasites.”
She imposed 15 days of administrative arrest on saxophonist Pavel Arakelyan for participating in a yard concert.
She sentenced Alexandra Gerasimen and Alexander Opeikin in absentia to 12 years in prison.
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 117 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 600 days of administrative arrest, at least 15,000 rubles in fines, and at least 101 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed.
Judge in the “zero ppm case” against Ekaterina Borisevich and Artem Sorokin.
She sentenced four anti-fascists for participating in “mass riots”, sending them to a maximum security colony for terms of 5 to 6 years.
She also sentenced a man to three years in prison for defending himself from being beaten by Interior Ministry officers at a march of “non-parasites.”
She imposed 15 days of administrative arrest on saxophonist Pavel Arakelyan for participating in a yard concert.
She sentenced Alexandra Gerasimen and Alexander Opeikin in absentia to 12 years in prison.
From 2002 to 2005, he was the medical director of Globalpharma. He subsequently moved to Sanofi-Aventis (now simply Sanofi) as a director. As of 2022, the man was the head of the Genzyme department, which specializes in rare blood diseases, oncology, multiple sclerosis, and immunology. In 2023, Sergey moved to Novomedika. This is a large company that is engaged in the wholesale trade of pharmaceutical products and also has its own clinic in Minsk.
On June 21, 2025, Sergei was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and was immediately taken to Lithuania.
The verdict was delivered in absentia. The defendant himself was not present at the trial, as he has been abroad since the fall of 2020. This is the first verdict in Belarus in a criminal case, which was investigated within the framework of "special proceedings". Ex-chairman of BSSF Alexandra Herasimenia and executive director of the fund Alexander Opeikin were found guilty of calling for sanctions and other actions aimed at harming the national security of Belarus.
Trial outcome 26.12.2022
12 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions (trial in absentia).
The verdict was delivered in absentia. The defendant herself was not present at the trial, as she has been abroad since the fall of 2020. This is the first verdict in Belarus in a criminal case, which was investigated within the framework of "special proceedings". Ex-chairman of BSSF Alexandra Herasimenia and executive director of the fund Alexander Opeikin were found guilty of calling for sanctions and other actions aimed at harming the national security of Belarus.
Trial outcome 26.12.2022
12 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
On September 29, 2021, he was detained in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
On January 28, 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Later it became known that Vladimir was detained again in May 2023 and placed in a pre-trial detention center on a new criminal case under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (Insulting a representative of authority) and Art. 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting Lukashenko). On December 22, 2023, he was sentenced to another 1 year in prison.
On February 16, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
Trial outcome 25.11.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Trial outcome 22.12.2023
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Oleg is a journalist for Radio Svaboda, previously worked for the Znamya Yunosti newspaper, and was one of the founders of the RID news agency. In the summer of 2020, he actively covered the protests in Belarus and conducted live streams. In August, he lost his Foreign Ministry accreditation along with other journalists from foreign media outlets.
On July 16, 2021, he was detained during a large-scale search of independent journalists' homes. He was released ten days later, remaining a suspect. On December 23 of that year, security forces again raided his home and took him into custody on charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order or actively participating in them."
In March 2022, the court found Oleg guilty, declaring that he participated in unauthorized protests during which Minsktrans calculated damages of 56,000 rubles.
In September 2022, the journalist was released as part of a pardon.
Ivan was convicted of insulting the former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Alexander Barsukov. The basis for the charge was his comment under the video "There was no bullying" in the Telegram channel "Banda Luka".
Emil was detained in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place on September 23, 2020, in Minsk. He was convicted under three criminal articles, including "resisting a police officer." According to the charges, he called for participation in mass riots, which were allegedly planned in advance under the guise of mass events, blocked communications, and resisted by blocking the door, holding onto the steering wheel and refusing to get out of the car.
According to human rights activists, he was released in June 2025, having fully served his sentence.
An anesthesiologist working at the Emergency Hospital in Minsk was detained on November 19, 2020 and convicted for allegedly disclosing medical secrets regarding the condition of Raman Bondarenko, who was brutally beaten by security forces in the courtyard of his home and died in hospital from cerebral edema.
Trial outcome 02.03.2021
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (with a deferment 1 year), 50 basic values fine.
Dmitry, a volunteer for Viktor Babariko's headquarters and director of Technocracy LLC, was detained and convicted for participating in protests that took place on August 9-12, 2020 in Minsk.
03/15/2025 released , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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