Political prisoners

In a video on a pro-government channel, Pavel says that he participated in rallies, “went with protest symbols, went out onto the roadway, took photos, selfies, and for four years he himself did not report to the police.”

"My punishment will probably involve imprisonment," he says at the end of the video.

On September 10, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

Dmitry was detained after the Telegram chat "Atolino" was recognized as an "extremist formation" by the KGB decision of August 31 and added to the corresponding list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on September 6.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs lists the names of the formation's participants. These are Pavel Ivanov, Dmitry Tikunov, Evgeniya Mostovaya (Grigorik), Pavel Belonitsky, Alexey Semenov, Yury Antonovich, Alexander Zaitsev, and Vladimir Polekh.

Prokurur requested 3 years of imprisonment for Dmitry, but the court ultimately sentenced him to 2.5 years of imprisonment.

On August 9, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.

The first time she was detained by the KGB at the end of January 2024 (during the mass detentions of relatives and friends of political prisoners) for writing letters and transferring money to the accounts of political prisoners in the pre-trial detention center of prison No. 1. Then a criminal case was opened against her under Art. 361-2 (financing extremist activities), but the woman was not taken into custody.

During the search, equipment and money were confiscated from her. After examining the technique, unwanted comments were allegedly discovered on social networks, and an examination was then carried out on them. After receiving the results of the examination, on April 20, 2024, Victoria was re-detained and placed in a temporary detention facility, and subsequently in a pre-trial detention center.

He is involved in a treason case together with the Prokhorov family from Grabovka. Teacher of the Belarusian language.

Participants in a closed process have non-disclosure agreements. It is known from an unofficial source that the criminal case concerns photographing various objects on the territory of Belarus, and the persons involved in the case were monitored by special services for some time before their arrest.

According to the prosecution , from August 10 to August 11, 2020, at that time, minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolay Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, Maxim Sobolev, were on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Cosmonauts Boulevards and Shevchenko, st. Soviet in Brest, “ they shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white canvases, grossly violating public order, deliberately impeding the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.”

At the court hearing, everyone fully admitted their guilt.

According to the prosecution , from August 10 to August 11, 2020, at that time, minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolay Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, Maxim Sobolev, were on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Cosmonauts Boulevards and Shevchenko, st. Soviet in Brest, “ they shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white canvases, grossly violating public order, deliberately impeding the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.”

At the court hearing, everyone fully admitted their guilt.

It is also known that Maxim Sobolev, Gleb Klimovich, Yulia Sharanova were convicted, including on “narcotic” charges.

Gleb Klimovich was sentenced to Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code, two years of imprisonment, and based on the totality of crimes by absorbing a less severe punishment with a more severe one, he was finally sentenced to imprisonment for a term of two years, serving the sentence in a correctional colony under general regime conditions.

According to the prosecution , from August 10 to August 11, 2020, at that time, minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolay Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, Maxim Sobolev, were on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Cosmonauts Boulevards and Shevchenko, st. Soviet in Brest, “ they shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white canvases, grossly violating public order, deliberately impeding the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.”

At the court hearing, everyone fully admitted their guilt.

It is reported that Yulia Sharanova took part in the protests when she was 16 years old, and Nikita Voityuk and Nikolai Nikityuk were 17 years old. It is also known that Maxim Sobolev, Gleb Klimovich, Yulia Sharanova were convicted, including on “narcotic” charges.

Detained for a protest rally that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. At the time of that action he was a minor.

Nikita and seven other people began to be tried on May 10, 2024 in the Moskovsky District Court of Brest. The verdict is unknown.

The man is 50 years old. He was the founder or director of several organizations involved in the import of computers and their components. Recently he was Deputy Director for Commercial Affairs of the Avard Service company and Director of the SunRan company.

It is not known exactly when he was detained , but more than six months ago. The KGB included Rushkevich on the list of participants in the “extremist formation Trielite,” as well as businessman Vladimir Balabanovich, who is on trial for calls for sanctions.

The chat was probably opened because of one of the detainees.

Accused of financing extremist and terrorist activities through donations to a protest initiative.

Alexander comes from Glusk, a small regional center in the Mogilev region. After graduating from school, I entered the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, majoring in “Information systems and technologies in logistics.” After graduation, I went to graduate school.

Alexander worked in the IT field.

The man was accused of tearing a red and green flag from a store building in the town while drunk. He fully admitted his guilt.

The town resident had already been tried nine times before. In addition to imprisonment, Vladimir was prescribed compulsory treatment for alcoholism.

The investigation established that Artur Radzivanovich “on his own initiative entered into correspondence with representatives of the armed formation “K. Kalinovsky’s Regiment” via Telegram.” During the conversation, he clarified the procedure and conditions for enlisting in the regiment, and then planned the crossing of the state border of the Republic of Belarus with the Republic of Poland and the further route to Ukraine. Arriving on December 30, 2023 at the international checkpoint “Brest” to travel to Ukraine through the territory of Poland, the accused was detained by internal affairs officers.

Detained along with other young people in Baranavichy (late December 2023).

And the press service of the court announced the verdict (without naming names, but the circumstances fit this group of people). The essence of the charges is briefly stated: they were on the roadway in Baranavichy, shouting slogans, displaying white-red-white flags, “deliberately obstructing the movement of traffic and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.” The exact date when the protests took place is not even indicated, it is simply called “August 2020.”

Thus, in 2024, 25 residents of Baranavichy have already been sentenced for the protests of August 2020. All were sentenced to a prison colony for a period of 1 to 3 years (the only exception was that a woman with a child under 3 years of age was sentenced to a suspended sentence).