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.
Persecuted for political reasonsForced emigration
Alexander Vladimirovich Opeikin
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Sentences
Trial outcome 26.12.2022
12 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions (trial in absentia).Involved in repression
Svetlana Alexandrovna Bondarenko
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- Place:
- Minsk City Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 26.12.2022
- Case categories:
- Special proceedings (trials in absentia)
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 14.01.1986
- Articles:
- Calls for actions aimed at the detriment of the external security of the Republic of Belarus
- Marks:
- Control of a person's financial transactions, restrictions on crossing the Belarusian border, a 5-year ban on military service and public office after the conviction is expunged, etc.
Timeline
- 2020
~20.10.2020
Status change
Forced emigration
- 2022
26.12.2022
Trial outcome 26.12.2022
12 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions (trial in absentia), Minsk City Court