Olesya, a Russian citizen, was found guilty in August 2021 for comments she made in the Telegram channel "Baranovich-Yuzhny_chat" under a photograph of local police chief Alexei Getman. Investigators classified these comments as slander and insult to a government official. In her comments, she criticized his actions and called him "the most notorious fascist in Baranovichi." Alesya stated that she believed the case was politically motivated and that Getman had threatened her and her child, but the judge dismissed this.
Persecuted for political reasonsProbation
Olesya Vasilievna Ashmarina
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Sentences
Trial outcome 10.08.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.Involved in repression
Vadim Dmitrievich Karachun
MoreState prosecutors16 august 1999
- Place:
- The Court of Baranovichi District and the city of Baranovichi
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 10.08.2021
Sergey Vladimirovich Danilchik
MoreJudges3 august 1962
- Place:
- The Court of Baranovichi District and the city of Baranovichi
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 10.08.2021
- Hometown:
- Baranovichi
- Birthday:
- 23.03.1991
- Number of children:
- 1
- Articles:
- Insulting of a government representativeDefamation
- Groups:
- Foreign citizensParents of minors
- 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
- 2021
10.08.2021
Trial outcome 10.08.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation, The Court of Baranovichi District and the city of Baranovichi
10.08.2021
Status change
Probation