At the trial, Ruslan said that in April 2022, while browsing the news feed on the Odnoklassniki social network, he saw a post featuring Lukashenka, under which there was a text about overpriced medicines. Succumbing to emotions, he left a comment of an offensive nature in his address.
Former political prisonersReleased
Ruslan Sergeevich Shukalo
- Dissidentby since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by Dissidentby
- Viasna since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by the Viasna Human Rights Centre
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Sentences
Trial outcome 19.06.2023
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.Involved in repression

Evgeniya Victorovna Melnik
MoreJudges22 december 1987
- Place:
- court of the Pinsk region and the city of Pinsk
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 19.06.2023

- In custody:
- from ~26.04.2023 to ~19.06.2025
- Hometown:
- Potapovichi
- Birthday:
- 14.11.1982
- Number of children:
- 3
- Was held in:
- IUOT-39, Krupki-2, 222002
- Articles:
- Insulting the president
- Groups:
- Parents 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
- 2023
~26.04.2023
Transfer
IUOT-39 — Penal labor facility
19.06.2023
Trial outcome 19.06.2023
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of the Pinsk region and the city of Pinsk
- 2025
~19.06.2025
Status change
Released