Economist Svetlana Krivitskaya and accountant Nadezhda Bedunko were accused of participating in mass protests and Sunday marches in the fall of 2020. Before the trial, both women were free on bail.
According to the prosecution , Svetlana Krivitskaya, having previously agreed with Bedunka, took part in the Sunday march in Minsk, while “she was and moved along the roadway of Independence Avenue, disobeyed the legal demands of the police, blocked and obstructed the path of vehicles, as a result of which the above actions entailed disruption of public transport, causing material damage in the amount of 5,980 rubles.”
There are four such episodes in the case, and the final amount of damage to her and other protest participants was 85,000 rubles.
