Valery was convicted for allegedly leaving two dents on a special vehicle of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Yakub Kolas Street in Minsk during a protest on December 6, 2020.
He was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Vladislav was convicted under the article "Hooliganism committed by a group of persons" in a criminal case initiated for writing the words "3%", "Go away", "Long live Belarus" on a monument to Lenin in the village of Domachevo, Brest district in August 2020.
Trial outcome 08.04.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Alexander was convicted under the article "Hooliganism committed by a group of persons" in a criminal case initiated for writing the words "3%", "Go away", "Long live Belarus" on a monument to Lenin in the village of Domachevo, Brest district in August 2020.
Trial outcome 08.04.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Denis was convicted under the article "Hooliganism committed by a group of persons" in a criminal case initiated for writing the words "3%", "Go away", "Long live Belarus" on a monument to Lenin in the village of Domachevo, Brest district in August 2020.
Trial outcome 08.04.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Kirill was convicted under the article “Hooliganism committed by a group of persons” in a criminal case initiated for writing “3%”, “Go away”, “Long live Belarus” on a monument to Lenin in the village of Domachevo, Brest district in August 2020.
Trial outcome 08.04.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Alexander was accused of intentionally, while intoxicated, committing "property damage" by writing graffiti on the building of the colony in Orsha, causing "property damage." He used "an unspecified type of brush, gloves, and red paint" as "the means of committing the crime."
He was released in September 2021, having fully served his sentence.
Maksim, a student at the Minsk State Automotive College, was detained on October 19, 2020, at about 7:30 a.m., as he was leaving his apartment building and heading to school. He was detained in connection with a criminal case opened for blocking a road in the Serebryanka microdistrict of Minsk on October 13, 2020. Maksim was accused of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restriction of liberty without being sent to a correctional facility. He was released from custody in the courtroom. At the time of his detention and sentencing, Maksim was a minor, and he also has serious health problems - a heart defect.
Gennady was convicted under the article "Hooliganism committed by a group of persons" for applying graffiti and inscriptions at bus stops. He fully compensated for the material damage in a pre-trial manner and admitted his guilt.
Trial outcome 13.05.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, approximately 358 rubles of compensation.
Yulia was convicted for a comment left under a photograph of district inspector Putnikov in the Telegram chat “Grodno for Life,” which he considered offensive.
Ivan was convicted of insulting the former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Alexander Barsukov. The basis for the charge was his comment under the video "There was no bullying" in the Telegram channel "Banda Luka".
Vladimir was convicted under three criminal articles for publications on Telegram. According to the prosecution, on September 14, 2020, he posted a photo of district police officer Alexander Yevsevitsky with an offensive caption, causing him moral harm. On September 15, he reposted a photo of the head of the Department of Internal Affairs Alexei Getman with personal data and slander to the Bolshaya Kolpenitsa channel. On September 30, Vladimir published a comment under a photo of Judge Nikolai Kmita, which, according to the investigation, was offensive.
He was released in July 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 27.05.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 2000 rubles of compensation.
Vladimir was convicted for reposting two messages in the Telegram chat "Brest for Life Chat". According to the prosecution, these messages contained insults and slander against the investigator and the dean of the A.S. Pushkin BrSU, who were recognized as victims in the case. Before the trial, he was under a written undertaking not to leave. In March 2021, he was sentenced to restriction of freedom without being sent to a correctional facility.
Trial outcome 24.03.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1000 rubles of compensation.
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