According to the prosecution, in the period from August 18 to September 1, Gaponik publicly insulted a representative of the authorities, an ensign of the OMON company of the Minsk City Executive Committee Savich in connection with the performance of his official duties, namely, she presented him in a humiliating position in Odnoklassniki on the page of Petr Zinevich, posting a comment "Death" , which was considered offensive.
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Russian citizen, rapper. Convicted for insulting Lukashenka in the song "Lukashenko, go away." Arrested on January 10, 2021. Most likely released and deported.
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3 years of restriction of freedom with a referral to the IUOT ("chemistry")
20-year-old mechanic Artem Sakovich was accused of participating in actions that grossly violate public order, preparing to participate in mass riots on August 10-12, 2020, and preparing to illegally manufacture and carry items whose destructive effect is based on the use of flammable substances. As part of the criminal case, Artem was detained only on June 22, 2021, when he came to the police department as a witness in another “non-political” criminal case. Before that, as it turned out, he was wanted, although he was not hiding: he lived at home, went to work.
He was released in early May 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
According to the prosecution, on August 20, 2020, 23-year-old Artem Sokol, using a mobile phone, posted information in the form of a wanted criminal's orientation with a photo of Lukashenka containing ethnic information about him in the telegram chat "Lyakhovichi 90%". On the same day, in the “Lyakhovichi 90%” telegram chat, the accused posted another orientation containing offensive expressions against the president, namely: “Sick of power, a pathological liar, insidious, stingy, cynical, mentally unstable, agrofuhrer, cockroach, Sasha 3%, Luka and Gypsies.” On September 9, 2021, he was taken into custody in the courtroom.
According to human rights activists, in March 2023 he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
1.5 years in prison with serving a sentence in a colony under general regime conditions.
According to the indictment, on June 22, 2020, Alexander Vaseykin from his mobile phone, "intending to offend a representative of the authorities in connection with the performance of his official duties", from Olga Karach's page on the Odnoklassniki social network under a photo of an Interior Ministry officer detaining a participant in an unauthorized event during the pre-election period , "posted a one-word offensive comment." He used it twice, his post "negatively assessed the actions" of the injured senior lieutenant of the traffic police Igor Volnich.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open-type correctional institution ("home chemistry").
According to the materials of the investigation, Artem Barashko on the Odnoklassniki social network, using a mobile phone, posted an offensive comment under the photo: “p…r” . In the photo, which at one time made a lot of noise on the Internet, the victim presses his knee on one of the protesters in the neck. Artem Barashko is 37 years old. He works in one of the locomotive depots as a train driver on the Belarusian Railway.
3 years of restriction of freedom without referral to an open institution ("home chemistry")
Aleksey Muravitsky was detained by GUBOPiK on July 27. His actions were qualified as participation in actions grossly violating public order (part 1 of article 342 of the Criminal Code). On election day, August 9, OMON officers detained Muravitsky at the polling station and beat him up at Akrestsin Street. On August 16, he went to the March and demonstrated hematomas received during the beatings. The protesters wrote on his back “You won’t kill everyone” – the moment of the performance near the KGB was photographed. Muravitsky also took part in the March on October 25 - he climbed onto the roof of his car with a BCHB flag and shouted “Long Live Belarus”. The man was detained on July 27 and a "repentant video" was recorded with him.
On May 27, 2022, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
1 year in prison under general regime conditions
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Vitaly Kovalenko explained in court that he was at home with his family in the morning when he heard his wife's cry from the corridor: “Vitaly, help!”. The accused ran out, saw that the son was in the corridor in front of the door, crying and shouting: “Daddy!”, And the wife was in the vestibule and shouting that it was necessary to close the front door. Vitaly saw at least four men in tracksuits and masks, was in a state of shock from what was happening and thought that bandits or alcoholics were breaking into his apartment: the policemen had no identification marks. Someone held the door by the handle, for some time it was pulled between Vitaly and the unknown, until the accused heard a cry: “Hand! Fingers!". Then Kovalenko let go of the door, after which it closed easily. Prior to this outcry, the accused heard only swearing from behind the door from those who broke into his apartment, no one introduced themselves and did not say that they were from the police. Vitaly did not see his hands and fingers, he did not feel that he could break them with the door, but he admitted that this could have happened.
Kovalenko noted that if he knew right away that they were policemen, then this situation would not have happened at all. He never had problems with the police, there was no reason to be afraid of employees.
As a result, the judge found Vitaly Kovalenko guilty and punished him with three years of “chemistry”, and also decided to recover from him 3,000 rubles in compensation in favor of the victim.
3 years of restriction of freedom with referral to open institutions
A teacher of the English language at gymnasium No. 4 in Baranovichi. Convicted for commenting on a photo of an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vadim Yakimchik in the telegram channel "Punishers of Belarus": "..and with this schmuck I walked in my youth ..." Maria is on maternity leave to care for a child.
2 years of "home chemistry"
Convicted for a comment from the Odnoklassniki network: "... we need to drive this scum ..." in relation to the traffic police inspector, police major Andrei Bagraenko, who took an active part in the beating of peaceful protesters in Svetlogorsk on August 9-10, 2020.
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Director of web design studio "Ikvadrat" in Grodno. After being beaten by security forces on August 10, 2020, he ended up in a tram station. He was detained on August 25, 2021, a search was conducted in the office of his studio. On September 8, 2021, it became known that Gleb was charged under Article 342. UK RB. Gleb has 2 minor children.
At the end of June 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
2 years of restriction of freedom with referral to open institutions.
On 05/05/2023, a trial was held to tighten the regime, Gleb was replaced by restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a colony. On June 13, 2023, the Court of Appeal will take place.
Under Article 342 of the Criminal Code, Kirill Palchevsky was found guilty of participating in actions that grossly violated public order on September 13, 2020, from 1:59 p.m. to 7:20 p.m. According to the indictment, he acted out of selfish motives, as well as by prior conspiracy with a group of people: he shouted slogans, loudly clapped his hands, moved in a chain, and violated the right of decent citizens to a peaceful life. The text of the indictment listed all the streets, stores, and organizations whose peace the man violated. Under Article 415 of the Criminal Code, Kirill Palchevsky was found guilty of violating the rules for serving his previous sentence - two years of "house arrest", during which he committed numerous violations.
Kirill has a mental illness.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
3 years and 1 month of imprisonment in a penal colony
Convicted on June 9, 2021 for insulting a government official.
04/18/2022 convicted again, awaiting transfer to a colony.
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1.5 years of restriction of freedom. 18.04. 2022 replacement of the regime with a high-security colony for a period of 5 months 8 days.
On September 24, 2022, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
Inhabitant of Baranovichi. Dzmitry was convicted for an offensive comment that he left under Olga Karach's post with a photo of a police officer - Andrey Komar, a senior district inspector of the Pervomaisky district of Bobruisk.
2 years of "home chemistry"
