At the end of October 2022, six men were detained in Minsk for allegedly hanging a sewn white-red-white flag along with the flag of Ukraine on power line supports in Minsk on October 7. These are Igor Tepteev, Yuri Nesterenko, Victor Grinko, Valery Balabeshko, Vladimir Savelyev, Igor Tikach. Only the next day a post appeared on Anton Mot’s Telegram channel with a photo of the flag and the caption: “Minsk residents congratulate the Ukrainian people on the wonderful news from the Crimean bridge. Crime is Ukraine! Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!”
Tepteev said in the pro-government film that he has known the other defendants in the case since childhood. According to Igor, he did not think that there would be criminal liability for hanging flags. The flag was made back in March, Igor kept it at home for a long time, and then gave it to Yuri.
According to propagandist Gladkaya, Igor’s wife was forced to leave Belarus due to persecution for the events of 2020. Now she is in Poland, and the man with small children is in Belarus.
On September 14, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
3.5 years imprisonment in a colony
At the beginning of October 2022, in the Moscow district of the capital, unknown persons hung a white-red-white flag and the flag of Ukraine on a power line support. Only the next day a post appeared on Anton Mot’s Telegram channel with a photo of the flag and the caption: “Minsk residents congratulate the Ukrainian people on the wonderful news from the Crimean bridge. Crime is Ukraine! Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!” During operational search activities, police officers detained six Minsk residents aged 34 to 36 years who allegedly did this. Including Igor.
According to propagandist Gladkaya, since September 2020, Igor Tikach has left more than three thousand messages in one of the extremist courtyard chats.
Gladkaya also notes that Savelyev and Tikach allegedly wanted to get visas, renewed their passports, and Igor was already waiting for a call from the Polish consulate. Igor still has two minor children and a wife who has serious health problems.
On September 14, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony
At the beginning of October 2022, in the Moscow district of the capital, unknown persons hung a white-red-white flag and the flag of Ukraine on a power line support. Only the next day a post appeared on Anton Mot’s Telegram channel with a photo of the flag and the caption: “Minsk residents congratulate the Ukrainian people on the wonderful news from the Crimean bridge. Crime is Ukraine! Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!” During operational search activities, police officers detained six Minsk residents aged 34 to 36 years who allegedly did this. Including Vladimir.
Savelyev said in a pro-government video that the action was organized in support of Ukrainians: “This is support for civilians who are dying in an unnecessary war.”
On September 14, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony
On January 9, 2023, the Gomel Regional Court considered the case of two Homel residents - Vladislav Yatsenko and Kirill Plakushchev. According to the investigation, one of them repeatedly posted publications in one of the social networks calling for participation in the battalion of Kastus Kalinouski, «Azov» and other formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And I also transferred 21 EUR for Kastus Kalinouski's battalion. And both guys were accused of putting cynical inscriptions and drawings on the walls of buildings. The court estimated the damage at 130 BYN.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
At the end of October 2022, six men were detained in Minsk for allegedly hanging a sewn white-red-white flag along with the flag of Ukraine on power line supports in Minsk on October 7. These are Igor Tepteev, Yuri Nesterenko, Victor Grinko, Valery Balabeshko, Vladimir Savelyev, Igor Tikach. Only the next day a post appeared on Anton Mot’s Telegram channel with a photo of the flag and the caption: “Minsk residents congratulate the Ukrainian people on the wonderful news from the Crimean bridge. Crime is Ukraine! Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!”
It is reported that it was Yuri who took the photo, which later appeared in Anton Motolko’s tg channel. But Yuri himself said that he sent the photo only to a friendly chat.
On September 14, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
2 years imprisonment in a colony
At the beginning of October 2022, in the Moscow district of the capital, unknown persons hung a white-red-white flag and the flag of Ukraine on a power line support. During operational search activities, police officers detained six Minsk residents aged 34 to 36 years who allegedly did this. Including Victor . Only the next day a post appeared on Anton Mot’s Telegram channel with a photo of the flag and the caption: “Minsk residents congratulate the Ukrainian people on the wonderful news from the Crimean bridge. Crime is Ukraine! Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!”
Former employee of BelVEB Bank.
On September 14, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony
Detained for hanging a white-red-white flag and the flag of Ukraine on the facade of a high-rise building in Minsk.
After his detention, the channel in the Zello mobile application, through which he communicated during the rally, was recognized as an extremist formation.
| 21.03.2023 | The trial began on March 20, 2023, Judge Kuchuk |
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Detained for hanging a white-red-white flag After their detention, the channel in the Zello mobile application through which they communicated during the rally was recognized as an extremist formation.
| 21.03.2023 | The trial began on March 20, 2023, Judge Kuchuk |
4 years 9 months of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
He was detained for hanging a white-red-white flag and the flag of Ukraine in a 19-storey building on Lesya Ukrainka Street.
After his arrest, the channel in the Zello mobile application, through which he communicated during the rally, was recognized as an extremist formation.
| 19.09.2023 | Сегодня 19 сентября прошёл суд в закрытом режиме, в Верховном суде, приговор без изменения |
| 20.03.2023 | Judge Kuchuk |
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
She was detained for hanging a white-red-white flag and the flag of Ukraine in a 19-storey building on Lesya Ukrainka Street.
After her arrest, the channel in the Zello mobile application, through which she communicated during the rally, was recognized as an extremist formation.
On September 19, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Stepan is 23 years old, he is a resident of Novolukoml. He was accused of having made extremist inscriptions on the pipeline of the Lukoml power station in March of this year, and two months later painted images of white-red-white and blue-yellow flags on the surface of an artillery piece installed on the territory of a military burial in the village of Starie Lavki of the Chashniki district.
2,5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
According to the prosecution, on March 1, a man in a state of alcoholic intoxication had the intention to damage property in public places, and therefore put the inscription «NO WAR» in red paint on the surface of a concrete fence.
This significantly reduced the aesthetic characteristics of the concrete fence, entailed the need to carry out work on painting the previously painted concrete fence, thereby causing damage to the «Automobile Plant No. 2» in the amount of 14,59 BYN.
3 months of arrest.
19 year old student of MSLU.
Before the verdict was announced, the girl had been in custody since September 2, 2020. She was found guilty that on March 6, 2022, she pasted a leaflet containing slander against Lukashenko on an advertising banner on one of the streets of Minsk. According to the position of the prosecution, she spread false information about Lukashenko.
The girl admitted her guilt and said that she had printed out a leaflet and pasted it together with her friend to draw people's attention to what was happening in the world. Witnesses reported about the sticker to the police. The girl were identified by CCTV cameras.
1.5 years of freedom restriction without referral to a correctional facility.
It seems that the criminal case is connected with the application of protest inscriptions in Brest with a felt-tip pen. Earlier, the security forces announced the detention of a 68-year-old pensioner who wrote “No to war” and “Long live Belarus!” at the stopping point.
1 year of restriction of liberty without a referral.
According to human rights activists, Oksana was detained at the end of December 2022.
She was a member of the core team of the Coordination Council. In June 2021, she was detained during the premiere of the production “White Rabbit, Red Rabbit” and was released after drawing up a report. In May 2021, her apartment was searched.
Oksana was tried together with political prisoner Bohdan Korovets , founder of the Astronim company and the White Square advertising and marketing festival.
Oksana Zaretskaya’s father has health problems, Bogdan is raising a child with a disability.
According to human rights activists, Oksana felt unwell after the verdict was announced and was hospitalized. The woman spent at least three days in a coma, and after some time she was returned to Volodarka. The pre-trial detention center doctors did not provide proper medical care to Zaretskaya, and did not even take valerian for her in the packages from her relatives.
On April 10, 2024, she was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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