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In late October 2022, six men were detained in Minsk for allegedly hanging a stitched white-red-white flag along with the Ukrainian flag on power transmission line supports in Minsk on October 7. They were Igor Tepteyev, Yuriy Nesterenko, Viktor Grin'ko, Valery Balabeshko, Vladimir Savelyev, and Igor Tikach. The next day, Anton Motolko's Telegram channel posted a photo of the flag and the caption: "Minsk residents congratulate the Ukrainian people on the wonderful news from the Crimean bridge. Crimea is Ukraine! Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!"
Tepteyev said in a pro-government film that he has known the other defendants in the case since childhood. According to Igor, he did not think that hanging the flags would lead to criminal liability. 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. She is now in Poland, and the man with his small children is in Belarus.
On September 14, 2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Igor Tepteyev.
In early October 2022, unknown individuals hung a white-red-white flag and a Ukrainian flag on a power line support in the Moscow district of the capital. The next day, a post appeared on Anton Motolko'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. Crimea is Ukraine! Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!" During operational and investigative activities, police officers detained six Minsk residents aged 34 to 36 who allegedly did this. Including Igor.
As propagandist Gladkaya writes, since September 2020, Igor Tikach has left more than three thousand messages in one of the extremist yard 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 has two minor children and a wife who has serious health problems at large.
On September 14, 2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in December 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Dmitry, a Ukrainian citizen, was arrested and convicted of "undercover activity." His uncle, Mikhail Stolyarchuk, was also charged in the same criminal case. According to the prosecution, they had been collecting data on military equipment and facilities in Belarus since 2018 on behalf of the Security Service of Ukraine.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
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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.
The criminal case is related to protest graffiti written with a felt-tip pen in Brest. Earlier, security forces announced the arrest of a 68-year-old pensioner who wrote "No to war" and "Long live Belarus!" at a public transport stop.
Before the trial, the woman was placed under house arrest. After the verdict was announced, the woman's house arrest was lifted.
On January 9, 2023, the Gomel Regional Court heard the case of two Gomel residents, Vladislav Yatsenko and Kirill Plakushchev. According to the investigation, one of them repeatedly posted messages on a social media platform calling for participation in Kastus Kalinovsky's battalion, Azov, and other units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He also transferred 21 euros to Kastus Kalinovsky's battalion. Both men were also accused of spray-painting cynical graffiti and drawings on the walls of buildings. The court assessed damages at 130 rubles.
On December 13, 2025, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
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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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According to the pro-government telegram channels, he was detained for displaying a black-and-white and Ukrainian flag in early October 2022.
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.
In early October 2022, unknown individuals hung a white-red-white flag and a Ukrainian flag on a power line pole in the Moscow district. During an operational search, police detained six Minsk residents, aged 34 to 36, who allegedly did this, including Viktor . The following day, Anton Motolko's Telegram channel posted a photo of the flag and the caption: "Minsk residents congratulate the Ukrainian people on the wonderful news from the Crimean bridge. Crimea is Ukraine! Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!"
Former employee of BelVEB Bank.
On September 14, 2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict entered into force.
In December 2024 he was released on pardon.
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 |
Ekaterina was arrested in early September 2022 along with her husband for hanging a white-red-white flag and a Ukrainian flag on the facade of a multi-story building in Minsk on charges of hooliganism.
Two weeks after their arrest, the Ministry of Internal Affairs designated the Zello channel through which the Minsk residents coordinated the protest as an extremist group.
In April 2023, Ekaterina was found guilty of "creating or participating in an extremist group" and "assisting extremist activity" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
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.
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.
Alexander was convicted for the inscriptions on the garage near the local bath. The investigation considered that in April Kasumov twice applied graffiti to the walls of the garage. The first inscription "No to war!" painted over, so he drew "No war!", "Luka", "murderer!"
1.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral