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A former fighter of the Kalinovsky regiment, whom Vietnam extradited to Belarus.
It was reported that the man ended up in Asia because Lithuania recognized him as a threat to national security and banned him from entering the European Union. "Kalinovets" was delivered to Belarus on the evening of November 14 under a three-person escort. Vasily was delivered to Belarus on a Belavia flight (B2978) from Moscow on the evening of November 14. This plane landed at the Minsk National Airport at 23:48.
It is also known that the video with Veremeychik, which was published by propagandists, is, as expected, staged: it was filmed on a different plane and at a different time.
For "participation in pogroms and an attempt to set fire to a car belonging to employees of the prosecutor's office," a criminal case was opened against him under Part 1 of Article 366 (violence or threat against an official performing official duties) of the Criminal Code.
The man was a member of the Coordination Council. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's office expressed a strong protest in this regard.
"This step is part of the long-standing repressive policy of the Lukashenko regime, which stops at nothing to persecute its opponents, including those who fight for freedom and democracy, as well as those who defend Europe from Russian aggression," the statement said.
Ilya Naryshkin is 21 years old. He is originally from Slonim, but spent part of his childhood in Grodno. Ilya’s father is Ukrainian, born in Krivoy Rog. He graduated from an aviation school back in Soviet times, but worked as a mechanical engineer in different countries. They haven’t lived together with the guy’s mother for a very long time.
Ilya entered the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Now he should have completed his third year at the Faculty of Criminal Corrections. It is known that during his studies he lived an active life - he performed in various competitions and even participated in an intellectual game from the Belarus-2 TV channel, called “Tower”. The latest public information about him dates back to March 2023.
Perhaps 21-year-old Ilya Naryshkin wanted to join the Belarusian volunteers in Ukraine. People who expressed their intention to go to fight on the side of Ukraine, expressed online or offline, were most often judged under the articles that were brought against him lately. Some of these people corresponded with fake bots of the Kalinovsky regiment, created by the special services of the Republic of Belarus.
The investigation established that Artur Radzivanovich “on his own initiative entered into correspondence with representatives of the armed formation “K. Kalinovsky’s Regiment” via Telegram.” During the conversation, he clarified the procedure and conditions for enlisting in the regiment, and then planned the crossing of the state border of the Republic of Belarus with the Republic of Poland and the further route to Ukraine. Arriving on December 30, 2023 at the international checkpoint “Brest” to travel to Ukraine through the territory of Poland, the accused was detained by internal affairs officers.
An EPAM employee. It is known that Kirill was involved in sketching (a modern form of fine art): his last works were published in the fall, and in January he congratulated his subscribers on the New Year. He was detained after arriving in Belarus from Montenegro. Convicted for donations.
On May 28, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
In 2017, the guy received a diploma in social pedagogy after graduating from the Mozyr State Pedagogical University named after Ivan Shamyakin. Around this time, as can be seen from his social networks, he began to speak critically of the authorities. The man was especially active in opposing the odious decree “on parasites.”
According to the case materials , the man regularly spoke negatively on social networks regarding Lukashenko, and also called for sanctions against Belarus. He also joined the “extremist” formation “BYPOL”, agreed with members of the “Kalinovsky Regiment” to participate in military operations in Ukraine, and also transferred money to help the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the “extremist” telegram channel.
Before the arrest, the young man worked as a truck driver, he had previously graduated from a vocational school in Oshmyany as a driver.
According to the website of the Prosecutor General's Office, from April to November 2022, Yakimov expressed a desire, and then indicated his intention to join one of the units of the battalion (regiment) named after Kastus Kalinouski.
To this end, he allegedly provided his personal data for admission to an armed formation. At the same time, he collected information about the places of purchase of military ammunition, uniforms and other equipment for use in combat conditions.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
At the beginning of September, the telegram channel of the volunteer initiative “Lists of Detainees” published information about the detention of an entire family: Yan, Anastasia and Ales Papkovich.
Special forces burst into Jan's apartment. During the arrest, security forces shot a machine gun and wounded a dog that started barking at them.
For a month, Yan was in a KGB pre-trial detention center, where he was tortured and could not walk. In stories on BT, Yan was shown as a mercenary who was going to Ukraine. It is known that Yang did not admit his guilt at the trial. One of the witnesses at the trial stated that “they put pressure on him, and he signed everything they said.” As evidence of Yan’s guilt, his private correspondence with his wife, as well as friends who, according to the investigation, serve in Ukraine in Kalinovsky’s regiment were voiced.
Ian worked as a cash collector at Belgazprombank.
In March 2024, Yan was convicted under Article 411 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus and another 3 months of imprisonment was added to the existing sentence.
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He works at the «Mayak» Center for Additional Education, led an art circle.
Telegram channels supporting the current government of the Republic of Belarus published the news, that he was going to go to Ukraine and join Kalinovsky's battalion.
Detained for registering in the chatbot «Peramoga».
He was brought up in a family orphanage.
The trial was held behind closed doors, so the details of the court session and the position of the political prisoner in the case are unknown.
Detained allegedly for registering as a volunteer in March 2022, the detention became known on March 14 from telegram channels supporting the current government in the Republic of Belarus.
4,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
former military man. He was the one named as the perpetrator of the attack on the OMON base. Pavel Kulazhenko is a former OMON fighter who is now fighting as a volunteer in Ukraine. Both are associated with the "Supra" initiative, which the Lukashenko regime has declared terrorist.
Kulazhenko and Potekhina were charged under eight articles of the Criminal Code.
The property of Kulazhenko and Potehin, worth a total of approximately 240 thousand rubles, has been seized.
On December 23, 2024, the Minsk City Court issued a verdict in absentia. Judge Mikhail Makarevich sentenced them to 24 and 23 years in a maximum security prison colony, respectively, and a fine of 1,000 basic units (40,000 rubles) each. In addition, Potekhin was stripped of his military rank of "retired captain."
Evgeniy's trial will begin on March 20. He is accused of the first part of Article 361-3 - “participation in a paramilitary formation of one of the warring parties during the war.” He faces from two to five years in prison.
Probably, 24-year-old Yevgeny Belyamuk is being punished for his desire to fight in Ukraine.
On June 11, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force. Most likely, the court sentence involves imprisonment.
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Igor is a former officer of the Almaz special forces unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a captain at the time of his dismissal. He is credited with participating in the brutal dispersal of protesters at the intersection of Pushkin and Pritytskogo streets (Pushkinskaya metro station) in Minsk in 2020. At that time, a group of armed security forces in full gear left the Almaz base and headed towards Pushkinskaya, simultaneously shooting point-blank at civilians.
According to available information, Igor decided to leave the service after receiving an order to detain Maria Kolesnikova, who was kidnapped on the street in Minsk in September 2020.
Since the beginning of the war, which began in February 2022, Igor defended Ukraine, fought in the "Sakhashchik detachment" as part of the 79th separate airborne assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During the battles, he was seriously wounded, after which he underwent rehabilitation and fully recovered.
In June 2023, he was convicted in absentia on politically motivated terrorism charges and a number of criminal charges. He was given a long prison term, the first five years of which were to be in prison. He was also stripped of his military rank.
According to the indictment, from July 2020 to January 2022, an "organized criminal group" allegedly preparing extremist crimes operated in Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other countries. It included radical military personnel, security officials, athletes and businessmen who sought to seize power illegally. This case is related to the attempted arson of the house of MP Oleg Gaidukevich in June 2021 and the "organization of mass riots."
According to pro-government telegram channels, Yevgeny was detained for registering in the chat bot of the Kalinovsky regiment.