Initially, the 30-year-old man was charged only with being one of the first, on September 29, 2021, to leave a comment on Instagram under a post about the news about the deceased employee of the state security committee: «the earth will be concrete for the bandit».
Soon a video appeared on the channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, where the Rogach was forced to confess to the crime and repent on camera. The man was also forced to say that he is a supporter of the LGBT community and promises to improve.
During the investigation, which lasted 11 months, the investigators brought additional charges of insulting a representative of the authorities and organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order.
The trial was held behind closed doors.
According to human rights activists, he was released on October 20, 2023, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
He was found guilty of the fact that on September 30, 2021, he deliberately posted from his mobile phone the comment “They screwed up, they screwed up, well, fuck him” to KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk, who died during a shootout with IT specialists Andrei Seltser. The comment was posted in the community on VKontakte.
1.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
He was detained under a criminal article for inciting hatred for comments left on the Internet after the death of Dmitry Fedosyuk, an employee of the State Security Committee, and Andrei Zeltser, an IT specialist, in a Minsk apartment.
07/18/2023 released after the expiration of the sentence.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
was detained on September 29, 2021 as part of a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of Andrei Zeltser and a KGB officer.
1 year 9 months in prison.
He was released in the courtroom in connection with the recalculation of the period spent in the pre-trial detention center.
According to the case file, on September 29, 2021, Gavrilenko read about the incident with Zeltser and Fedosyuk, after which he copied the picture and posted it in the chat «Mogilev * *%», where there was a discussion of this event, and also left his comment: «There are inconsistencies. It's not audible. Usually weaklings are covered like shoemakers».
The state prosecutor claimed that messages were also written from his account: «That's where he's going. +1», and: «Not just to kill, but to burn at the stake».
According to human rights activists, the political prisoner served his term in full and was released.
2 years of imprisonment.
He was detained on September 29, 2021 in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of Dmitry Fedosyuk, an employee of the State Security Committee, and Andrei Zeltser, an IT specialist, in a Minsk apartment.
According to human rights activists, the political prisoner served his term in full and was released.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Arrested for commenting on the Zeltser case. According to relatives, she was tried for videos and comments on Tik-Tok. Alina suffers from epilepsy. A psychiatric examination was appointed in the case - the break lasted a month. The daughter is waiting for the political prisoner at home.
According to human rights activists, she was released upon expiration of her sentence.
2 years in prison
He was detained on October 1, 2021, in a criminal case brought for comments on the Internet after KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and it-specialist Andrei Zeltzer were killed in a Minsk apartment.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
He was detained on October 1, 2021 in a criminal case brought for comments on the Internet after KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and it-specialist Andrei Zeltzer were killed in a Minsk apartment.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Nikolai was detained in Gomel in a criminal case brought for comments on the Internet after KGB officer Dmitri Fedosiuk and it specialist Andrei Zeltzer were killed in a Minsk apartment.
According to human rights activists, he served his term and was released at the end of March 2023.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
The reason for being taken into custody was a comment written by a Brest resident on the Internet. Possible defendant in the Zeltser case.
It is known for sure that he was in custody from September 30, 2021 until trial (about 1 year), most likely the sentence was related to imprisonment.
On November 1, 2022, the appeal was considered.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the fall of 2023 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
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Resident of Grodno. EMERCOM officer. He was detained on September 30, 2021 in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment. Alexander liked one of the comments. He faces up to 12 years in prison.
On October 17, 2022, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
Maria was the wife of Andrei Zeltser.
It is known that the woman collected signatures for Tikhаnovskaya in 2020. But, they say, she did not want to participate in protest actions because of her little son.
Maria was detained on September 28 , 2021 on suspicion of joint participation in the murder of an employee of the State Security Committee .
On September 28, employees of the State Security Committee of Belarus conducted searches and raids on residents participating in the 2020 protests in Minsk. Andrey Zeltser, refused to open the door to law enforcement officers (dressed in civilian clothes and did not have official insignia) and locked himself inside the apartment with his wife, armed with a hunting rifle. Both were videotaping at the same time. After breaking into the door, Zeltser opened fire with a hunting rifle at the employees of the State Security Committee who broke into the apartment. Dmitry Fedosyuk, an employee of the State Security Committee, was injured. On the same day, he died of his injuries in the hospital. Andrey Zeltser was shot by return fire.
On September 29, the Investigative Committee of Belarus opened a criminal case under the article on the murder of a person in connection with his official activities.
On August 26, 2022, it became known that Andrei Zeltser's widow Maria Uspenskaya was transferred from the pre-trial detention center to the «Novinki» psychiatric hospital.
Andrey Zeltser is Maria's second husband, from a previous marriage Maria has a schoolboy son.
compulsory treatment
On October 1, 2021, he was detained in Minsk in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
1 year 8 months in prison
On November 10, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
On September 30, 2021, he was detained in Brest in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.
According to human rights activists, he was released at the beginning of February 2024 after the expiration of his sentence.
3 years in prison
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