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journalist of Radio Svaboda. He began working for Svoboda in the early 1990s. Prior to that, he worked as a department head and executive secretary in the Znamya Yunosti newspaper, and was one of the founders of the RID news agency (Advertising and Digest). In the summer of 2020, he actively covered socio-political events in Belarus, hosted the then popular streams of Radio Liberty. In August 2020, he was deprived of accreditation by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along with most journalists from foreign media.
Oleg was detained on July 16, 2021 during mass searches of independent journalists in Minsk and other cities of Belarus. After administrative arrest, he was released on bail. Arrested on December 23, 2021.
09/21/2022 released by pardon
1.5 years in a general regime colony
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Head of the advertising and marketing department at Nasha Niva, author of the Nasha History magazine. From 2006 to 2017 he was the editor-in-chief of the publication.
Andrei was detained on July 8, 2021 and placed in a temporary detention center on the street. Akrestin, where he was held in the status of a suspect in a criminal case (Article 342 of the Criminal Code) for 10 days, after which this charge was dropped and he became a suspect under Article 216 and was transferred to SIZO-1.
On August 18, 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
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Editor-in-chief of the Nasha Niva website nn.by, journalist. Has been working at Nasha Niva since 2009.
He was detained on July 8, 2021, initially for 72 hours. However, after three days he was not released. During interrogation at the Investigative Committee, an ambulance was called for him. According to Nasha Niva, Martinovich was beaten during the arrest.
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The Tribuna journalist and Krumkachou football player was detained at his home on June 3, 2021. He was sentenced to 30 days, after serving the term he was not released.
On February 17, 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
Deputy Director of TUT.BY for technical issues. At first, Daineko was a system administrator, then he became deputy general director for technical issues. The preventive measure was changed on March 17, 2022.
chief accountant of TUT.BY. Angela has been working at Tut.by for over 10 years. On March 11, 2022, the preventive measure was changed from arrest to a written undertaking not to leave.
Irina was detained as part of a criminal case initiated against TUT.BY, a former lawyer of the portal.
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Roman Protasevich is a Belarusian blogger and journalist.
In the summer of 2020, during mass protests against the falsification of the presidential elections, he was the editor-in-chief of the NEXTA telegram channel. After leaving NEXTA, he became the editor-in-chief of the Belarus Brain telegram channel, which was previously administered by political prisoner Igor Losik . Both channels were recognized as extremist by the Belarusian authorities.
On May 23, 2021, as a result of the forced landing by the Belarusian authorities of a Ryanair passenger airliner flying on the Athens-Vilnius route, Roman Protasevich was detained at the National Airport of Minsk by representatives of the special services. It is known that Sofia Sapieha, a student at the European Humanities University, was arbitrarily detained with him.
On May 3, 2023, the verdict was announced to the novel, until the verdict came into force, Roman was left under house arrest.
On May 22, 2023, he was pardoned.
8 years of imprisonment in a colony.
TUT.BY manager. Andrey also works for Publisher Box, which helps Tut.by and other sites with their audience earn money through ad networks. The preventive measure was changed on March 17, 2022.
deputy director of TUT.BY. Irina was one of the first employees of Tut By Media LLC. In the company, he holds the position of Deputy General Director for General Affairs, at the same time he manages the sales support department and controls the advertising output. On March 11, 2022, the preventive measure was changed from arrest to a written undertaking not to leave.
Deputy Chief Accountant of TUTBY. Maria has a daughter and an adult son. On March 11, 2022, the preventive measure was changed from arrest to a written undertaking not to leave.
chief engineer of TUT.BY. Alla is one of the first employees of Tut.by. She deals with the distribution of tasks in the development department, contacts with managers and conflict resolution. On May 13, 2022, she was released from the pre-trial detention center. The charges have not been dropped.
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TUT.BY journalist. She started working at TUT.BY in 2014. At first, she was a journalist for the Construction and Real Estate section, and a couple of years later, she moved to the Money and Power section.
Elena was detained on May 18 as part of a criminal case initiated against TUT.BY for tax evasion on an especially large scale (Part 2 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code).
Elena's preventive measure was changed and, after 14 months of imprisonment, on July 18, 2022, she was released from Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 on a non-disclosure agreement.
In October 2022, the KGB included Elena in the list of "persons involved in terrorist activities."
On January 9, 2023, the Minsk City Court began hearing the case against the largest Belarusian independent portal TUT.BY. The trial was closed from the very beginning. The case is being heard by Judge Valentina Zenkevich.
Elena Tolkacheva, Olga Loiko and Ekaterina Tkachenko did not appear at the trial because they had gone abroad. According to pro-government Telegram channels, the criminal case against them has been separated into a separate trial. They have been declared wanted.
Editor-in-chief of the political and economic block at TUT.BY, journalist. Olga graduated from three universities - BSU, BGEU and Oxford University, and on Tut.by, together with analyst Sergei Chaly, she hosted the program "Economics on the fingers". The measure of restraint was changed on March 17, 2022.
Olga was detained on May 18, 2021, as part of a criminal case initiated against TUT.BY for tax evasion on an especially large scale (Part 2 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code). She is also charged under Part 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code (incitement of other social hatred committed by a group of persons) and Part 3 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code (calls for sanctions committed using the media).
On March 17, 2022, Olga Loika, editor-in-chief of the political and economic news block, Alexander Daineko, deputy general director for technical issues, and Andrey Avdeyev, manager of Publisher Box, were released from SIZO-1. Their preventive measure was changed, the charges were not dropped.
In October 2022, the KGB included Olga in the list of "persons involved in terrorist activities."
On January 9, 2023, the Minsk City Court began hearing the case against the largest Belarusian independent portal TUT.BY. The trial was made closed from the very beginning. The case is being heard by Judge Valentina Zenkevich.
On March 17, 2023, TUT.BY editor-in-chief Marina Zolotova and director of TUT BY MEDIA LLC Lyudmila Chekina were each sentenced to 12 years in prison.
In April 2023, the Minsk City Court summoned deputy Valery Voronetsky, political scientist Yevgeny Preygerman, and the head of the Republican Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) Alexander Shvets in connection with their guarantee for Elena Tolkacheva and Olga Loiko - they were fined 18.5 thousand rubles each.
Elena Tolkacheva, Olga Loiko and Ekaterina Tkachenko did not appear at the trial because they had gone abroad. According to pro-government Telegram channels, the criminal case against them has been separated into a separate trial. They have been declared wanted.
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journalist of the online publication “First Region” from Drogichin. On December 25, a measure of restraint in the form of house arrest was chosen against Sergei Gordievich. Since the beginning of May, Gordievich’s preventive measure was changed to a written undertaking not to leave.
On October 27, 2022, he was released after the expiration of the sentence.
1.5 years in prison .