In 1987 he graduated from the Academy of Arts in Minsk. Since 1982 he has been a participant of national and international exhibitions. His paintings are in the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, the Art Fund of the Republic of Belarus, the Webkunsthaus Gallery in Germany, the Schaer und Wildbolc Gallery in Switzerland, as well as in private collections in England, Australia, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Lithuania, Holland, France, Spain, Israel, Russia, Switzerland, Poland, Turkey, Italy, Japan, Ukraine, the USA, China, the Czech Republic, Syria, and Lebanon.
Rimashevsky and his wife Lyudmila Shchemeleva were detained around the beginning of October 2024 and two weeks later they were still not released.
He was released together with his wife after serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome date unknown
1 year 2 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Despite the fact that during the arrest, the "repentant video" said that he was detained for comments and registration in the chatbot "victory", the man is charged only under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. He is accused of participating in protests in August 2020. Information about Nikolai's arrest appeared in the security forces' Telegram channels on August 18. In the security forces' video, Nikolai said that he went to protests in the summer of 2020, wrote comments in chats, but "doesn't even remember which ones", and also that he registered in the chatbot "Plan Victory". The video showed a photo of Nikolai at a protest in Minsk, as well as screenshots of comments.
Trial outcome 25.10.2024
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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