The man was accused of participating in protests in Minsk in 2020 and of stepping onto the road. He fully admitted his guilt. Ruslan Metelsky has a secondary special education, is liable for military service.
Nikita Kovalenko is an evangelical believer and a connoisseur of religious architecture.
He was detained during numerous detentions in Fanipol. Employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption broke into Kovalenko's apartment and conducted a search, during which the man's personal computer and phone were seized. A criminal case was opened against Nikita, but it is not known what he is charged with.
Nikita Kovalenko is a believer of one of the Minsk Baptist churches and one of the best experts on the religious architecture of Belarus of the XVI century. Recently, he worked as a developer in the IT field. The man had previously been detained during protests in 2020.
A woman was convicted for participating in a protest on August 9, 2020. Marina Lekhnovich is one of five detainees in Zhlobin during a police raid on December 13 last year.
He was accused of taking part in the “March for Freedom” in Minsk on August 16, 2020, the defendant fully admitted his guilt in court and repented. He explained that he "succumbed to the actions of the crowd." Evidence of Ilya's participation in the rally was the billing data, as well as a video recording in which "the accused was fixed on the roadway next to people with white-red-white symbols." Kryuk was kept in custody until the trial. After the verdict was announced, he was released in the courtroom.
Trial outcome 02.02.2023
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
According to the prosecution, Anton Ruchan and Roman Soroka took part in a march in September 2020 near Romanovskaya Sloboda Street. Including, they protested on the roadway. Anton “as a symbol of protest” had a white-red-white flag with him: the man said that it did not belong to him, someone just let him use it for photography. Both men also pleaded guilty. They recognized themselves in the photographs that found on the phone.
Trial outcome 14.03.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
According to the prosecution, Roman Soroka and Anton Ruchan took part in a march in September 2020 near Romanovskaya Sloboda Street. Including, they protested on the roadway. Anton “as a symbol of protest” had a white-red-white flag with him: the man said that it did not belong to him, someone just let him use it for photography. Both men also pleaded guilty. They recognized themselves in the photographs that found on the phone.
Trial outcome 14.03.2023
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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