On May 3, 2024, the State Security Committee of Belarus added a number of media resources of the FreeInfoBel project to the list of so-called “extremist formations”, and specific people who, in their opinion, are related to the project were also indicated - Olga Pashkevich and Iosif Dulebo. Moreover, the introduction of FreeInfoBel in fact became known only 5 days later - on May 8.
At the moment, it is unknown for what specific criminal case the man is in custody, but it can be assumed that it is related to “extremism.” We managed to find out that Dulebo was initially detained on an administrative matter. However, when the time came for release from the temporary detention center, Dulebo was not released - he was transferred to a pre-trial detention center.
The man formerly headed the Vitebsk branch of the Belarusian Popular Front, but in the early 2000s he retired from party affairs.
5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
According to social networks, the man is 38 years old. It is known that he lived in Russia for some time, but recently in Minsk. The man has a wife and a child.
Kozelsky worked as an operator at ONT for a long time. For example, back in November 2022, he taught the Interior Ministry Security Department how to work with state media. Kozelsky's last report was released in October 2023.
It is not known exactly when the operator was detained, but it happened more than six months ago.
The issue may be in the Telegram comments he left. Anton used to comment a lot in various political groups, but he deleted the comments themselves. They can only be found indirectly, through other users' responses and the man's traces in the groups.
On August 13, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony
The son of Larisa Yakhivovich, who was previously convicted in the “round dance” case. The man was detained on March 29, 2024 and placed in custody pending trial. Accused of participating in protests on August 10, 2020 in Brest.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Details of the verdict became known from prosecutor Pleskatsevich’s comment to Pinsk state TV (the name of the accused is not named, but he is the only one who was tried in Pinsk in 2024 under the article “unrest”). The prosecutor recounted the position of the accused: on August 9, 2020, he voted at the polling station, returned home and drank a lot (about a bottle of vodka), after which “out of interest he went to look at the protesters near the city executive committee building.” What exactly the man did next at the protests, for what reasons, he did not remember due to alcohol (in his words). But the video captured what the prosecution qualified as follows: “he took an active part [in the riots], namely, with his actions he supported the pogrom and attacked the police with other protesters.”
4 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony
In a video on a pro-government channel, Pavel says that he participated in rallies, “went with protest symbols, went out onto the roadway, took photos, selfies, and for four years he himself did not report to the police.”
"My punishment will probably involve imprisonment," he says at the end of the video.
On September 10, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 19.07.2024: 1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 10.09.2024: unknown.
Dmitry was detained after the Telegram chat "Atolino" was recognized as an "extremist formation" by the KGB decision of August 31 and added to the corresponding list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on September 6.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs lists the names of the formation's participants. These are Pavel Ivanov, Dmitry Tikunov, Evgeniya Mostovaya (Grigorik), Pavel Belonitsky, Alexey Semenov, Yury Antonovich, Alexander Zaitsev, and Vladimir Polekh.
Prokurur requested 3 years of imprisonment for Dmitry, but the court ultimately sentenced him to 2.5 years of imprisonment.
On August 9, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
2.5 years imprisonment in a colony
It is known that he was detained for participating in protests in 2020, presenting a photo from one of the marches.
The first time she was detained by the KGB at the end of January 2024 (during the mass detentions of relatives and friends of political prisoners) for writing letters and transferring money to the accounts of political prisoners in the pre-trial detention center of prison No. 1. Then a criminal case was opened against her under Art. 361-2 (financing extremist activities), but the woman was not taken into custody.
During the search, equipment and money were confiscated from her. After examining the technique, unwanted comments were allegedly discovered on social networks, and an examination was then carried out on them. After receiving the results of the examination, on April 20, 2024, Victoria was re-detained and placed in a temporary detention facility, and subsequently in a pre-trial detention center.
He is involved in a case of treason together with the Prokhorov family from Grabovka.
Participants in the closed trial have signed non-disclosure agreements. An unofficial source reports that the criminal case concerns photographing various objects on the territory of Belarus, and that the defendants in the case were followed by special services for some time before their arrest.
Trial outcome 20.05.2024: 10 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 30.08.2024: the sentence was upheld.
1.5 years of restriction of freedom with transfer to an open correctional facility
According to the prosecution , from August 10 to August 11, 2020, at that time, minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolay Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, Maxim Sobolev, were on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Cosmonauts Boulevards and Shevchenko, st. Soviet in Brest, “ they shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white canvases, grossly violating public order, deliberately impeding the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.”
At the court hearing, everyone fully admitted their guilt.
It is also known that Maxim Sobolev, Gleb Klimovich, Yulia Sharanova were convicted, including on “narcotic” charges.
Maxim Sobolev under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code was sentenced to two years of imprisonment. But since Maxim was already convicted under the “narcotic” part 4 of Art. 328 of the Criminal Code, by partial addition of the main punishments and the full addition of an additional punishment, 12 years in prison were sentenced to serve in a correctional colony under a high security regime with a fine of 3,200 rubles.
12 years of imprisonment in a colony, served in a correctional colony under enhanced security conditions
According to the prosecution , from August 10 to August 11, 2020, at that time, minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolay Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, Maxim Sobolev, were on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Cosmonauts Boulevards and Shevchenko, st. Soviet in Brest, “ they shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white canvases, grossly violating public order, deliberately impeding the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.”
At the court hearing, everyone fully admitted their guilt.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
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