On the night of October 13-14, 2023, in the center of the pine forest, the official red-green flag was removed from the flagpole and thrown into the trash bin, and the Ukrainian flag was attached in its place. The person who did this was detained based on the recording of a surveillance camera installed on the village council building. Valeriy Samsonenko previously worked in the Svetlogorsk district department of emergency situations, but quit.
On 05.04.2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
A former Afghan veteran and a man of principled civic stance, his wife, Oksana Lisitsa, is the director of the Vysochanskaya Basic School and a member of the 28th District Council. Vladimir Lisitsa was born in Ukraine, and his profile picture on Odnoklassniki features a Ukrainian flag. The content of this page, which has now been largely deleted, was investigated by the Liozno District Prosecutor's Office, which determined that "the information on the personal page of 'Volodymyr Lisitsa' on the social network 'Odnoklassniki' contains signs of activity aimed at facilitating extremist activity, training, or other preparation for participation in such activity." According to the investigation , Vladimir Lisitsa also made comments addressed to several other well-known individuals in Belarus: "publicly obscene comments were made about the military commissar of the Gomel region, A. V. Krivonosov; deputy of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, A. S. Gaidukevich; chairman of the Glubokoye district executive committee, A. N. Shubsky; and A. G. Lukashenko." According to the court verdict, Mr. Lisitsa must serve three years in a general-regime penal colony and also pay a fine of 7,400 rubles and compensation for the moral school to two plaintiffs—A. Shved, Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus, and I. Medvedsky, deputy of the Novopolotsk city council—3,000 rubles each.
On March 5, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
In February 2026, he was released , having fully served his sentence.
According to the indictment, Vladimir Lukyanchuk wrote an offensive comment in the telegram chat "Borodach Chat" on September 8, 2023. In the message, Alexander Grigorievich was called a word that means "chatterbox" (but in an obscene form).
According to human rights activists, he was released on September 12, 2024.
It follows from the verdict that in 2021, on September 18 at 15:07, the man wrote a comment in the telegram chat "Chat Elekhtarata". There he "negatively assessed" A. Lukashenko. There was also an investigation against Kronda under another popular political article - Article 370 of the Criminal Code (Desecration of state symbols) - but that case was closed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2024.
Trial outcome 06.12.2023
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Detained along with other young people in Baranovichi (at the end of December 2023).
The court's press service announced the verdict (without naming names, but the circumstances fit this group of people). The charges were briefly stated: they were on the roadway in Baranovichi, shouting slogans, displaying white-red-white flags, and "intentionally obstructing traffic and the normal functioning of businesses and organizations." The exact date of the protests wasn't even specified, simply being referred to as "August 2020."
Thus, in 2024, 25 Baranovichi residents were sentenced for the August 2020 protests. All were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 1 to 3 years (the only exception was a woman with a child under 3, who received a suspended sentence).
He was scheduled to be released onOctober27,2025.
Trial outcome 31.05.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Detained along with other young people in Baranavichy (late December 2023).
Dmitry stood at the origins of the development of breakdancing in the city, was a member of the FSC, B-BAXSTER, "Vauki" teams, and also won the Belarusian breakdancing championship "Voice of the Streets". Now Mikhaltsevich teaches children and adults how to breakdance.
Trial outcome 10.07.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the indictment, in March 2021, Evgeny allegedly "transferred 29.35 euros to a bank account used by BYPOL representatives via the internet and PayPal to support extremist activities."
He is expected to be released in the spring of 2025.
Trial outcome 06.12.2023
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Larisa, an English tutor, was arrested in late August 2023. She was initially convicted of administrative offenses for "distributing, producing, and storing extremist materials," but was later charged with "assisting extremist activity."
According to calculations, she was supposed to be released in April 2026.
According to the indictment , in December 2020, Krasko "published comments publicly on the Internet aimed at supporting extremist activity, promoting and agitating social discord and hostility towards employees of state law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Belarus, representatives of the judiciary, and military personnel serving in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, and published comments publicly on the Internet aimed at supporting extremist activity, promoting and agitating social discord and hostility towards the said category of persons."
According to calculations,he was supposed to be releasedinearly 2026.
A person involved in a criminal case that the KGB opened on the fact of an “attempt to commit an act of terrorism” in Machulishchi. It is known that he is the brother of Andrei Stepurko, through whom they allegedly found an apartment for the alleged sabotage artist Nikolai Shvets. He was accused under Art. 289 (act of terrorism) of the Criminal Code.
In December 2023, he was released and is under signature as a witness.
According to pro-government media, 32-year-old Roman Dudkin allegedly “posted many comments containing insults to Lukashenko and internal affairs officers using profanity.”
It is alleged that a number of criminal cases have been initiated against him.
Trial outcome 08.12.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine.
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