According to information published in the pro-government video, Alexander Malikov, in December 2021, left an offensive comment on one of the social networks addressed to the commander of a military unit based in the Lida region. The defendant’s last posts on social networks date back to October 2023. Presumably, that's when he was detained.
He did not admit his guilt in court, explaining that he did not intend to insult the serviceman.
On March 19, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
Trial outcome 24.01.2024
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Artem was detained at the end of December 2023. According to preliminary data, the man was initially detained on an administrative charge. Then his home was searched, equipment was seized, and Artem Antonov himself was charged with "insulting Alexander Lukashenko" (Article 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus). The details of the case are unknown.
Artem is the son of Sergei Antonov, a Belarusian journalist. Sergei is a staff correspondent for the Belarusian newspaper "Chastny Detective". He is the author of several works within the "Universe Metro 2033". In early December, Sergei was summoned by the head of the KGB in Bykhov, who presented two documents from the Mogilev KGB, which stated that the writer was allegedly involved in a crime - working for the mogilev.media portal. After that, Sergei was forced to emigrate.
On 20.06.2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he was released on March 13, 2025.
According to the prosecution , on November 5, 2022, the telegram channel “Belarus beyond the Moscow Ring Road” published a video of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with its signature. In that video, teachers and cadets of the Academy read Ekaterina Dovlatova’s poems “It’s not easy for men.” And 20 minutes after the publication of such a post, Fedoruk left a comment under it, with which (according to the prosecution) he publicly insulted women. Two teachers from the video filed a claim against Fedoruk “for compensation for moral damage” for 2,000 rubles each.
The prosecutor proposed to punish Alexander Fedoruk with 2 years of “chemistry” (restricted freedom with a transfer to an open correctional facility. On January 15, 2024, the judge announced the verdict. What it turned out to be is still unknown.
Trial outcome 15.01.2024:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom in an open correctional facility
The Minsk resident was accused of participating in a protest rally in Minsk in 2020 and entering the roadway. As reported in the court ruling, the woman “used a white-red-white banner as a protest symbol and shouted slogans.” Snezhana fully admitted her guilt and said that together with other protesters she was carrying a large white-red-white flag.
The woman was identified from a photo from the Internet. During the search, a biker jacket and jeans that the Minsk resident had worn at the protest were taken from her. Before the trial, the girl was in custody. After the verdict was announced, Snezhana was released in the courtroom.
Snezhana Morozova has a higher education and works as a sales consultant in a limited liability company.
Trial outcome 17.01.2024:
2.5 years of probation
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