The man is accused of participating in protests and writing comments in protest chats. A number of photos and videos from the protests were found on Vitaly's phone, which GUBOP officers claim were his.
In 2024, he was added to the Russian wanted list. He also went through a trial to change his regime.
Trial outcome 02.05.2024
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
The Investigative Committee began the process of special proceedings against the ex-director of the Grodno children's hospice Olga Velichko. “Special proceedings are proceedings in a criminal case against an accused who is outside the Republic of Belarus and is avoiding appearing before the body conducting the criminal proceedings.” That is, special proceedings are actually the first step towards trials in absentia of those who are abroad, recently legalized in Belarus. In July 2022, Alexander Lukashenko signed a law on amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code, which allow Belarusians who are abroad to be tried in absentia and even sentenced to death.
Trial outcome 02.08.2024
9 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
Alesya, a mother of two and the wife of political prisoner Maxim Sergienko, was detained in a massive security raid in January 2024 targeting relatives of political prisoners and people who sent parcels and letters to prisoners.
On February 21, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Mogilev heard Alesya's case under Decree No. 7 "On Foreign Gratuitous Aid." Under this decree, those targeted by a mass investigation conducted in late January 2024 are being tried in Belarus. At the time, KGB officers were attempting to determine who received food aid from abroad through the activities of INeedHelp, an organization designated as a so-called "extremist organization."
In July 2024, Alesya was tried for "assisting extremist activity" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Trial outcome 23.07.2024
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
She is an active lawyer at the Minsk City Bar Association, and has represented the interests of citizens in court in many politically motivated cases. In particular, she was a party to the defense of her son, political prisoner Parkhimichka Viktor Viktorovich (at the moment he has fully served his sentence and has left the Republic of Belarus). Galina has been an active member of the Belarusian Popular Front party since 1994. On April 1, 2017, she participated as an expert in the talk show “Each of Us” on the Belsat channel, which is recognized as an extremist formation in the Republic of Belarus.
On February 28, 2024, Galina was detained and her apartment was searched. She was charged with participating in protests because KGB officers managed to recover deleted photographs from a peaceful protest march on July 16, 2020. In addition, KGB officers accused her of providing financial assistance through Facebook to persons who suffered from repression by the security forces of the Republic of Belarus.
Galina was released on bail, after which she left the Republic of Belarus.
15.03.2024
Галина Сергеевна защищала таких политзаключенных как: Андрей Царёнок ,Татьяна Козак , Артём Боярский , Борушко Ольга, Зуев Евгений, Мазгар Елена.
He was allegedly detained at the end of November 2023. First, he was convicted under an administrative article ( Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus - Distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities), after which charges were brought in a criminal case.
On May 17, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
Trial outcome 19.03.2024
1 year 3 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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