According to journalists, the accusation is related to the fact that the Gomel resident transferred money to help Ukraine through the BYSOL fund. After the full-scale Russian invasion, he spoke out against the war on social networks and published reports on humanitarian assistance to residents of the Chernihiv region, they note.
Yuri Tashkinov is a Gomel entrepreneur, a resident of the city technopark. In 2018, he developed a mobile application for searching for providers of various services.
On October 27, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
In the summer and autumn of 2021, Dmitry twice marked “Class” on posts in the “ Stop Luka ” public in Odnoklassniki, due to which the publications became visible in the feed on the Mogilev resident’s page. The posts contained information about the activities of Alexander Lukashenko, which, according to the court , was slanderous and disgracing the personality of the head of the power vertical.
According to pro-government Telegram channels, Vladislav and three other men "have administered four TikTok accounts and two Telegram channels since 2020. These resources published information aimed at organizing and preparing mass unrest and resisting law enforcement officers, with the aim of undermining the independence, territorial integrity, and constitutional order of the Republic of Belarus. The men united in a Telegram group, which was designated an extremist group in early November." They allegedly "were tasked with finding perpetrators to destroy infrastructure and organize attacks on law enforcement."
In January 2025, he was pardoned. Afterwards, he left the country.
In 2026, Vladislav was charged with new criminal offenses under Articles 364 and 361-4, Part 2, for media interviews. Police officers searched his mother's home and confiscated his equipment for inspection. Furthermore, the Belarusian special services sent messages to his personal account inviting him to return to Belarus.
Trial outcome 07.07.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
According to pro-government telegram channels, Alexander and three other guys "beginning in 2020 administered four tik-tok accounts and two telegram channels. These resources published information aimed at organizing and preparing mass riots, resisting law enforcement officers in order to encroach on independence, territorial integrity, the foundations of the constitutional order of the Republic of Belarus... The guys united in a telegram group, which was recognized as an extremist formation in early November." They allegedly "should have found executors to destroy infrastructure and organize attacks on law enforcement officers."
Of the relatives, Alexander has only a sister.
Trial outcome 07.07.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
In the summer of 2025, she suffered from pneumonia and was hospitalized in the medical unit.
On March 19, 2026, she was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Trial outcome 30.06.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the regime changed and Stanislav was transferred to a penal colony, he was convicted again, but no longer for political reasons (Part 1 of Article 205 - theft, Part 1 of Article 400 - knowingly making a false denunciation).
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Trial outcome 23.06.2023
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 10.06.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
A plasticsgranulationmachine operator at theGrodnoAzotbranchof the Khimvolokno enterprise.He was detained byGUBOPiK officers . On camera, the mansaidthathis detentionwas relatedto his registration in the Peramoga plan chat bot, where he showed his military registration specialty (commander of the artillery reconnaissance unit, senior sergeant).He notedthat he had not carried out any sabotagemissions.
Andrey is a father of many children and is raising his daughters alone.
He was pardoned.
Trial outcome 20.06.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
cultural activist. Andrei was detained on January 12 and the court of the Moscow district of Minsk sentenced him to 10 days of administrative arrest. After “days” he was no longer released. He was kept in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Minsk.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Inhabitant of Baranovichi. He was arrested in mid-February 2023. The man was charged with the fact that on March 8, 2021 on Instagram he posted a story “with the face of Lukashenka in a female guise” and the text: “Since March 8, daragia of a woman. The cruelest health and only pleasant ashchushcheny. For this, they were accused of publicly insulting Lukashenka.
Vladislav was also accused of sending videos and texts to the Nexta editorial chatbot several times (for example, videos of Russian military aircraft and trains with Russian military). This was qualified as "other assistance to extremist activity" under Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code.
On September 05, 2023, the appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 21.06.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
The political prisoner was accused of filming the movement of Belarusian military equipment on his phone on March 18, 2022 in the Ivatsevichi region and sending the video to one of the telegram groups recognized as “extremist” materials. Andrei fully admitted his guilt and repented of his actions.
The man’s mobile phone was seized as a “means of committing a crime.”
Trial outcome 04.09.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the case materials , in February 2022, she posted a comment that "insulted and humiliated the honor and dignity" of Podvoisky, Melnik, and Kozlov and "was aimed at undermining the authority of government officials." After the publication of a video on the CyberSlivy Telegram channel with a leaked telephone conversation between Podvoisky, Melnik, and Kozlov from September 2020, which became evidence that the police were telling judges what decisions to make for participants in peaceful protests. More than two dozen people left comments under it, including Ekaterina Lev. Ekaterina was detained a year later - on February 1, 2023.
Released on August 20, 2024, after being pardoned.
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