He was detained in early March, near the village of Voronovo, Grodno region, trying to leave Belarus for Lithuania. When police officers inspected his mobile phone, they found subscriptions to Telegram channels recognized by the authorities as "extremist". Initially, the court arrested Viktor Zolotarevsky under the article on dissemination of extremist materials (Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), but later he was charged under criminal articles for registering in the chatbot "Plan Peramoga" and a video sent to the Telegram channel Nexta. The video showed a conversation between Ukrainian soldiers and relatives in Gomel.
Zolotarevsky lived in Minsk and worked in the carriage depot of the Minsk branch of the Belarusian Railways, living in a hostel.
After his arrest he was fired.
There is a possibility that he was released on pardon.
Detained together with her husband in the case of sabotage in Machulishchi.
Human rights activists received information that on March 3, KGB officers detained Maxim Lopatin in the case of sabotage in Machulishchi. The man is being held in the KGB pre-trial detention center. Propagandists recalled Lopatin in their film on BT.
On March 23, Maxim's wife, Lyudmila Lopatina, was also detained. On June 12, 2023, she was convicted for participating in protests. The decision of the court is unknown.
The couple have two minor children.
Trial outcome 12.06.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Anastasia, a mother of three, was detained at the end of 2022 and was under house arrest until the trial. According to the investigation, in October 2022, Podgaiskaya allegedly repeatedly sent photo and video files with text messages to the bot of the destructive Telegram channel of the extremist group.
The information sent to her contained information about the situation in the regions of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, as well as planned activities at the combined arms training grounds.
Trial outcome 10.04.2023:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
The woman was accused of writing an insulting comment from her mobile phone in one of the Telegram channels in April 2022 towards Lukashenka, and in July 2022 - towards a representative of the Armed Forces of Belarus. Alla fully admitted her guilt and repented of her deed.
Alla is 54 years old, she has a minor child as a dependent.
Trial outcome 31.03.2023:
1.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
Dmitry was found guilty of participating in one of the marches in 2020. His actions - including being on the road and displaying a protest "V-shaped symbol" - allegedly interfered with the movement of traffic and the work of the enterprise. He was also tried for an incident during which he punched another person in the face. The victim added that the conflict arose due to the political situation in the country in 2020. Dmitry pleaded guilty.
Trial outcome 03.04.2023:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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