Director of ZAO AVANGARD LEASING. He was arrested in early November 2022. He was convicted 4 times in a row under an administrative article, spent more than a month at Akrestsina, after which a criminal case was opened against him for participating in protests in 2020.
Vitaly Vasilevich, 49, is the founder and CEO of Belwooddoors in Belarus, which is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Belarus with offices in Asia and the United States, and the company employs more than 400 people. Vasilevich also built a 16-storey business center "Titul" in Minsk. Pro-government sources called the detainee a “dollar millionaire” and accused him of “not letting police officers into the enterprise’s facility.” Allegedly, because of this, claims arose against the man , and “during a thorough check”, they found in him “a firearm and traces of participation in mass violations of public order and road closures committed in August 2020”, namely a photo with his wife in protests on August 16 and 23, 2020.
Trial outcome:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
He was detained in October 2022 and was sentenced to administrative arrest for 15 days twice. Then a criminal case was opened for participating in the 2020 protests.
01.04.2023
According to Art. 368 and 369 the criminal case was terminated after the expiration of the term
Trial outcome 13.03.2023:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
He was detained in December 2022 under an administrative article for reposting. Convicted for participating in protests. A case has currently been opened under Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On October 31 and November 6, 2024, in the Frunzensky District Court of Minsk, Judge Alena Busheva made a decision "On replacing the restriction of freedom without sending to an open-type correctional facility."
17.03.2023
3 years of home chemistry
Trial outcome 10.03.2023
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Citizen of the Russian Federation. According to the indictment , in August 2022, Shakirov intentionally posted a comment containing signs of verbal aggression in a duly recognized extremist Telegram group (chat) in order to obstruct the lawful activities of an employee of the internal affairs bodies and out of revenge for the performance of official duties by the head of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, N. N. Karpenkov.
On June 9, 2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
It is known that on December 10, 2022, Dmitry, while intoxicated, tore the national flag from the building of the Tsevli railway station and broke the pole. This was recorded by CCTV cameras.
The man was detained. Dmitry admitted his guilt.
The hearing of the appeal is scheduled for April 21, 2023 in the Brest Regional Court.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the winter of 2024 , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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