Rodion lived abroad for some time in several countries, and then decided to return to Belarus.
He was soon detained by the GUBOPiK. The comments that the GUBOPiK accuses him of are dated 2020.
It is possible that the guy was identified long ago and a case was opened against him, but they waited until he returned to Belarus to detain him. The security forces claim that "he faces 5 to 12 years in prison" - probably referring to a criminal case for "inciting hatred and enmity."
According to human rights activists , he will be released in March 2025.
The 35-year-old hard rock fan was initially charged with insulting a government official (Article 369 of the Criminal Code), insulting Lukashenko (Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code), and slandering Lukashenko (Part 1 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code).
Vitaly was detained on October 13, 2022 and placed in the Vitebsk pretrial detention center.
03.08.2024 released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 10.01.2023:
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to the materials of the prosecution, during the Sunday protest action in September 2020 in Minsk, Artem and Svetlana Shafransky took an active part in group actions that grossly violate public order and are associated with a clear disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers on Pobediteley Avenue. Artem and Svetlana fully recognized their guilt in court.
Trial outcome 10.01.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
According to the materials of the prosecution, during the Sunday protest action in September 2020 in Minsk, Artem and Svetlana Shafransky took an active part in group actions that grossly violate public order and are associated with a clear disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers on Pobediteley Avenue. Artyom was kept in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Minsk, Svetlana was released pending trial on bail in the amount of 9,600 rubles. Artem and Svetlana fully recognized their guilt in court.
Trial outcome:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
She's a Pensioner. She was detained on November 26, 2022 for participating in protest actions. At first, she was convicted on an administrative case for 11 days, but after her arrest, the woman was never released.
According to the prosecution , Yevgeny, while at his place of residence, posted a message of offensive content regarding Alexander Lukashenko in a Telegram group on March 1, 2022. This follows from the conclusion of a forensic linguistic examination.
Previously, the man was brought to administrative responsibility for storing information products of an extremist nature on his mobile phone.
On 24.03.2024, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists , he was released on January 25, 2025.
Trial outcome 31.01.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Andrei was convicted of slandering Lukashenko and participating in protests 2020. The circumstances of the case are unknown, as the court session was held in closed form.
On March 22, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
According to the prosecution, Dmitry Anchukov, having the intent “aimed at desecrating buildings and other structures with cynical inscriptions and drawings, used a black aerosol can to apply several inscriptions on the ends of houses and public transport stops in different places of the city, which, according to the investigation, offended the feelings of citizens , demonstrated disregard for moral values and discredited state power.” The graffiti was anti-war in nature.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the winter of 2024 , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 19.11.2022:
1 year of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Nikolai graduated from the Physics Department of BSU, after university he went to work for InterVelopers, which soon began collaborating with Wargaming. Since 2002, Nikolai began managing business development in the company and still holds this position. The businessman, according to CSE, owns about 17% of Wargaming shares. Yezhednevnik traditionally included him in the list of the most influential Belarusian businessmen - in the 2021 rating, he took 18th place.
Propaganda films claim he made “dozens of cryptocurrency transfers” worth “hundreds of thousands of dollars” to various causes deemed extremist.
Now Katselapov is free and abroad, so a special case has been opened against him.
Trial outcome 08.09.2025
13 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 50000 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
According to the prosecution , on November 20, 2020, then on December 19, 2021, and from February to May 2022, Alexander posted several messages in the Telegram messenger from his Xiaomi Redmi 7A mobile phone, which “contained a clearly negative assessment of law enforcement officers, military personnel, as well as a group of people united by nationality.” He also posted comments on the Internet using obscene language, in which he gave “a clearly negative assessment of the personality of the head of state, humiliated his honor and dignity.”
On 04.04.2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 27.01.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Pro-government channels posted "repentant videos" in which Pavel says he worked for the Security Department until 2018 and was arrested for submitting the personal data of Department employees to the "Black Book of Belarus." He obtained the data from a telephone directory.
He left behind a wife and small children (1 year and 3 years old) at home.
On September 16, 2026, he was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
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