Tatyana Frantskevich and Natalya Lobatsevich were detained on July 19, 2024, when Tatyana was summoned to the Investigative Committee to sign a pledge not to leave the city of Polotsk, and Natalya went with her to support her.
A criminal case was opened against Tatyana Frantskevich, the mother of convicted anarchist Alexander Frantskevich, and her sister Natalia Lobatsevich, the mother of former political prisoner Ilya Lobatsevich, and they were placed in a pretrial detention facility in Vitebsk.
Trial outcome 18.02.2025
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 15.04.2025
sent for review.
Trial outcome 16.06.2025
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Tatyana Frantskevich and Natalya Lobatsevich were detained on July 19, 2024, when Tatyana was summoned to the Investigative Committee to sign a pledge not to leave the city of Polotsk, and Natalya went with her to support her.
A criminal case was opened against Tatyana Frantskevich, the mother of convicted anarchist Alexander Frantskevich, and her sister Natalia Lobatsevich, the mother of former political prisoner Ilya Lobatsevich, and they were placed in a pretrial detention facility in Vitebsk.
Trial outcome 18.02.2025
3 years 3 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 15.04.2025
sent for review.
Trial outcome 16.06.2025
3 years 3 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
The Overchuk brothers were detained in early June. Pro-government telegram channels reported this. In the confessional video, the men say that on August 10, 2020, they were in Brest at a protest rally.
Matvey is engaged in car repairs.
Also involved in this case are Oleg Litvinchuk and Alevtina Gudkova.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
The reason for the detention of Gomel resident Vilen Turgunov was comments on the Internet, including negative ones towards the police.
Vilen Turgunov is 55 years old. His father is from Uzbekistan, his mother is Belarusian. Vilen graduated from the university in Russian Novozybkov (Bryansk region) with a degree in jurisprudence. Vilen Turgunov worked at the Zheleznodorozhny District Department of Internal Affairs of the regional center. There were serious problems there. Back in 2001, he received a reprimand for “irresponsible attitude to service,” in 2002 he had “incomplete official inconsistency,” and in 2004 he received a reprimand for “gross violation of official discipline, violation of an order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.”
Later, the former policeman worked at a construction and installation trust in Gomel.
The detainee actively maintained pages on various social networks, where he spoke about political and social events. For his support of Ukraine, other netizens called him a “Banderite.”
Vilen Turgunov’s relative, Igor Kazubov, is also serving a sentence.
Trial outcome 20.08.2024
unknown.
Appeal 25.10.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Detained for participating in a protest on August 10, 2020 in Brest.
Trial outcome 05.08.2024
2 years 3 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 08.10.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
29-year-old native of the Mogilev region. Victoria studied at Nesvizh Pedagogical College. For the last ten years I have worked in communication shops, at a gas station, and in a store.
On May 15, 2023, ONT released the propaganda film “Killer Package” of Death: Who and How Wanted to Commit a Terrorist Attack on Victory Day,” which told the details of the case. It was reported there that allegedly the KGB, on the eve of Victory Day on May 9, 2023, “prevented a terrorist attack under the supervision of Kiev." They said that the explosives were in electric stoves, which were sent to the detainees via parcels. The organizer of the action was named 23-year-old Belarusian Valery Vodin, who fought in Ukraine.
The video said that parcels with electric stoves containing explosives were delivered to the Minsk SDEK point in Kamennaya Gorka on March 21, 2023 from Kyiv via Italy. Victoria Volchek confirmed during interrogation that she received the parcel - Valery Vodin asked her to receive the parcel. BSU student Anna Savochkina and her mother Tatyana Rusak took the tile from Volchek and buried it in the cemetery in Kolodishchi. The second tile was picked up by dental technician Andrei Grigoriev and taken to the gardening partnership "Avtoremontnik 124" near Olekhnovichi.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On May 15, 2023, ONT released the propaganda film “Killer Package” of Death: Who and How Wanted to Commit a Terrorist Attack on Victory Day,” which told the details of the case. It was reported there that allegedly the KGB, on the eve of Victory Day on May 9, 2023, “prevented a terrorist attack under the supervision of Kiev." They said that the explosives were in electric stoves, which were sent to the detainees via parcels. The organizer of the action was named 23-year-old Belarusian Valery Vodin, who fought in Ukraine.
The video said that parcels with electric stoves containing explosives were delivered to the Minsk SDEK point in Kamennaya Gorka on March 21, 2023 from Kyiv via Italy. 29-year-old Victoria Volchek confirmed during interrogation that she received the parcel - Valery Vodin asked her to receive the parcel. BSU student Anna Savochkina and her mother Tatyana Rusak took the tile from Volchek and buried it in the cemetery in Kolodishchi. The second tile was picked up by dental technician Andrei Grigoriev and taken to the gardening partnership "Avtoremontnik 124" near Olekhnovichi.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On May 15, 2023, ONT aired a propaganda film, "A Killer Parcel of Death: Who and How Wanted to Commit a Terrorist Attack on Victory Day," which told the details of the case. It was reported that the KGB allegedly "prevented a terrorist attack under the supervision of Kiev" on the eve of Victory Day on May 9, 2023. They said that the explosives were in electric stoves that were sent to the detainees via parcels. The organizer of the action was named as 23-year-old Belarusian Valery Vodin, who fought in Ukraine.
The video said that parcels with electric stoves containing explosives were delivered to the Minsk SDEK point in Kamennaya Gorka on March 21, 2023, from Kiev via Italy. 29-year-old Viktoria Volchek confirmed during interrogation that she had received the parcel — Valery Vodin had asked her to receive the parcel. BSU student Anna Savochkina and her mother Tatyana Rusak took the stove from Volchek and buried it in a cemetery in Kolodishchi. The second stove was taken by dental technician Andrei Grigoriev and taken to the gardening association "Avtoremontnik 124" near Olekhnovichi.
Anna Savochkina completed three courses of the Faculty of Economics at BSU, but since September 2022 she has been enrolled in the first year of the Faculty of Biology at BSU, group leader. Before the institute, she graduated from the I.O. Akhremchik Gymnasium-College of Arts, majoring in music. Detained along with her mother.
Trial outcome 09.08.2024
7 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 29.10.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Lyudmila Deineko is 40 years old. In 2005, she graduated from Polotsk State University with a degree in jurisprudence. First she worked in the internal affairs department of the Minsk regional executive committee, then in the justice department of the Minsk city executive committee, and as a consultant in the court of the Zavodsky district of Minsk.
The trial begins on July 22. Deineko is accused of “calling for sanctions,” “insulting Lukashenko,” and “inciting hostility or discord.”
Lyudmila has two minor children.
Trial outcome 29.07.2024
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 04.10.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On May 15, 2023, ONT released the propaganda film “Killer Package” of Death: Who and How Wanted to Commit a Terrorist Attack on Victory Day,” which told the details of the case. It was reported there that allegedly the KGB, on the eve of Victory Day on May 9, 2023, “prevented a terrorist attack under the supervision of Kiev." They said that the explosives were in electric stoves, which were sent to the detainees via parcels. The organizer of the action was named 23-year-old Belarusian Valery Vodin, who fought in Ukraine.
The video said that parcels with electric stoves containing explosives were delivered to the Minsk SDEK point in Kamennaya Gorka on March 21, 2023 from Kyiv via Italy. 29-year-old Victoria Volchek confirmed during interrogation that she received the parcel - Valery Vodin asked her to receive the parcel. BSU student Anna Savochkina and her mother Tatyana Rusak took the tile from Volchek and buried it in the cemetery in Kolodishchi. The second tile was picked up by dental technician Andrei Grigoriev and taken to the gardening partnership "Avtoremontnik 124" near Olekhnovichi.
Andrey is 29 years old, born in Minsk. He graduated from the capital's high school and medical college. Before his arrest, he unofficially worked as a dental technician in a private dental center.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
He has been working as a table tennis coach for more than thirty years. Yuri is the only international judge in this discipline in the Brest region. Previously, he was a member of the board of the Belarusian Table Tennis Federation.
Logodyuk is also known as one of the best trainers in Belarus in sports. He trains people with musculoskeletal problems. His students often win championships both in Belarus and in other countries. The man helped hundreds of people with disabilities live normal lives.
He is being tried for “promoting extremist activities.” This could be either a comment to the “wrong” resource or, for example, a transfer of money to a political prisoner.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Dmitry Suvkhanov is the brother of Marat Suvkhanov, who died in Ukraine in February 2023, fighting on the side of the Russian occupation forces.
The moderator of the meeting in the Svetlogorsk district court was again Kristina Kasyanova. She considered the charge against Dmitry Suvkhanov under Part 2 of Art. 367, with which the authorities punish for slandering Lukashenko.
Thus, the authorities violated Suvkhanov’s right to have his case examined by an independent and impartial court. After all, citizen Kasyanova is in a state of labor dependence on a person whom Suvkhanov allegedly slandered: Menaut Lukashenko, by his decree, appointed Kasyanova to the position of judge and if he is dissatisfied with her actions, only he can dismiss her from that position.
Trial outcome 15.07.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 02.10.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Graduated from the Philology Department of BSU. Volunteered at the II European Games. Worked at Currency.com, spent almost a year in Georgia, working in remote support. Then returned to Belarus. He is interested in languages, historical reconstruction, and heavy music.
Trial outcome 18.07.2024
unknown.
Appeal 20.09.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Citizen of Ukraine. From June 8 to June 21, 2023, the case was considered behind closed doors by judge Anatoly Sotnikov.
On August 29, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 21.06.2023
7 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 29.08.2023
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Ilya Naryshkin is 21 years old. He is originally from Slonim, but spent part of his childhood in Grodno. Ilya’s father is Ukrainian, born in Krivoy Rog. He graduated from an aviation school back in Soviet times, but worked as a mechanical engineer in different countries. They haven’t lived together with the guy’s mother for a very long time.
Ilya entered the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Now he should have completed his third year at the Faculty of Criminal Corrections. It is known that during his studies he lived an active life - he performed in various competitions and even participated in an intellectual game from the Belarus-2 TV channel, called “Tower”. The latest public information about him dates back to March 2023.
Perhaps 21-year-old Ilya Naryshkin wanted to join the Belarusian volunteers in Ukraine. People who expressed their intention to go to fight on the side of Ukraine, expressed online or offline, were most often judged under the articles that were brought against him lately. Some of these people corresponded with fake bots of the Kalinovsky regiment, created by the special services of the Republic of Belarus.
Trial outcome 14.08.2024
15 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 600 basic values fine.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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