According to the indictment, Smolyakov , Asmolovsky and Chernushina took an active part in the protest in Minsk on August 23, 2020. Members of the UCP grossly violated public order, did not respond to calls from police officers, disturbed the peace of citizens and obstructed the movement of public transport.
She was released in the spring of 2024after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
In the apartment where the man lives with his wife and son, law enforcement officers knocked in the morning. Valery himself was not at home, he went out to the store with his dog. law enforcement officers found out where he was, checked the phones, and then forced both of them to move to another room and keep their heads down.
Judging by the sounds that came to the apartment from the entrance, when Valery approached his entrance about 40 minutes later, he was knocked face down into the ground, after which he was brought into the apartment for about half a minute. They tried to find out his phone password at home, and when the man refused to call him, they took him out of the apartment without any explanation
Trial outcome 24.10.2022
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the case materials, Ivan, together with Denis Voroby, twice on the night of July 23-24, 2022 “In order to demonstrate their offensive and blasphemous attitude towards the state symbol, they tore down the State Flag of the Republic of Belarus installed on the building of a rural club, damaging its fastening.” They photographed and filmed their actions on mobile phones.
According to human rights activists, he was released in October 2023 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
According to the case materials, Denis, together with Ivan Voroby, twice on the night of July 23-24, 2022 “In order to demonstrate their offensive and blasphemous attitude towards the state symbol, they tore down the State Flag of the Republic of Belarus installed on the building of a rural club, damaging its fastening.” They photographed and filmed their actions on mobile phones.
According to human rights activists, he was released in October 2023 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Edgar was detained in a criminal case opened for comments on the social network VKontakte after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser.
Edgar Shirko previously worked as a librarian, a journalist for the Intex-Press publication, and taught history and social studies at school.
On 13.01.2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Nikolai, a chemical engineer, was arrested in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser. He was found guilty of "discrediting the Republic of Belarus" for a post in the "Strong News" group on the social network VKontakte, which, according to the prosecution, discredited the country.
Nikolai was released in November 2022 in the courtroom, having already served his entire sentence.
According to the prosecution, in December 2021, Sergei Kemezh "after reading the information published in the destructive groups of the Vkontakte social network, posted an offensive comment against the commander of one of the military units" . It is alleged that he was registered under an invalid name and used a VPN, but he was still identified.
Sergei was already tried in September 2021 for the fact that on January 25, 2021, on the social network Vkontakte, under the news about the verdict for insulting the commander of the OMON Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee, he wrote an insulting comment about this policeman. appointed him two years of "chemistry", as well as compensate 3,000 rubles for moral damage. Sergey was also accused of extortion from the wife of a former classmate, for which he was also awarded 2 years of "chemistry". In total, the man was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months of "chemistry".
In September 2022, Sergei was included in the "List of extremists".
In the Lida District Court on June 19, 2023, he was sentenced for “insulting a military serviceman” to two years in a general regime colony and 100 basic fines.
Trial outcome 21.09.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 19.07.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine.
According to the telegram channels of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was detained for registration in the «Peramoga plan».
He was detained on October 13, 2022 under an administrative article, on October 28 he was arrested again under the article for participating in protest actions.
On August 5, 2023, he was released after the expiration of the sentence.
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