Retired, avid landscape designer and topiary master.
In 2020, he took part in protest marches, including pensioners' marches.
In August 2022, he was detained by GUBOP officers on his way to work. The case initially resulted in a 10-day administrative arrest for an "extremist repost." After 10 days in Okrestina, a criminal case was opened against Kostus under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus and he was transferred to a pretrial detention center.
After being released on home chemistry, Konstantin left the Republic of Belarus after some time.
In May 2025, a criminal case was opened in absentia against Konstantin “to replace the punishment with a more severe one.”
Trial outcome 06.12.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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.
The 44-year-old Latvian citizen, who was temporarily registered in the Minsk region, is accused of calling for restrictive measures aimed at harming the national security of Belarus, inciting other social hatred, insulting a government official and insulting Lukashenko.
On June 21, 2025, Dmitry was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg.
Trial outcome 30.12.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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