According to the charge, she left offensive comments and made threats against 50 officials: judges, prosecutors, employees of internal affairs bodies, state security, investigative bodies, members of precinct election commissions.
It is known that the prosecutor asked for two years of imprisonment for the 54 year old woman, but judge Dmitry Korsyuk imposed a harsher punishment - three years in a penal colony.
Trial outcome 26.09.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
At the end of 2020, he left a comment in the telegram channel that humiliated the dignity of Interior Minister Yuri Karayev. Also, according to the prosecution's version, Larin left a comment about Lukashenko — the post was found offensive. And on February 24, 2022, Larin spoke about a special military operation in the courtyard telegram chat of the Malinovka microdistrict. The comments themselves were not voiced at the trial.
At the trial, the political prisoner admitted his guilt and confirmed that he had indeed left comments.
09.15.2023 released after expiration of sentence.
Trial outcome 22.09.2022:
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Detained together with his wife, political prisonerVictoria Zhdanovich on August 3, 2022. First, he was sentenced to 12 days of arrest, then he was detained as part of a criminal case on group acts that grossly violated public order.
Has three minor children. A criminal case has been initiated against her and her husband Anton Maslyko for group actions grossly violating public order.
Trial outcome 14.10.2022:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Polina is the wife of political prisoner journalist Dmitry Luksha, who is being held behind bars under the same articles (complicity in discrediting the Republic of Belarus and active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order). In addition to imprisonment, Polina was awarded a fine of 3 200 BYN.
Trial outcome 02.12.2022:
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
A journalist who covered protests after the 2020 presidential elections. He was repeatedly detained by the police, fined by the courts, and sent to prison for a day. After a number of independent media outlets were recognized as extremist groups, Yevgeny was engaged in local history activities.
On September 13, 2022, in Gomel, in the afternoon, a search was conducted in the journalist’s apartment, after which Evgeny’s information carriers were confiscated and he himself was detained.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Evgeny Merkis.
Law enforcement officers associated the lawyer's detention with the protection of political prisoners of the anarchist movement activists.
Mikhail was immediately sentenced to 15 days in the court of the Frunzensky district of Minsk under Article 19.11 of the Administrative Code. After that, he was charged under part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus and transferred to the pre-trial detention center-1.
On November 3, 2022, the Ministry of Justice deprived Mikhail of his license due to disciplinary penalties and for committing offenses incompatible with the title of a lawyer.
In June 2023 he was released after the expiration of the sentence.
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