The man was accused of participating in protests in 2020 in Zhlobin, as well as of stepping onto the roadway during the rallies. Dmitry fully admitted his guilt and repented of his deed. Prior to the trial, he was under personal bail.
Dmitry KIB has a secondary specialized education, worked as a mechanic at a private enterprise.
2 years of restriction of liberty with a referral.
Andrey Stepurko is 33 years old. The man graduated from the Radio Engineering College, and then «MITSO» International University. He worked as a software engineer in a polyclinic, a computer assembler, a computer operator, a sales consultant. It is known that he is fond of practical shooting, engaged in laser tag and other types of shooting games.
As far as we know, the man was detained in the case of the explosion of the plane in Machulishchi. He allegedly found an apartment for the alleged perpetrator of the sabotage in Machulishchi Nikolai Shvets.
Stepurko's parents and his brother were also detained.
Trial outcome 03.10.2024: unknown years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
47 year old Oleg was born in Krasnoyarsk, but in 2000 he moved to Belarus and has already received citizenship.
In the film on the ONT TV channel, they showed how the Ukrainian terrorist Nikolai Shvets was detained on March 4 at Oleg's house in the «Berezovaya Roshcha» garden association in the village of Chertyazh (Borovlyansky Village Council).
Sychev with his wife Nastya Pilko was detained by law enforcement officers on March 3 in the same house.
According to human rights activists, both of them are now in the pre-trial detention center of the State Security Committee.
The detained couple has two juvenile children who are now with their grandmother.
Trial outcome 03.10.2024: 9 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
In April 2021, Tuchkov left an offensive comment under a photograph of Alexander Lukashenko in one of the Telegram channels recognized as extremist.
In August 2021, he also left an obscene comment under a joint photo of Tertel and Lukashenko.
On June 08, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Dmitry Mostovoy is 45 years old. He is a resident of Sinitsa, studied at the Polytechnic College in Minsk, a professional programmer.
He was detained during the protests in October 2020, and he was sentenced to several days of arrest.
Dmitry was detained in early March 2023. In the film «Gaspar did not get in touch» on the ONT TV channel, released on April 05, 2023. It was said in the film that Dmitry offered the telegram chat «Belarusian Gayun» to merge information about the airfield in Machulishchi: he set up an online broadcast from a computer, where all the actions taking place at the airfield for two weeks without a break were shown.
Now the man is in jail on charges of treason to the state and facilitation extremist activities.
10 years in prison.
The guy is 22 years old, he is originally from Svisloch, a town in the Grodno region. He served in the army, and then moved to live in Grodno. He was involved in sports, for example, he represented his hometown in junior sports all-around.
The guy is currently detained and placed in a pretrial detention center . He is accused of preparing an act of terrorism.
According to the KGB legend, voiced in a pro-government film on ONT, he was supposed to commit sabotage in Grodno.
In the interrogation footage, he says that he was allegedly given the task of blowing up an oil depot using a drone and explosives.
On June 28, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
21 years of imprisonment under enhanced security conditions
Citizen of the Russian Federation. In the pro-government film "Gaspar Didn't Get in Touch" on the ONT TV channel, aired on 05.04.2023, they say that Alexey allegedly took photos of objects in Grodno - the Grodno and Grodno region military registration and enlistment office, military unit 41780, the Auls region oil depot, the Devyatovka region oil depot, the Russian consulate general. And also that a year ago Kulikov escaped conscription, and Russian oppositionist Daniil Krinari (Kovalevsky) helped him get to Grodno. In December, Krinari was detained in Grodno and extradited to Russia.
Alexey's only close relative is his grandmother.
On June 28, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 10.04.2024: 23 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 28.06.2024: unknown.
Andrey and his wife are Ukrainians, both from Chernihiv. The couple moved to Belarus after getting married: the spouse wanted it, her parents lived there.
The family has been living in Vitebsk for 10 years. Andrey worked in the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee as an electrician. He was also detained at work.
In the film «Gaspar did not get in touch», which was released on the ONT TV channel on April 05, 2023, Andrei was accused of agent activity in favor of Ukraine.
As reported in the film, Shmay regularly sent information via the Signal messenger to Ukraine to his younger brother Ruslan, who serves in the Chernihiv operational directorate «North» and is the deputy commander for operational affairs.
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Artem Zubryakov is an employee of «Belagro». He was detained at the end of September 2022 together with colleagues. It was reported that criminal cases were opened against 4 of the detainees, and about 20 were detained. Telegram channels supporting the state power of the Republic of Belarus published news in which they wrote that the company's employees had been actively protesting since 2020.
During a search of the office in the fall of 2022, paraphernalia and furniture in red and white colors were seized.
Artem Zubkov noted that he was detained for sign up to telegram channels recognized as extremist in the Republic of Belarus and forwarding materials from these channels.
The trial was held behind closed doors.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Convicted for participating in protests in 2020. Tkachenko was identified from photographs and videos found on the Internet, as well as from telephone connections provided to the security forces by the man's mobile operator.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open correctional facility
The pro-government telegram channel contained information on a case whose circumstances fit Gulin's description. According to that report, at night there was a drunken company near the FAP, and one of them pulled the national flag hanging there. The flag was torn, the wooden flagpole was broken.
1 year of restriction of liberty with referral to an open correctional institution.
According to pro-government telegram channels, four people were detained - they are called a "sleeper cell of extremists" who had "external connections" with Belarusian volunteers fighting in Ukraine. Among them is Dmitry.
All of them are from Gomel and, judging by their posts on social networks, have been friends for a long time, participating together in an international game of Beer Pong in Gomel. After the brutal detention , the friends were forced to record a “repentance video” and say that they created a chat where they corresponded with each other, and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, they allegedly insulted Lukashenko several times in correspondence, and also wrote “wrong” comments. Another accusation is that the guys “had external connections” with Belarusian volunteers who are fighting for Ukraine. Apparently, this was the basis for initiating a criminal case under the article “promoting extremist activities.”
On May 10, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
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According to pro-government telegram channels, four people were detained - they are called a "sleeper cell of extremists" who had "external connections" with Belarusian volunteers fighting in Ukraine. Among them is Igor.
All of them are from Gomel and, judging by their posts on social networks, have been friends for a long time, participating together in an international game of Beer Pong in Gomel.
After the brutal detention, the friends were forced to record a “repentance video” and say that they created a chat where they corresponded with each other, and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, they allegedly insulted Lukashenko several times in correspondence, and also wrote “wrong” comments. Another accusation is that the guys “had external connections” with Belarusian volunteers who are fighting for Ukraine. Apparently, this was the basis for initiating a criminal case under the article “promoting extremist activities.”
On May 10, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
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According to pro-government telegram channels, four people were detained - they are called a "sleeper cell of extremists" who had "external connections" with Belarusian volunteers fighting in Ukraine. Among them was Vladimir.
All of them are from Gomel and, judging by their posts on social networks, have been friends for a long time, participating together in an international game of Beer Pong in Gomel.
After the brutal detention, the friends were forced to record a “repentance video” and say that they created a chat where they corresponded with each other, and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, they allegedly insulted Lukashenko several times in correspondence, and also wrote “wrong” comments. Another accusation is that the guys “had external connections” with Belarusian volunteers who are fighting for Ukraine. Apparently, this was the basis for initiating a criminal case under the article “promoting extremist activities.”
On May 10, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
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An employee of the IT company «Game Stream». The telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs published news with a video from the search in Ksenia's house.
According to law enforcement officials, in 2020-2021, through donations on Facebook, she made 9 payments to solidarity funds totaling 425 USD. Now a criminal case has been opened against her under the article «financing of extremist activities».
It is reported that during the search, a white-red-white flag, 20,000 USD and office equipment were found and seized from Alkenova.
4 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
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