Anatoly is 59 years old. He studied at the Minsk Radiotechnical College and then went to work at the district communications center in Baranovichi. In 1996, he co-founded the local newspaper "Shag" (Step). It was one of the city's first private newspapers and once one of the most popular, with a circulation of 11,000. The newspaper has now been restructured as a purely advertising publication. Anatoly has become an entrepreneur, selling medical supplies and other health products. He is accused of posting comments on Telegram against the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the violence committed by security forces.
Anatoly managed to leave the country.
However, in early 2026, Anatoly returned to Belarus from political exile. Prior to this, he and his neighbor, Vladimir Usser, had appeared in a propaganda film by Belarusian Television. After Usser's death, Voitekhovsky wrote to the repatriation commission. Right at the border, he gave another interview to Belarusian Television.
10.10.2023
в судебное заседание 23 мая 2023 года к 10 часам 30 минутам не явился обвиняемый Войтеховский А.В
ПОСТАНОВИЛ:
объявить розыск Войтеховского Анатолия Владимировича.
Копию постановления направить прокурору Советского района города
Минска для организации розыска обвиняемого.
При установлении места нахождения обвиняемого Войтеховского
Анатолия Владимировича, изменить ему меру пресечения с залога на
заключение под стражу, водворив его в СИЗО№1 города Минска.
Trial outcome 08.07.2026
4 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Convicted for comments and reposts of videos on social media that were allegedly offensive and defamatory towards government officials Lukashenko A.G.
In early June 2022, he illegally collected information about the private life and personal data of an employee of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Directorate, after which he published it in the Telegram chat "Novaya Borovaya 98%."
After the trial, he was held in Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 and transferred to another pretrial detention center to await his appeal. The appellate court ruled that Roman's sentence was reduced by six months.
He was released in the winter of 2026.
Trial outcome 10.03.2023
4 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 16.05.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
39 year old Irena is a specialist of the Minsk City Agency for State Registration and Land Cadastre, she was detained in the summer of 2022. It is known that the woman has 4 minor children. Slander was charged with four articles of the Criminal Code.
Trial outcome 28.03.2023
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
On January 30, 2023, 18 year old Maxim was sentenced to 1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime. He was found guilty under part 1 of Article 130, Article 369 and Article 391 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
At the time of detention on May 10, 2022, the guy was a juvenile.
In 2020, a criminal case was opened against Yan, the editor of the NEXTA Telegram channels, under a number of articles, including "organizing mass riots" and "inciting hatred." As part of the special proceedings, in May 2023, he was convicted in absentia and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony. According to the Belarusian state news agency BelTA, the defendants in the "case" are accused of committing at least 1,586 crimes, and a claim for more than 30 million rubles has been filed.
Earlier, the KGB included Yan on the “terrorist list”, and the NEXTA channel in Belarus was recognized as a “terrorist organization”.
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