Anatoly Volodko is 56 years old. He is from Minsk. The man has a wife, an adult daughter and a son who will soon turn eighteen. Volodko worked as a programmer at Top Soft for more than 20 years. She is creating an ecosystem of Galaktika products needed for business digitalization. The company's central office is located in Russia, and Anatoly worked there part of the time.
The exact date of the man's arrest is unknown, but it is likely January 15 or 16, 2024. After all, on January 17, he and his wife were sentenced for “petty hooliganism” - he was sentenced to 15 days, the sentence to his wife is unknown. According to the testimony of security forces, Anatoly Volodko “was in a public place and, for hooligan reasons, shouted loudly, used obscene language, waved his arms and behaved aggressively “The man did not admit guilt and said that in the middle of the day he was detained in his own house, he did not do anything that the witnesses said.
According to cellmate Anatoly Volodko, he refused to pay the “donations” that KGB officers threatened to pay to those who made donations. In general, the man did not admit his guilt. Anatoly’s cellmate claims that this was the reason for further prosecution - administrative and criminal.
Citizen of Germany. It is known that Rico previously worked as a special security officer for the American Foreign Ministry in Berlin. After this position, he moved into the healthcare field, working as a nurse. According to his linkedin page, the man was a military doctor for the Red Cross.
Rico Krieger was found guilty of “committing an explosion in order to influence decision-making by authorities, intimidate the population, destabilize public order (an act of terrorism), committed by a person who had previously committed a crime under Part 4 of Art. 295 of the Criminal Code, by an organized group, that is, in the commission of a crime under Part 3 of Art. 289 of the Criminal Code."
Based on it, Krieger was given an exceptional punishment in the form of death penalty (execution).
Human rights activists also learned that the case of the military doctor concerns the Kalinovsky regiment, namely its structural unit, the foreign mechanized battalion "Western".
It is known that the man left behind a minor child in Germany. It is also noted that at the moment there is no information whether the verdict was appealed or protested, and whether it entered into legal force.
The death penalty
Presumably detained in February 2024.
Sergei was convicted in court for insulting Lukashenko. On May 5, 2023, the case was heard by Judge Inna Sivets.
On June 4, 2024, another criminal case of Sergei was considered in the court of the Orsha district and Orsha. He was again accused of insulting Lukashenko . The case was heard by judge Yulia Vershinina .
The court found that Sergei Gnevko “being a person previously convicted of publicly insulting Lukashenko and having been taken to the special detention center of the Orsha District Department of Internal Affairs for committing an administrative offense under Article 19. 1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (minor hooliganism), while intoxicated, in the presence of employees The police department and a special detention center employee publicly made a statement containing an obscene form of speech towards Alexander Lukashenko in connection with the exercise of his powers."
The court found Sergei Gnevko guilty under Part 2 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code , he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of four years. Based on the totality of sentences, the court partially added to the imposed punishment the unserved sentence under the previous sentence and finally imposed a sentence of imprisonment for a term of 4 years 6 months.
4.5 years of imprisonment to be served in a correctional colony under general regime conditions
Zhanna Dashkevich is 54 years old. She comes from the village of Svatki, Myadel district, Minsk region. Zhanna graduated from the Bobruisk Medical College in 1987, and at the age of 41 she entered the Belarusian State Pedagogical University to study as a psychologist. It is unknown when Zhanna Dashkevich was detained and why. But she stopped being online in October 2023, although she had previously been active on social networks.
The trial of the woman began on June 3, 2024 in the Minsk Regional Court. Zhanna is being tried under two articles - “recruitment, training or preparation for participation in war, as well as material support for such activities” and “creation of an extremist formation or participation in it.” She faces five to ten years in prison
unknown years of imprisonment in colony
She worked for the state newspaper "Brestsky Vestnik" (the founder is the city executive committee) and the television and radio company "Brest".
Also, Elena Timoshchuk previously collaborated as a freelancer with the regional publications “Evening Brest”, “Brest Courier”, “Brest Newspaper”, the online publication “Virtual Brest”, as well as the “Brest Green Portal”.
As local journalists note , Elena Tymoshchuk did not prepare publications on political topics during her collaboration with independent publications. Sometimes she did advertising articles and wrote on psychology topics, since she has a higher education in this specialty.
What became the reason for the criminal prosecution of the journalist is still unknown.
According to the verdict, in addition to imprisonment, Elena was awarded a fine of 46,000 rubles.
5 years imprisonment in a colony
3.5 years of restriction of freedom with transfer to an open correctional facility.
The preacher of the ECB Church “Blagovestie”, detained on April 24, was taken into custody after his stay at Akrestsin and is being held in a new pre-trial detention center in Kolyadichi.
He was detained in September 2023, allegedly for chatting with friends. A criminal case was opened.
He was detained in September 2023, allegedly for chatting with friends. A criminal case was opened.
He was convicted of participating in a protest rally that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony
He was convicted of participating in a protest rally that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony
The expected date of Andrey’s detention is September 20, 2023. On this day, a “repentance” video appeared, where a man says that he allegedly wrote negative comments about Lukashenko, officials, police officers, the Russian military, and also threatened people who support the current government.
44-year-old Andrei Burdenya was detained for comments in telegram chats, of which he left more than three hundred. Andrey studied at school No. 6, and then served in the army. It is known that now he is temporarily not working, but previously he worked for some time in the IT field, and even earlier he was engaged in the production of kitchen furniture and had his own individual entrepreneur
A resident of Bobruisk was detained on February 26, 2024, the day after returning from Poland.
First, he was convicted under administrative article 19.11 (distribution of extremist materials), and then a criminal case was opened under article 361-1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (creation of an extremist group). Maxim is allegedly considered involved in the creation of the extremist group “Bobruisk 375”.
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