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Andrei was found guilty of insulting a government official for a comment posted on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus." After a photograph and personal information about Senior Sergeant A.S. Bakhanovich was published, Andrei commented: "Cop... he's been a bastard since school."
Anna was found guilty in September 2021 of insulting a judge.
According to the case file, on November 30, 2020, while on Chailytka Street in Minsk, Anna posted a message to the judge in the "Ustaty Cockroach" group on the social network Odnoklassniki. The message contained the offensive phrase, "Disgusting, you'll get it back, and very soon." The court found that her actions violated the judge's authority and honor and undermined the prestige of the judicial system.
Viktor was found guilty in September 2021 of insulting a government official. The case was brought against him after he posted a comment on the social media site Odnoklassniki under a post featuring a photo of Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Gelda, deputy head of the Molodechno District Department of Internal Affairs for ideological work: "Hold the b*tch to account!" Gelda was recognized as a victim and ordered to pay substantial compensation for moral damages.
In June 2023, Viktor was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Tatyana was found guilty in September 2021 of insulting a government official for her comments on a post on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus" about Natalya Yermoolinskaya, head of the Borisov District Police Department's juvenile affairs inspectorate.
Evgeny was found guilty in September 2021 of insulting a government official and Lukashenko.
According to a prosecutor's office representative, in December 2020, he published a video on his VKontakte page, the title and text of which contained a negative assessment of Lukashenko, expressed in a rude and obscene manner.
In February 2021, Yevgeny also published a video on social media, which, according to case materials, the court deemed a public insult to Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Karpenkov.
Anton was found guilty in September 2021 of insulting a government official for a comment he left on the social network Odnoklassniki addressed to a police officer from Grodno.
On September 2, 2021, Yulia was found guilty of insulting a police officer from Grodno. According to the case file, in May 2020, she posted on Odnoklassniki, calling one of the Grodno law enforcement officers a "fucker." At the time of publication, Yulia was in St. Petersburg.
In March 2023, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a commitment to an open correctional facility. The outcome of the hearing, as well as Yulia's presence, are unknown.
It follows from the investigation materials that on April 3, 2021, Sharmanov was present at the Chizhovka Arena for a hockey match between the Gomel and Yunost-Minsk teams. There, allegedly in a state of alcoholic intoxication, he tore the Belarusian state flag from the flagpole and threw it down.
The accused told the court that he arrived at Chizhovka Arena at about 17:00 and was searched. He says that he was not intoxicated.
"When the drummer in the support group threw the drumsticks towards the team, I went down, picked up the sticks and handed them to the drummer. Below on the railings hung the national flag and the flag of the hockey club "Gomel". I was upset by the poor performance of the team, which was losing 3:0, got angry, tore the flag and threw it down. I had no direct intention to do this, I just could not cope with my emotions," he says .
Anastasia was found guilty in August 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article on insulting a government official for a comment left online on September 15, 2020, addressed to one of the deputy heads of Pretrial Detention Center No. 6.
A criminal case against Alexander was opened on June 23, 2021, following an investigation that had been ongoing since the beginning of the year. The case was opened because in late May 2020, he allegedly left a comment under Olga Karach's post on Odnoklassniki that was found to insult the head of the crime prevention department, Lieutenant Colonel Rudko of the Bobruisk District Police Department.
In August 2021, Alexander was found guilty of insulting a government official and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open correctional facility.
Valentina was found guilty in August 2021 of a criminal case opened under the article "Desecration of Structures and Damage to Property." According to the charges, on May 9, 2021, in the agricultural town of Mikhanovichi in the Minsk region, she used an aerosol can to spray images of a white-red-white flag onto the surface of three power line supports.
Dmitry was convicted in August 2021 for a comment on the social network Odnoklassniki under a photograph of Sergei Rudko, head of the Bobruisk City Executive Committee's law enforcement department. A linguistic expert concluded that the comment was offensive and contained obscene language.
Convicted for threatening violence in comments to Nikolai Karpenkov.
On May 24, 2023, it became known that Salim would be tried again under Article 364 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
In August 2024, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Pavel was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Pavel was arrested in October 2020 on charges of "hooliganism" and "violence or threat of violence against a police officer" and placed in pretrial detention. During the investigation, the charge of violence against a police officer was dropped because the charges were not substantiated.
In December 2020, Pavel was convicted of kicking the bumper of a traffic police car during the "People's Inauguration" march, which took place in Minsk on September 27, 2020. It is also known that while in custody, Pavel was convicted of an administrative offense for participating in the protest and fined 30 basic units. The ruling stated: "Failed to appear in court."
Released in the courtroom after the verdict was announced.