former military man. He was the one named as the perpetrator of the attack on the OMON base. Pavel Kulazhenko is a former OMON fighter who is now fighting as a volunteer in Ukraine. Both are associated with the "Supra" initiative, which the Lukashenko regime has declared terrorist.
Kulazhenko and Potekhina were charged under eight articles of the Criminal Code.
The property of Kulazhenko and Potehin, worth a total of approximately 240 thousand rubles, has been seized.
On December 23, 2024, the Minsk City Court issued a verdict in absentia. Judge Mikhail Makarevich sentenced them to 24 and 23 years in a maximum security prison colony, respectively, and a fine of 1,000 basic units (40,000 rubles) each. In addition, Potekhin was stripped of his military rank of "retired captain."
Trial outcome 23.12.2024
24 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 1000 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
Artem was arrested in February 2024 and convicted under the article on "financing the activities of an extremist group." He was held in a pretrial detention center before the trial.
He has two higher educations, worked as a programmer, was involved in photography and owned a company renting photo and video equipment.
It is currently known that he is being prosecuted again in connection with a new criminal case under the article “organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them.”
Previously, Yury Makhnach was a PPS company commander in Lida. In August 2020, TUT.BY published his appeal. Yury Makhnach spoke about the beating of people in the Lida District Department of Internal Affairs, paddy wagons, and at a car wash in the department's service garage. Then,on August 18 , heresignedfrom service in the police .
On August 18, 2020, he resigned and later left Belarus for Poland due to the threat of persecution.
Trial outcome 02.10.2024
15 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 500 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
Diana left Belarus in the summer of 2023. She is the daughter of former political prisoner Andrei Ivanyushin, who was convicted for the September 19, 2020, incident near the Europa shopping center in the so-called biker case. Ivanyushin was then sentenced to two and a half years in prison. He served his entire term in the Shklov colony.
The girl does not hide the fact that she took part in protests in 2020. Fearing persecution, she left the country.
Diana was detained on September 2, 2024 in Armenia while crossing the Georgian-Armenian border, since the Belarusian side had previously declared her wanted, which the girl did not know about. Diana was later released.
Alexander is a Pinsk resident, he was accused of participating in a protest that took place on the night of August 9-10, 2020 in Pinsk (at that time he was a minor). The arrest took place in the spring of 2024. He was released from the courtroom on September 5, 2024 before the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 05.09.2024
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
In 2020, Nadezhda and her husband took part in peaceful protests and supported Belarusian aid funds - "Country for Life" and BYSOL. She was detained under Article 342 of the Criminal Code and held in custody until trial.
Nadezhda is a believer of one of the Minsk evangelical churches and a mother of many children.
Trial outcome 19.08.2024
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
On the morning of February 26, 2023, explosions occurred at the Machulishchi airfield near a Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft DRLV A-50, it was blown up in two places. It was used to guide Russian missiles to targets in Ukraine. It was reported that the aircraft is currently undergoing repairs at the 325th aircraft repair plant, which is part of the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex in Russia.
The main defendant in the case and, as official bodies and propagandists claimed , the perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets, was released in June in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.
Nikolai Shvets, Alexander Azarov, Alla Yatsuta, Vitaly Yakutik, Evgenia Tochitskaya, Mikhail Demin and Sergei Loparov were tried in absentia.
Trial outcome 03.10.2024
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
On the morning of February 26, 2023, explosions occurred at the Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft DRLV A-50 at the Machulishchi airfield, it was blown up in two places. It was used to guide Russian missiles to targets in Ukraine. It was reported that the aircraft is currently undergoing repairs at the 325th aircraft repair plant, which is part of the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex in Russia.
The main defendant in the case and, as official bodies and propagandists claimed , the perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets, was released in June in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.
Nikolai Shvets, Alexander Azarov, Alla Yatsuta ,Vitaly Yakutik, Evgenia Tochitskaya, Mikhail Demin and Sergei Loparov were tried in absentia.
Trial outcome 03.10.2024
25 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 1000 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
On the morning of February 26, 2023, explosions occurred at the Machulishchi airfield near a Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft DRLV A-50, it was blown up in two places. It was used to guide Russian missiles to targets in Ukraine. It was reported that the aircraft is currently undergoing repairs at the 325th aircraft repair plant, which is part of the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex in Russia.
The main defendant in the case and, as official bodies and propagandists claimed , the perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets, was released in June in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.
Nikolai Shvets, Alexander Azarov, Alla Yatsuta, Vitaly Yakutik, Evgenia Tochitskaya, Mikhail Demin and Sergei Loparev were tried in absentia.
Trial outcome 03.10.2024
15 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1000 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
On the morning of February 26, 2023, explosions occurred at the Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft DRLV A-50 at the Machulishchi airfield, it was blown up in two places. It was used to guide Russian missiles to targets in Ukraine. It was reported that the aircraft is currently undergoing repairs at the 325th aircraft repair plant, which is part of the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex in Russia.
The main defendant in the case and, as official bodies and propagandists claimed , the perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets, was released in June in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.
Nikolai Shvets, Alexander Azarov, Alla Yatsuta, Vitaly Yakutik, Evgenia Tochitskaya, Mikhail Demin and Sergei Loparov were tried in absentia.
Trial outcome 03.10.2024
15 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 1000 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
On the morning of February 26, 2023, explosions occurred at the Machulishchi airfield near a Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft DRLV A-50, it was blown up in two places. It was used to guide Russian missiles to targets in Ukraine. It was reported that the aircraft is currently undergoing repairs at the 325th aircraft repair plant, which is part of the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex in Russia.
The main defendant in the case and, as official bodies and propagandists claimed , the perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets, was released in June in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.
Nikolai Shvets, Alexander Azarov, Alla Yatsuta, Vitaly Yakutik, Evgenia Tochitskaya , Mikhail Demin and Sergei Loparov were tried in absentia.
Trial outcome 03.10.2024
15 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1000 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
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