He was detained on politically motivated arbitrary charges of terrorism for nonviolent activities: according to reports, he met with Interior Ministry employees and persuaded them to refuse to execute criminal orders, facilitated the relocation of those of them who were leaving the service and feared persecution.
According to the prosecution , from July 14, 2020 to January 6, 2022, on the territory of Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other states, "an organized criminal group was created and operated, the main purpose of which was to commit an indefinite number of extremist crimes. The crimes were supposed to to commit persons radically inclined towards the current government, including former active military, law enforcement officers, primarily special forces, hand-to-hand combat athletes, businessmen and others who shared the views of seizing state power by unconstitutional means. The "criminal group" included Prokopiev himself, Vitaly, Anastasia, Vladislav and Olga Voitekhovichi, Sergei Lisovsky, Nikolai Roy, Vladimir Savenkov, Sergei Sokolov, Pyotr Yurkevich, Igor Chemyakin and others.
20 years of imprisonment in a colony under a reinforced regime with the first five years served in prison, deprivation of military rank
Nikita Storozhenko is a former detective. He resigned after the presidential elections of Belarus in 2020 in protest against the current government. After his dismissal, Nikita worked as a lawyer.
He was detained on April 23, 2021 for "unauthorized picketing", convicted and sentenced to 15 days in prison according to Article part 1 of Article 24.23 of the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Administrative Offenses. He was released on May 8, 2021.
On May 4, 2021, Storozhenko, like other law enforcement officials who resigned in protest, was deprived of the rank of senior lieutenant of justice reserve by Lukashenka.
Nikita was detained again on February 1, 2022 in a shopping center in Minsk. In a video posted on the telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he says that he transferred the contacts of two employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption and the deputy head of the Investigative Committee for Minsk to one of the "protest telegram channels".
The trial took place on November 15, 2022 in the Minsk City Court. Nikita was tried for "inciting other social enmity and discord" under Part 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, as well as for "illegal collection and dissemination of information about private life" (Part 1 of Article 179 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus).
On December 2, 2022, he was sentenced to seven years in a high-security penal colony. he is also obliged to pay a fine of 5 000 BYN (2 056 USD) as moral compensation to employees, whose data, according to the prosecution, he transmitted to the "protest telegram channel".
7 years of imprisonment in a colony with reinforced regime.
According to the case file, in January 2021 Gavrilov purchased and provided aerosol cans with paint to two acquaintances — Tatiana Birulya and Oleg Birulya. After that, Tatiana and Oleg, from January to February 2021, applied inscriptions and drawings to various infrastructure facilities in Soligorsk, carrying out their damage. They also put an inscription on the wall of one of the houses in relation to Lukashenko, in which they accused him of a particularly serious crime, that is, they committed slander.
Then, from August to December 2021, the defendants distributed leaflets and other printed materials on the territory of Soligorsk. The content of these leaflets was allegedly aimed at inciting social hostility and discord on the basis of other social affiliation.
At the end of winter 2024, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Oleg and his wife.
6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Ruslan was accused that, feeling hatred for the current government, he wrote many insulting messages to police officers and their loved ones.
It is known that the man has the 3rd group of visual disability.
3,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Konstantin has a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, is a disabled person of the 3rd group; insulin-dependent.
He is an painter and a designer.
3,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Detained for drawing with “Pahony” stencils.
Anatoly Latushka is the cousin of politician Pavel Latushko.
On 04/22/2024 he was transferred to prison for 6 months.
6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
4 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
A person involved in a criminal case initiated after the events in Pinsk on the night of August 9-10, 2020.
Oleg is charged that he broke the stake (which was propping up the tree), broke this stick into 2 parts, one of which he threw towards the police officers with the aim of causing damage and deliberately threatening violence to the policemen. He also threw a handful of earth towards the police.
3,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
17-year-old Yelisey was accused of throwing a bottle of combustible mixture into a police car. For violations of "home chemistry", Elisha's sentence was increased to imprisonment, and Elisha was taken into custody on April 20, 2022, and since May 27, the young man has been in a colony.
On December 17, 2022, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
He was detained again in May 2023 and convicted in August for having, together with a friend, tore off three state flags installed on the facades of an educational institution, a shopping facility and a post office in the agro-town of Voyskaya, Kamenetsky district.
1). 2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral. There are 7.5 months left to serve in the colony under general regime conditions.
2).2.5 years in prison
According to the Prosecutor General's Office, a resident of Vitebsk from July 16 to August 12, 2020 in a state of alcoholic intoxication from his TikTok page to awaken social hostility posted three videos in public access. The material presented in them formed a negative attitude towards police officers and representatives of the army command staff, encouraging violent and aggressive actions - the press release notes.
The Prosecutor General's Office also states that the 34 year old man had 10 previous convictions.
4,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Chairman of the primary trade union organization of the free union of metalworkers at the «MAZ» plant.
He was taken into custody for charges of preparing participants in mass riots and calls for restrictive measures (sanctions). The trial was held behind closed doors.
4 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
The owner of the YouTube channel “Third Region Belarus” was detained on January 10, 2022, when he returned to Belarus for the holidays.
He is accused of de-anonymizing the security forces and, after leaving for Ukraine, he continued to “post anti-state information on social networks and promote resistance to government officials.”
The man uploaded videos to his channel from solidarity rallies of Belarusians in Kyiv. He is also accused of making cynical comments about the deceased KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk.
On July 18, 2023, the Shklovsky District Court considered Oleg’s case under Part 2 of Art. 411 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Oleg was transferred to prison regime.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Detained for comments in the chat «Vitebsk 97» addressed to law enforcement officers during the events in Kazakhstan in January 2022.
A video was posted on the Internet where a stripped young man apologizes for the comments he wrote.
4 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to investigators, in August and September 2020, Valentin Panasik posted comments on the «Grodno 97%» telegram channel: «By the way, you can start by setting fire to the «Tabakerok», there are no cameras there, sort of».
He also left messages: «We'll fuck «Tabakerki» at night, it's time to remove them from the streets, at the same time we'll practice sabotage»; «Yes, and trample their hands so that they can no longer take a club in their hands»; «Bones will grow together, crooked hands will come off to work with a plow».
The man was also charged that on August 12, 2020, he arrived at Cosmonauts Avenue in Grodno, filmed a protest on video and uploaded it to the Internet with his comments.
6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Convicted under Article 364, Article 369, Article 368, Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. It is known that the man worked in a taxi, and was also a driver at various enterprises.
He was previously convicted of participating in protest actions under an administrative article.
4 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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