Elena was detained in connection with the “round dance” case. She was returning from Poland to Brest. At passport control, the border guards became interested in the fact that the woman was born in Ukraine. She was handed over to unknown people in civilian clothes who demanded a phone number.
As a result, the woman was detained. After that there was an administrative court (15 days of arrest under Part 2 of Article 19. 11 of the Administrative Code) through two reposts in Telegram. And then the woman was placed in a pre-trial detention center until trial.
It is known that Elena lived in Brest and went to Poland for shopping.
Natalya was accused of participating in a protest in Minsk in 2020, entering the roadway and blocking public transport. She fully admitted guilt. Natalya and her friend Vasily were identified from the video recording.
Before the trial, both were on bail of 7,400 rubles
The woman was accused of calling the police station three times on the evening of August 10th, after drinking alcohol and arguing with her partner out of jealousy. As a witness, a senior duty inspector, testified in court, the woman asked the police to come without stating the reason for the call, and subsequently allegedly insulted Lukashenko. Elena partially admitted her guilt.
Elena Mikhalyuk has a secondary specialized education and is raising a minor child.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in the summer of 2024 , having fully served her sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 05.10.2023:
1 year of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
According to the prosecution , Olga Stabrovskaya in 2021 liked and left a short comment on the Odnoklassniki social network, in which the examination “found” an insult to Alexander Lukashenko.
Olga Stabrovskaya at one time received a diploma from the only Moscow State University of Printing in the entire former Soviet Union and worked at the Orsha printing house until her retirement. Recently, the woman’s illness has worsened and she has a third group disability. Her only daughter is also sick. She, like Olga’s grandson, has a hearing disability.
Trial outcome 27.09.2023:
1 year 3 months imprisonment in a general regime colony.
Olga was accused of watching two videos about police officers on the Belarus Brain telegram channel and leaving comments in their direction that the court considered offensive. The comments concerned a police major, senior district inspector, as well as a police major, district inspector of the Zhodino City Department of Internal Affairs. Olga fully admitted her guilt.
The woman's sentence was changed from detention to a written undertaking not to leave the place and was released in the courtroom.
Olga Kuranchik has a secondary specialized education, worked as a nurse at the Zhemchuzhina sanatorium, and has a dependent minor child.
Trial outcome 25.09.2023:
unknown years of restriction of freedom without direction
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