Before the trial, the spouses raising a minor child were on high bail - 7,400 and 3,700 rubles, respectively.
According to the case file , 31-year-old individual entrepreneur Kirill Prokopov and his 28-year-old wife, deputy chief physician of a health care institution, Victoria, on a day off in the fall of 2020, “were and moved along Independence Avenue, violated public order, disobeyed the legal demands of police officers, at the same time, together with others, they blocked and blocked the path of vehicles, as a result of which there was a disruption in the operation of public transport, which caused material damage to the Minsktrans enterprise in the amount of 5,980 rubles 11 kopecks.”
Trial outcome 02.11.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
Convicted for participating in protests in 2020. She was detained after she was invited to pick up her mobile phone at the police department (which was not returned when she was detained in 2020).
Trial outcome 31.10.2023:
2 years 7 months of restriction of freedom without direction.
Head of dormitory No. 4 of BSEU. Detained for participating in the 2020 protests. A “repentance video” appeared on pro-government Telegram channels, in which Elena says that she once went to a rally, where she took part in a mass event. Drabudko says that a relative recently called her and told her to come to the investigative committee to “repent.” But the woman did not do this. At the end of the video, the channel’s authors attached a video of Elena singing along with the previously detained teachers.
Trial outcome 30.10.2023
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
The reason for the criminal case was a woman’s comment on Instagram with the following content: “The Belarusian leadership will not do anything against the RACISTS!!! They feed her!!!!” It was this phrase that was considered “inciting hostility.”
On March 22, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 04.01.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Marina, a seamstress by trade, was convicted in October 2023 for posting an image of Lukashenko on Odnoklassniki, which the court deemed "undermining the authority of state power." She was detained before being charged and remained under house arrest pending trial.
Trial outcome 19.10.2023
3 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 19.12.2023
the sentence was upheld.
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