He is accused of terrorism : he allegedly participated in "throwing Molotov cocktails" at the house of deputy Oleg Gaidukevich.
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.
There are 18 defendants in the case, 15 of whom are in custody, and three were convicted in absentia. The process took four and a half months. At the trial, the main person involved in the case, deputy Oleg Gaidukevich, acted as a witness (for some reason, not the victim) , who stated that they wanted to set fire to his house - they threw three Molotov cocktails. Then only the cat of the deputy suffered.
27.09.2021 | Middle name - Mikhailovich |
19 years of imprisonment in a colony under a reinforced regime, with the first five years served in a prison
She is accused of terrorism: she allegedly participated in "throwing Molotov cocktails" at the house of deputy Oleg Gaidukevich.
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.
There are 18 defendants in the case, 15 of whom are in custody, and three were convicted in absentia. The process took four and a half months. At the trial, the main person involved in the case, deputy Oleg Gaidukevich, acted as a witness (for some reason, not the victim) , who stated that they wanted to set fire to his house - they threw three Molotov cocktails. Then only the cat of the deputy suffered.
11 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
As Shchitnikov noted during the process, he unintentionally ran into a traffic police car, this happened after his wife, who was sitting next to him, screamed: she saw a man being knocked down near the road. Unexpectedly, the Nissan driver ran into a standing traffic police car. Shchitnikov was subsequently detained and, according to him, beaten in the Moscow police department, with a head injury he was taken to the detention center at Akrestsina.
5 years in prison under enhanced regime.
Artem Sakovich, a 20-year-old locksmith , was accused of participating in actions grossly violating public order, preparing to participate in mass riots on August 10-12, 2020, and preparing to illegally manufacture and carry items whose damaging effect is based on the use of combustible substances. As part of the criminal case, Artem was detained only on June 22, 2021, when he came to the police department as a witness in another “non-political” criminal case. Before that, as it turned out, he was wanted, although he did not hide: he lived at home, went to work.
4 years in prison under enhanced regime
Convicted for a comment from the Odnoklassniki network: "... we need to drive this scum ..." in relation to the traffic police inspector, police major Andrei Bagraenko, who took an active part in the beating of peaceful protesters in Svetlogorsk on August 9-10, 2020.
3 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open institution
Vyacheslav was detained for transferring the data of representatives of law enforcement agencies to the telegram channel.
7 years of imprisonment in a colony under the conditions of an enhanced regime with deprivation in accordance with Art. 60 of the Criminal Code of the special rank of "lieutenant colonel of justice" of the reserve.
Convicted for commenting on a telegram channel under a photo of a police officer of the Central District Department of Internal Affairs in Brest.
05.09.2021 | 10.8.2021. Registered as a salon for extremist and other destructive activities. |
3 years of restriction of liberty with a referral
resident of Mogilev, convicted of insulting Lukashenko.
On May 24, 2022, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Pavel Churkin was detained again in the spring of 2024 on suspicion of collaboration with the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. This was discussed in the program “Everything is on point” on the state TV channel “BELARUS 4 Mogilev”.
During the arrest, Churkin said on camera that he was filming the deployment of Iskanders in order to later transfer the footage to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This task was given to the Belarusian by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
To confirm that Churkin was recruited by the Ukrainian intelligence services, the authors of the story show a video where a man on camera reads something similar to the text of an oath to Ukraine.
The host of the program says that Churkin is now suspected of treason against the state (Article 356 of the Criminal Code).
1 year in prison.
In September, Ilya Gapon left a message in the chat , of which he was a member, that he considers the use of force to be the most acceptable scenario for confronting law enforcement officers.
3 years of imprisonment with serving under the general regime.
According to the accusations , on April 2, 2021, intending to publicly insult the deputy prosecutor, he sent an email to the prosecutor's office of the Vitebsk region. It began with the word "Korenko" and ends - "Immortal" and had a negative form of evaluation of an official, represented a "swearing segment". On that day, intending to publicly insult the first deputy chairman of the district executive committee, he sent a letter to the district executive committee in which he insulted the official. It was aimed at creating a negative image of a representative of power. The letter began with the word "Lyutynsky" and ended with the words "everything is possible", as well as another letter.
He also violated the terms of the permit to carry weapons and illegally stored explosives: smoke powder, which is suitable for the formation of an explosion.
3 years in a strict regime colony
Arrested on suspicion of planning to set fire to logging equipment. Natalia told the court that she found herself in a difficult situation: in August 2020, an acquaintance was detained, she lost her father, and experienced difficulties at work. She also said that she really was a member and wrote comments in the OGSB chat and confirmed that she really had the intent to destroy logging equipment in the forestry. Natalya was detained on the evening of June 8, 2021, right at the forestry enterprise, where she arrived on assignment along with her alleged accomplice Gordeev, who in fact carried out the task of state security agencies .
In addition to imprisonment, Natalya was fined 400 basic units (12,800 rubles).
14 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
He was detained on August 4, 2021 as a suspect in a criminal case on participation in mass riots.
4 years in prison under enhanced regime.
Artyom was detained on August 4 by the GUBOP officers. During the arrest, the Gubopovtsy greeted Artyom with the phrase "Welcome to the Gestapo!", after which they beat him, put him in the "swallow" and threatened with rape so that he would tell the password to his phone. The court of the Zavodskoy district of Minsk appointed him a 15-day arrest, after which he was never released. He was charged under Art. 342.1 for participating in protests and transferred to SIZO-1.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Arrested in March 2021 for posting stickers in the city . According to the prosecution, from October 1 to March 22, he was engaged in activities aimed at "systematic damage to property." Using aerosol paint, he applied the inscriptions on the property of UE Vitebskvodokanal: "Long live Belarus!", "3%", "Red partisan", "Go away", etc. Sergei faces up to 15 years in prison. Sergei left two minor children in the wild.
9 years and 15 days in prison in a penal colony
The man is being tried for a November 15 message in the Telegram chat "Banda Luka" in which he allegedly calls for mass riots. At the trial, Krylov does not admit guilt. The man is being held in custody and faces a sentence of five to fifteen years in prison.
He served his sentence in IK-22, and was transferred to another correctional facility in December 2023. The location is being specified.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
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