Irina was accused of participating in protests in August 2020, entering the roadway and blocking public transport. The woman fully admitted guilt and repented of her crime. As the press service of the prosecutor's office reported, the teacher allegedly "set a negative example for young people through unlawful behavior."
Irina Mazharskaya is now a former geography teacher at Minsk gymnasium No. 25 named after Rimma Shershneva. She prepared students to participate in the Republican Olympiad and was the leader of the Minsk city team in geography. Last year, one of her students at the Olympics received a third-degree diploma in geography, and the gymnasium administration expressed gratitude to Irina for her good work.
Trial outcome 19.09.2023:
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction
In the "repentance video", Sophia says that she participated in a protest in 2020 - namely, she stood on the road with a banner. According to security forces, footage of the girl was found in a DELFI film about Belarusian protests, and therefore she was detained.
Trial outcome 12.09.2023
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
She was detained along with her older brother on 03/02/2023 under an administrative article (19.11) for reposting "extremist materials". She was sentenced to 15 days, after which a criminal case was opened for participating in the protests of 2020 together with Goreva Alina , Alexei Tsyganov , Vladislav Lagutenko , and Anastasia's father. Anastasia and her brother managed to go abroad, later she was put on the wanted list, all the other guys were detained and convicted. Anastasia's father is still in custody under investigation.
Daria graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Vitebsk State Medical University. And then she worked in one of the Minsk pharmacies. She was allegedly detained along with Alina Budai .
Trial outcome 04.12.2023:
unknown years of restriction of freedom
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