Defendant in the case of mass riots, initiated by the events in Pinsk on the night after the elections on August 9. On May 31, the trial of him and 12 other defendants in the criminal case began.
4.5 years in prison .
A minor defendant in the case of mass riots initiated on the events in Pinsk on the night after the elections on August 9. He is charged with breaking a tree and throwing an aluminum energy can at the policemen. About the jar at the trial, Ilya, to a direct question whether it could have reached the law enforcement officers, said that it could. However, the specific policeman, whom the bank flew into, is not called the state prosecution. And none of the policemen recognized Bokhon in court. The moment with an attempt by Bohan to break the tree was captured on the video, which is in the case file. But in the courtroom, a Zelenstroy employee explained that the tree had survived and had not broken. Nevertheless, his organization prepared a lawsuit, the cost of the tree was estimated by the accounting department at 117 bel. rubles.
3.5 years in a general regime colony
According to the indictment, from September 20 to September 27, 2020, a man posted 13 messages in the Telegram chat of the Punishers group, in which he “negatively assessed” and “incited illegal criminal actions” against police officers, military, civil servants and their families. Thus, one of the messages contained the text: “We are [beaten], and we give them flowers.”
4 years in a penal colony (taking into account the unserved part of the sentence under another sentence)
A resident of the Baranovichi district, according to the prosecution, during a protest action on August 9, Zhdanko interfered with the lawful activities of servicemen of the Internal Troops. He took a piece of paving slab and threw it towards the military, who were dispersing the protest, and hit one of the soldiers in the shoulder. This bodily injury did not lead to short-term health problems.
3.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony
Aviation Academy student. Khomichkova’s case concerns the events of July 14, 2020, when the Central Election Commission refused to register candidates for the presidential elections. According to the indictment, Vladimir Khomichkov was detained for participating in an unauthorized mass event on the steps of the KFC restaurant at the intersection of Nemiga Street and Pobediteley Avenue. Then he became involved in a criminal case.
Vladimir's regime was tightened to imprisonment.
4 years restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional institution ("chemistry")
A 20-year-old citizen of the Russian Federation was detained on May 5 in Minsk, a search was conducted in a rented apartment and placed in a KGB pre-trial detention center. The guy was charged under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (organization of actions grossly violating public order), according to which he faces up to three years in prison. In November 2021, the article was changed to 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Transferred in June 2022 to enhanced regime for 3 years.
11 years in prison .
He was arrested on January 2, 2021. He was accused of participating in a telegram chat of a “radical direction”.
8 years of imprisonment in a penal colony
The man was accused of making a repost on his page on the social network VKontakte on August 23 with an image and someone else’s comment about an employee of the Baranovichi District Department of Internal Affairs. They sentenced him to 2 years of chemotherapy and 1000 rubles in moral compensation. The sentence came into force on July 27. Since August 16, he has been in the IUOT in Vitebsk.
Released on January 11, 2022 due to the amnesty law on December 7, 2021.
In April 2024, he was detained again for his participation in the 2020 protests.
| 19.08.2021 | The Moscow Court of Brest, on appeal, admitted that there was simply a repost of the picture and without publication by the accused. But he left everything unchanged. |
| 09.06.2021 | TDF Sizo 6 Baranovichi from April 8 to May 25, 2021 |
2 years of restriction of liberty with a referral
A criminal case was opened because of a protest action on September 13 in Brest, when people danced at the intersection of Masherova and boulevards, after which they were dispersed by a water cannon and detentions began. The actions of the protesters are qualified by the investigation as "Actions grossly violating public order" (Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus). Igor was also convicted for damaging two cameras of Beltelecom and applying "cynical inscriptions" under Part 2 of Art. 339. Released in the courtroom on 3 June 2021.
Works at TUT.BY since 2008. At first she was a legal adviser and then became a director. In 2017, Lyudmila headed Tut By Media. The trial in closed session lasted more than two months - a total of 37 sessions were held. The essence of the charges against Chekina is unknown.
12 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Journalist. Marina Zolotova joined Tut.by in 2004 and soon became its editor-in-chief. The trial in closed session lasted more than two months - a total of 37 sessions were held. The charge of "tax evasion on an especially large scale" was dropped from Marina. But the essence of the charges against Zolotova is unknown.
12 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Aleksey Mikhalkevich was detained by the GUBOPiK in the village of Doroshki, Minsk region on December 16, 2020 “on suspicion of involvement in the riots that took place in Minsk.”
5 years of imprisonment in conditions of a reinforced regime .
The son of a priest from Grodno. Arrested May 4, 2021. According to the accusation, last year Andriy, in comments on the Grodno 97% telegram channel, publicly insulted a representative of the authorities, local policeman Maksim Chertkov. Andrei was charged with "threats to use violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies." At the same time, the prosecutor's office and the investigation already had an expert opinion in their hands that Andrei Avsievich's public opinion contains negative assessments, but there are no grounds to assert that he threatened the police officers. But the investigation not only did not listen to the experts, but completely reclassified the case as a "terrorist" article. During the trial, another examination was scheduled, but it also testified that there were no threats from Andrey. Nevertheless, after the reclassification of the crime to another - "incitement of hatred" - Andrey Avsievich was still convicted.
| 07.12.2021 | 9.12.2021 at 14:20 Grodno st. Karbysheva 20. The court (announcement of the verdict) requested 3rd and 6th penal colonies |
| 25.07.2021 | Article 189 was withdrawn, removed from the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus at a preliminary meeting on 07/23/2021 |
| 09.07.2021 | Article 189, article 369 and article 361, part 3 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus were brought |
3.5 years in prison in a penal colony
Arrested on September 13, 2020 for the events in Minsk in August. According to the case file , Falkin, Litvinenko, Matyukh and Borisov, having entered into an agreement, planned participation in protests, determined the route, coordinated actions in case of detention. The defendants were in a telegram chat called "Hour X", where the discussion took place. In this chat, according to the investigation, an attack on police officers was being prepared.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony
Ovcharov and Huseynov were found guilty of calling for participation in mass riots on September 23 from 21.00 to 23.00, which were planned in advance under the guise of mass events, blocking communications. This caused a disruption in the work of "Minsktrans". Also - "restricted the right of respectable citizens to a peaceful rest and free movement", resisted the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
According to the indictment, in September they prepared a car where they kept the weapons of crime, equipment, having studied the rules for their use in advance. For example, Huseynov was near the metro station. "Pushkinskaya" in body armor and knee pads for defense.
5 years in prison .
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