1.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
Yuri is a boiler room operator. He was found guilty of attempting to knock down a national flag from a store in February 2024. The man allegedly "made at least two blows to the shaft." When he failed to knock down the flag, he brought a wooden ladder from the house, climbed up it, grabbed the flag pole with his hands and pulled it down: because of this, the pole broke. According to the indictment, Tomashev then “carelessly crumpled the flag, wrapping it around a tree” and took it to his barn, where he kept it in a bag until the police took it out.
Tomashev admitted guilt. He said that he saw the flag and decided to take it for himself. He was found guilty and sentenced to three months in prison.
3 months of arrest
The reason for such a severe punishment, as well as the circumstances of the initiation of a criminal case, are still unknown.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under strict security conditions.
Most likely he was detained in the summer of 2023. In 2013, Arthur opened his own business store, Grandbazaare, where he sold branded clothing and shoes. The VKontakte group has more than 40 thousand subscribers. In recent years, his company has specialized in the Under Armor brand. And from 2023, he translated the pages of his business into the Belarusian language.
Arthur is interested in sports, but especially football, and even previously played in amateur leagues as a goalkeeper. He uses football players and other athletes as photos for his avatars on social networks.
He was found guilty of posting a post on Facebook that allegedly humiliated the honor and dignity of Lukashenko. Tomczyk admitted guilt. A forensic examination testified that the publication contained “lexemes that contained nickname nominations” for Lukashenko.
Before the trial, Tomchik’s property was seized, including a TV, smart speakers, a vacuum cleaner, a washing machine and a multicooker. The judge decided to lift his arrest.
2 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open correctional institution
It is unknown when Daria was detained , but probably in the fall of 2023. She is accused of two articles - Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code and Part 2 of Art. 361-3.
The first article is organizing or participating in actions that grossly violate public order. The second is recruitment, training, other preparation or use of Belarusians to participate in a war on the territory of another state, as well as financing or other material support for such activities. It is usually given to those who helped Ukraine in some way.
It is known that after graduating from the philological department of BSU, Daria went to work at gymnasium No. 23 in Minsk, where she herself studied. She also entered the master's program at the Faculty of Philology of BSU.
Detained for comments made on social networks in 2022.
As stated in the resolution, she was a language consultant for the Belsat television channel, which is recognized as an “extremist formation” in Belarus. According to the verdict, from June 19, 2021 to November 15, 2023, Anastasia Matyash was a language consultant for the Polish television "TVP", which includes the Polish television channel "BELSAT tv BELSAT". During her work, she allegedly conducted language consultations, translated, corrected and edited texts, which were then used on BELSAT. The resolution also states that for participation in “extremist activities” Anastasia Matyash allegedly received “criminal” income, 40,000 Polish zlotys, 12,258 dollars and 8,575 euros.
Anastasia Matyash did not admit her guilt.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
According to the indictment , Fedor, “acting out of ideological hostility, using a mobile phone, with the intent to provide funds to a group of citizens united under the name “Honest People” and recognized as an extremist formation, transferred 52 rubles 88 kopecks to bank accounts, which is at the exchange rate OJSC "Sber Bank" at that time amounted to 20 dollars." For the same reasons, Fyodor Shvedov transferred 26 rubles 07 kopecks (USD 10 equivalent) to the organization “Belarusian Rada of Culture”. Fyodor transferred another 26 rubles 20 kopecks to the organization “BY_help”.
Fedor graduated from Grodno State University in 1998. Lives with his family in Oshmyany. He and his wife have three children - two adults and one minor. He was the star of the Belarusian “What? Where? When?” even before he got into the television version of the program.
3.5 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open prison correctional facility
Entrepreneur from Baranavichy. He was detained on August 31, 2023, first for reposting in Odnoklassniki a Belsat publication from the STOP LUKA group about Freedom Day, made back in 2017. For this, the man was sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest.
After 15 days, the entrepreneur was again detained in a criminal case. He is accused of “calling for sanctions.” Details of the case are unknown. His trial began on April 8, 2024 in the Brest Regional Court.
His wife and minor daughter are waiting for him at large.
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She was detained as a result of a massive raid by security forces on January 23-24, 2024 on relatives of political prisoners and people who sent parcels and letters to political prisoners.
Leader of the liquidated Green Party.
Dmitry Kuchuk was detained near the Russian embassy, where the politician came to lay flowers, regarding the murder of Alexei Navalny. Tried to register during the “hopelessness” campaign, made efforts to start a campaign to collect signatures for the release of political prisoners.
Dmitry Kuchuk became the seventh leader of the Green party to be jailed.
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