Inhabitant of Baranovichi. He was arrested in mid-February 2023. The man was charged with the fact that on March 8, 2021 on Instagram he posted a story “with the face of Lukashenka in a female guise” and the text: “Since March 8, daragia of a woman. The cruelest health and only pleasant ashchushcheny. For this, they were accused of publicly insulting Lukashenka.
Vladislav was also accused of sending videos and texts to the Nexta editorial chatbot several times (for example, videos of Russian military aircraft and trains with Russian military). This was qualified as "other assistance to extremist activity" under Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code.
On September 05, 2023, the appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
4 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony
The man was accused of leaving, according to the court, an insulting comment in a telegram towards Interior Minister Ivan Kubrakov and deputy head of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the administration of the Central District of Minsk, head of the criminal police Vladimir Kubrakov. Alexander fully admitted his guilt and repented of his deed. Before the trial, the man was under personal guarantee. After the verdict was announced, he was taken into custody in the courtroom.
Alexander Borovik has a dependent minor child. Works as a carpenter.
In January 2023, it became known that Pavel again became accused, but this time under Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony.
A Polish citizen was convicted for "undercover activity" in the Republic of Belarus. In April 2023, Jerzy turned 58 years old. He himself comes from a border village near Bialystok, and has been living in Belarus since the 90s - he moved to Grodno after his marriage. Until the verdict, relatives were sure that this was a mistake and Jerzy would be released. Relatives of the accused still cannot understand why he attracted the attention of the security forces.
4 years in prison .
On April 21, 2023, in the Central District Court of Minsk, Vladimir was tried and sentenced to four years of restriction of freedom, sent to an open correctional facility ("chemistry") and a fine of 200 basic units (7,400 rubles). Vladimir managed to partially serve his sentence.
A few months later, Vladimir was re-detained for chemotherapy in order to increase his punishment. The man has been in custody since July 10, 2023.
Vladimir was accused of leaving an offensive comment “scum” on the telegram channel “Punisher of Belarus” on July 5, 2021, in the direction of a police major of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ivanovo District Executive Committee. In 2020, the policeman was involved in “protecting public order” and was involved in the consideration of administrative cases that were filed en masse against Belarusians for participating in protests.
1). 4 years of restriction of freedom with direction
2). 2.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony
The session of the Court of Appeal was held on 16.06.2023. The verdict has entered into force.
unknown years of imprisonment in the colony
On May 19, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
unknown years of restriction of freedom with direction
In April 2021, Tuchkov left an offensive comment under a photo of Alexander Lukashenko in one of the telegram channels recognized as extremist in the Republic of Belarus.
In August 2021, he also left an obscene comment under a joint photo of Tertel and Lukashenko.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Dmitry Mostovoy is 45 years old. He is a resident of Sinitsa, studied at the Polytechnic College in Minsk, a professional programmer.
He was detained during the protests in October 2020, and he was sentenced to several days of arrest.
Dmitry was detained in early March 2023. In the film «Gaspar did not get in touch» on the ONT TV channel, released on April 05, 2023. It was said in the film that Dmitry offered the telegram chat «Belarusian Gayun» to merge information about the airfield in Machulishchi: he set up an online broadcast from a computer, where all the actions taking place at the airfield for two weeks without a break were shown.
Now the man is in jail on charges of treason to the state and facilitation extremist activities.
10 years in prison.
The guy is 22 years old, he comes from the city of Svisloch, Grodno region. He served in the army, and then moved to live in Grodno. He played sports, represented his hometown at the junior sports all-around.
Now the guy is detained and placed in a pre-trial detention center. He is accused of preparing for an act of terrorism.
According to unconfirmed reports of the State Security Committee, which were heard in a staged film on the ONT TV channel, Vadim was supposed to commit sabotage in Grodno.
In the interrogation footage, he is forced to say that Vadim was tasked with blowing up an oil depot with a drone and explosives.
2.5 years in prison
Orthodontist. Detained for comments.
There is a hearing disability. There is a need for replacement hearing aids.
On June 20, 2023, an appeal hearing was held.
3 years imprisonment in a colony
Initially, Vladislav was detained in the administrative case 24.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for 15 days, during which he was charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus . A photo from marches in Minsk was found on his phone.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
1.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under the general regime.
According to the state prosecution, Dmitry Gorbunov in June 2021 wrote a comment with the word: «asshole», on the Internet under the photo of the Lida policeman Kotilo Anton Anatolyevich.
Opposition telegram channels wrote about Kotilo that he participated in the detention of an activist Witold Ashurka (the activist later died in the colony).
The public insult of Lukashenko, according to the prosecution, also happened on the Internet, in August 2022.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Dmitry was found guilty that from November 25, 2020 to April 4, 2021, he left offensive comments in the telegram channel «Karateli Belarusi» towards the authorities. Investigators found at least 15 such statements, for which the man was tried.
29.05.2023 | При поступлении в ИУОТ -49 г. Шклова был сразу поставлен на профучет с формулировкой "склонен к экстремизму и деструктивной деятельности" |
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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