He was detained on September 6, 2021 as part of a criminal case on group actions that grossly violate public order. On November 17, Yegor Kuzmin was sentenced at the Zavodsky Court of Minsk. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code.
3 years of restriction of freedom with referral to a closed institution.
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.
4 years of restriction of liberty with a referral.
On June 7, 2023, the punishment regime was tightened. Transferred to a colony for 1 year.
Former Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Bank. Arrested in the case of Babariko.
5.5 years in prison .
And. O. Chairman of the Board of Belgazprombank after the departure of Babariko. Arrested in the case of Babariko.
5.5 years in prison .
The man was accused of writing several online comments about A. Lukashenko, which were considered a “public insult.” The meeting was held at the Baranovichi State College of Light Industry. As a result, Tatsin was sentenced to 1 year in prison and handcuffed in front of the college students, according to a state television report.
On January 30, 2024, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
1 year of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
Yarmoshuk was first detained in this case on March 23, 2023, and was held for three days. Then they released him, but on June 11, 2023 they detained him again and took him into custody.
According to the indictment, on March 1, 2022, Yarmoshuk downloaded several files from the ItArmy of Ukraine website that allow DDoS attacks. Then he launched the program on his computer “at least 8 times,” which “broke the protection system against DDoS attacks” and “the operation of unidentified Internet resources of the Russian Federation was disrupted.” Thus, according to the state prosecution, Yarmoshuk “used malicious, potentially dangerous programs.” Also on August 19, 2020, Yarmoshuk transferred about $60 to the BySOL initiative via Facebook. 7 months later (March 12, 2021), the Belarusian authorities recognized the BySOL Foundation as an “extremist formation.” The fact that at the time of the money transfer BySOL was not an “extremist formation” does not bother the state prosecution.
On January 12, 2024, an appeal hearing was held at the court. The verdict came into force.
4 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
It became known that, after the elections in August 2020, Lapikov posted on his Instagram page a post with a photograph of Alexander Lukashenko in the uniform of the SS (a paramilitary formation of the Nazis, responsible, among other things, for crimes against humanity). The publication was accompanied by a poem, the text of which is currently unknown.
On December 5, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
3 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
According to pro-government telegram channels, Valentin was detained on June 9, 2023 for “eight comments on the topic of Russian aggression with insults to Russian citizens,” by which he allegedly “tried to incite national hatred.” There are also reports of insults left against Lukashenko.
Before his arrest, Valentin Shtermer was the director of Avangardbusinessresurs LLC and was the founder of commercial companies in Russia.
The court found Stermer guilty of joining an extremist group for the purpose of committing an extremist crime.
5 years imprisonment under general regime conditions
Igor was convicted of donating to initiatives recognized as extremist.
On September 29, 2023, an appeal hearing was held.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
An entrepreneur from Mogilev, his home was searched. The regional state channel stated that Tychinsky “was a supporter of Ukrainian-Nazi formations” and that he “drove with Ukrainian nationalist symbols in his car.” The latter refers to the official flag of Ukraine.
As a result, a criminal case was opened against Vladimir. He is accused of filming the movement of Russian military Z-equipment on his mobile phone in April 2022 and sending the video to the media, which the authorities recognized as “extremist.”
On October 24, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict entered into force.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under the general regime.
Operator-adjuster. He was detained after a family holiday, during which a domestic dispute occurred and the police were called. According to the prosecution, Konstantin, while sober, in front of police officers, spoke towards A. Lukashenko in a disrespectful manner, using obscene language. For this he was detained and taken into custody.
On August 25, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
2 years in prison
Head of the Gomselmash workshop.
On September 8, 2023, an appeal hearing was held, and the verdict came into force.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
20 year old Vladislav was accused of taking photos and videos of military equipment, military personnel, as well as a military airfield in Bobruisk from February 24 to February 25, 2022.
Then Vladislav forwarded at least 9 video files and photos to a telegram channel recognized as extremist in the Republic of Belarus.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
A former MTS employee from Brest was detained in early November 2022. In the “repentance” video, he said that in 2020-2021 he worked at MTS and had access to data. According to the security officials, Andrey handed over the data of several officials and prosecutors to the Black Book of Belarus.
A former cellmate of Tsypak told human rights activists that Andrei was severely beaten during his arrest.
Andrei's case was considered behind closed doors, so the outcome of the trial is unknown to human rights activists.
Andrei Tsypak previously played in the Brest handball club named after Meshkov. From 2020 to 2021, he worked at MTS - and at that time, according to the security forces, he transferred the data of several prosecutors and government officials to the protest initiative.
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