Arrested under a criminal article for an episode at a Russian Navy communications facility near Vileika.
23 year old Kirill Ashurak in the film ONT is called the original performer of the task of undermining the facility in Vileika, but eventually refused to participate and only helped to scout the area.
Lukashenko mentioned Ashurak among the people who allegedly wanted to escape to Ukraine and Lithuania, but were detained by a group of the state security committee «Alpha».
It is known that Kirill was detained and severely beaten on August 9, 2020.
In addition to imprisonment, Kirill was awarded a fine of 12 800 BYN.
13 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Accused of preparing terrorist attacks in Chizhovka and a military unit in Pechi on the eve of Freedom Day in 2021.
The actions that the security forces attribute to him became the basis for the inclusion of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Pavel Latushko, Anton Motolko and participants in the initiative of former security forces on the list of terrorists and criminal proceedings against them for preparing an act of terrorism.
A case was brought against Vyacheslav for “malicious disobedience to the requirements of the colony administration” under Art. 411 CC. The trial took place on February 10, 2023. A year of imprisonment was imposed.
Vyacheslav was tried on August 23, 2023 under Part 2 of Art. 411 of the Criminal Code in Gorki and sentenced him to a total term of two more years of imprisonment, based on the totality of the sentences of the unserved part at the time of the trial (20 years and 5 months) and the new sentence (2 years), he still had to serve another 22 years and 5 months from the moment of the third trial.
Based on the sum of 3 sentences from the moment of detention, Vyacheslav was sentenced to 25 years to be served in a penal colony under strict security conditions.
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Detained for participating in protests.
On October 17, 2022, an appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
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Was detained on 12/07/2021. Convicted for participation in the 2020 protests.
As it became known , in October he was transferred to Prison No. 4 .
2,5 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
He was accused of creating an extremist formation or participating in it, as well as participating in protest actions in 2020.
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He worked as an inspector of the penal enforcement system of the Oktyabrsky district Police Department of Grodno, shortly before his arrest he filed a report for dismissal due to disagreement with how the system works.
Detained under the article: «Treason to the state».
10 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
A famous Belarusian musician. He played in the bands «Krambambulya», ZET, Pomidor/off and Hasta la Fillsta.
Convicted of slander and insult.
At the end of October 2022, it became known that a new criminal case was opened against Vladislav.
According to the prosecution, Plushev made reposts in the Telegram chat «Pruzhany is not your city» from the telegram channels recognized as extremist in the Republic of Belarus. He also allegedly left insulting comments against government officials and posted information containing deliberately false, humiliating information and slander to another person. In total, 43 people were recognized as victims in the case.
1) 2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
2) On November 24, 2022, he was sentenced again to 3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Dentist-orthopedist of the first qualification category of the medical and sanitary unit «Grodno Azot».
At least 8 law enforcement officers broke into the dentist's house, put him face down on the floor. When asked what he has to do with protest activities, Alexander replied: «Absolutely none».
The video of the search of Alexander's house on the channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs showed a pistol, cartridges and magazines with naked women. The man explained that he brought the cartridges from Mongolia, they have been stored with him since 1990. The law enforcement officers did not substantiate which law he violated with magazines and why they drew attention to them.
In a video posted on the telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Alexander Duraev said that he was detained for insulting officials and the president in social networks.
Sasha has no close relatives in Belarus. He is a great connoisseur of music, hi-fi, drummer.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
He was detained for arson on February 28, 2022, at the Zherd-Ostankovichi station of a relay cabinet of signaling, centralization and blocking (SCB), as a result of which traffic lights and switches on this site were put into non-working condition. The Ostankovichi — Zherd stage is located on the Zhlobin — Kalinkovichi line, which then continues to Ovruch (Zhytomyr region of Ukraine).
21 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Convicted of creating and administering the telegram channel «Polotsk Novopolotsk Country For Life Chat Freedom to Sergei Tikhanovsky».
7,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
The woman worked in the service «One-window» of the Oktyabrsky district of Minsk.
He is suspected of transferring personal data of law enforcement officers to telegram channels.
The trial was held behind closed doors.
5. 5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
The recent deputy director General of «BelTA» for ideological work, previously worked in the administration of Lukashenko and even received awards from him.
The exact date of the former official's detention is unknown. But it is known that on September 8, 2021, representatives of law enforcement agencies made a report that during the complex of operational search measures, information was received that the current employee of «BelTA» Aderikho may be providing the telegram channel «Nick and Mike» with classified information about Alexander Lukashenko's work schedule. Soon the official was detained.
The case was handled by employees of the State Security Committee. Aderikho was held in custody before the trial. Now Aderikho is convicted of transferring official information that was under his jurisdiction to a representative of the «People's Anti-Crisis Management» and the telegram channel «Nick and Mike». The motive is avoiding lustration after a change of power.
In addition to the term in the colony, Sergei was awarded a penalty 16 000 BYN.
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
He was detained for participating in protest actions on September 6, 2020 on Independence Avenue, as well as for standing with people with his hands joined at the elbow, forming a chain of people.
In December 2022, the regime of serving the sentence was tightened and Nikita was transferred to a colony.
3 years of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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