Forensic expert.
On February 27, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
3 years imprisonment in a general regime colony
Diana is a 34-year-old Brest resident. Works at EPAM and leads the testing team there. After the start of the war, she and her son, who is now 7 years old, went to Tbilisi. But at some point I decided to return to Belarus, although I traveled abroad from time to time.
On her Instagram there is a photo from Warsaw, which dates back to June 29, 2023, three days later a photo from Mir Castle was published. And then the girl disappeared from everywhere.
On May 3, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
Truck driver. The man was initially accused of hooliganism (Part 3 of Article 339 of the Criminal Code) and the creation of an extremist group or participation in it (Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code).
The Minsk City Court completed its consideration of the criminal case on February 29, 2024. Burako was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for a period of five years under Part 3 of Art. 361-1 CC. The hooliganism charge was dropped.
According to the investigation , on the evening of May 11, 2023, on the M-5 Minsk-Gomel highway near the village of Yasen, near Bobruisk, “the driver of a DAF vehicle, driving past a stopped military transport convoy, detonated an unidentified device, independently made from pyrotechnic products, by throwing him towards the military personnel and military equipment and then tried to hide.
However, during the pursuit, his car was blocked by the military, and he himself was detained."
It was established that “extremist” symbols were pasted in the cabin of the car, and several subscriptions to radical channels recognized as extremist, including the “victory” plan, were on the mobile phone.
On April 12, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
Gorelov was the head of the Belinvestbank directorate for the Gomel region. The last news about him dates back to February 2023, and in December 2023, Pavel Yurkovets, the former head of Belinvestbank in Mozyr, was appointed head instead of him.
The trial of Oleg Gorelov began on February 8 in the Gomel Regional Court. He faces up to 15 years in prison.
10 years of imprisonment in a colony under enhanced security conditions.
Ilya was detained at the end of October 2023, and was once convicted under Part 2 of Art. 19.11 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus ( Distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities). After which a criminal case was opened for slander against A. Lukashenko.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
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He was detained by a traffic police officer on November 18, 2023, while riding a bicycle (according to a traffic police officer, while intoxicated) and taken to the Pruzhanskaya Central District Hospital, where he insulted Lukashenko. Before the trial he was under recognizance not to leave.
2 years of restriction of freedom with direction
Sysoev comes from Bronnaya Gora; in recent years he lived in Bereza (Brest region). According to data from an already deleted profile on Vkontakte, in 2008 he graduated from BSUIR with a degree in Artificial Intelligence. At the time of his arrest, he was developing a computer game. The man was detained on July 5, 2023, and has been in custody since then.
The man was accused of transferring money to Kalinovsky’s regiment through the social network Facebook using the PayPal payment system. The transfer in the amount of 12.91 US dollars was from a Belarusian card.
On February 12, prosecutor Bogush requested 5 years in a maximum security colony for Sysoev. The verdict was announced on February 14. The exact verdict is currently unknown, but in the vast majority of cases in political cases, Brest judges award exactly what prosecutors ask for.
5 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony.
Sergei and his wife were detained in November 2023. Before the trial, Sergei was in custody, and Tatyana was under recognizance, since the family had two minor children.
According to the prosecution , in August 2020, Sergei and Tatyana took part in an unauthorized mass event, together with the protesters they marched through public places in the city, the central square, and Zhilibert Park. At the same time, they showed a pre-made poster measuring approximately 2.5 x 3 meters, on which a text containing slanderous information against the president was written in black and red colors, thereby deliberately spreading slanderous information against him in connection with his execution powers of the head of state.
The accused Sergei Chizh fully admitted his guilt at the court hearing. He explained that the poster was heavy, and it was soon rolled up, and after the procession, Sergei burned it.
Tatyana Chizh did not admit guilt to the charges, explaining that she was depressed due to the serious illness of her mother, who is disabled.
They were identified from photographs from the Internet.
3 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open institution.
The essence of the accusation is still unknown to human rights activists.
The trial, which lasted from February 9, found Degterenko guilty of “joining an extremist formation” and under Part 3 of Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code, he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three years.
He was also found guilty of “providing funds by any means for the purpose of use in terrorist activities, material support and other support” by a person who had previously committed a crime under Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code, and according to Part 2 of Art. 290-1 of the Criminal Code (as amended by the Law of the Republic of Belarus dated January 09, 2019 No. 171-Z), he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 8 years with a fine of 100 basic units.
By partial addition of sentences, the accused was finally sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 8 years 6 months
8.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under enhanced security conditions.
In 2017, the guy received a diploma in social pedagogy after graduating from the Mozyr State Pedagogical University named after Ivan Shamyakin. Around this time, as can be seen from his social networks, he began to speak critically of the authorities. The man was especially active in opposing the odious decree “on parasites.”
According to the case materials , the man regularly spoke negatively on social networks regarding Lukashenko, and also called for sanctions against Belarus. He also joined the “extremist” formation “BYPOL”, agreed with members of the “Kalinovsky Regiment” to participate in military operations in Ukraine, and also transferred money to help the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the “extremist” telegram channel.
10 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
Victoria has three children, two of them are minors (the youngest is 3 years old). Before the trial, she was on bail at home.
After the verdict in the courtroom, she was taken into custody.
On April 26, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
1 year of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
He was accused of leaving a sharp comment in September 2020 under one of the publications in Odnoklassniki, which criticized Alexander Lukashenko, posting it on his page. District Court Judge Shamal found him guilty of insulting Lukashenko (Part 2 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus) and slandering him (Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus). It is known that the man appealed the verdict to the Mogilev Regional Court. The appeal took place on April 11, 2024 behind closed doors with the participation of a judicial panel chaired by Judge Irina Teplova. The regional court recognized that the qualification of actions for “insulting Lukashenko” under Part 2 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code is excessively imputed and should be excluded from the charge.
However, this had little effect: the sentence to Sergei Shekh was upheld.
2.5 years imprisonment in a colony
He was sentenced to 5 years in prison for donating to Kalinovsky’s regiment (the first - 13.63 euros, the second - 35 euros, a total of 133 rubles 30 kopecks).
5 years imprisonment in a colony
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