Olga Semyonovna Seryakova
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 21 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 49 days of administrative arrest, at least 2,430 rubles in fines, and at least 15 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed. On August 6, 2020, she sentenced independent observer Eduard Grinevetsky to 6 days of arrest. On September 1, 2020, she awarded activist Galina Smirnova a fine of 20 b.v. for a photo taken on the court porch. On October 1, 2020, she sentenced the driver who honked in support of the women's march participants to 15 days of arrest. She sentenced political prisoner Andrei Novitsky from Minsk to an additional 4 months of imprisonment under Art. 411 (malicious disobedience to administration requirements). She sentenced Pavel Omelyanov to three years in prison for insulting Lukashenko and stealing bicycles; the man was accused of reposting a publication with an image of Lukashenko on the Telegram channel on December 27, 2020, under which he left offensive comments.
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 21 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 49 days of administrative arrest, at least 2,430 rubles in fines, and at least 15 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed. On August 6, 2020, she sentenced independent observer Eduard Grinevetsky to 6 days of arrest. On September 1, 2020, she awarded activist Galina Smirnova a fine of 20 b.v. for a photo taken on the court porch. On October 1, 2020, she sentenced the driver who honked in support of the women's march participants to 15 days of arrest. She sentenced political prisoner Andrei Novitsky from Minsk to an additional 4 months of imprisonment under Art. 411 (malicious disobedience to administration requirements). She sentenced Pavel Omelyanov to three years in prison for insulting Lukashenko and stealing bicycles; the man was accused of reposting a publication with an image of Lukashenko on the Telegram channel on December 27, 2020, under which he left offensive comments.
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On 08.08.2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
It is known that on February 15, 2024, an administrative protocol was considered against Alexander under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (Distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activity or promoting such activity). Judge Tatyana Tarabueva imposed an administrative penalty on Alexander in the form of administrative arrest for a period of 15 days. Alexander posted information products in the form of a video recording “Look what is left of one ...” of the Belsat TV channel on his Odnoklassniki page.
He was detained in Babruisk. He was then sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest, but was not released after that. Instead, he was sent to the Okrestina detention center in Minsk. In early September, he was transferred to Pretrial Detention Center No. 1.
Sergei is charged in a criminal case.
Sergei is the cousin of the deputy commander of the Kalinovsky regiment, Vadim Kabanchuk.
On July 4, another closed trial of Sergei Franchuk took place. This time, he was accused of insulting Alexander Lukashenko. Franchuk's initial sentence of three years in prison was extended by six months.
On September 28, 2023, an appeal hearing was held following the second court's verdict. The verdict entered into force.
in custody since June 1, 2021. He refused a lawyer, as he is confident that he can successfully defend himself.
Andrei Novitsky was found guilty of participating in the marches on September 27, 2020, holding a white-red-white flag in his outstretched arms, and publicly shouting slogans. He also took part in the march on October 11 on Kalvariyskaya Street and Pobediteley Avenue, where, among other things , he "put a white-red-white flag on his shoulders and demonstrated a clenched fist with his arm extended upward." He is accused of similar actions in connection with the events of October 25. He was also found guilty of insulting Lukashenko on YouTube no later than December 7, 2020. Andrei Novitsky was also convicted of purchasing a bulk substance no later than January 27, 2021, and illegally storing and transporting it without notifying the authorized bodies.
On June 13, 2022, a trial under Article 411 was held in the court of the Bobruisk district and the city of Bobruisk, as a result of which the political prisoner was given another four months of imprisonment and the regime was changed from enhanced to strict.
On January 17, 2023, the political prisoner was again tried under Article 411 of the Criminal Code. The verdict is unknown.
Transferred to Penal Colony No. 20 .
Since April 2024 and as of the beginning of December of the same year, relatives know nothing about Andrei; in response to their request to the colony administration, they received a formal reply , according to which the political prisoner, allegedly, will tell everything himself “through correspondence”, but there are no letters from him.
In January 2023, Alexei was found guilty of "Desecration of State Symbols" and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open facility. Case details are unknown.
Pavel Omelyanov was accused of reposting a publication with an image of Lukashenko on the Telegram channel on December 27, 2020, under which he left offensive comments.
The man was also accused of systematically stealing bicycles stored in apartment buildings at night from June 20, 2021 to July 12, 2022. The Bobruisk resident stole a total of 27 bicycles worth 11,000 rubles.
The man repented of his actions and fully admitted his guilt.
On May 18, 2024, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
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Sergei was convicted of insulting two police officers by allegedly making negative comments about them on social media. He subsequently left Belarus.
In December 2024, a court hearing was held in absentia against him “on replacing the restriction of freedom without sending him to an open-type correctional facility.”
