Eugene Anatolevich Bregan
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 58 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 29 days of administrative arrest, at least 1,890 rubles in fines, and at least 40 years of restriction or imprisonment were imposed.
Judge in the “round dance case.”
The spouses Elena Movshuk (judge's decision of 6 years of imprisonment) and Sergei (decision of 6 and a half years of imprisonment), who were both accused in the “round dance case,” have minor children. One girl was adopted. The youngest daughter, who is 5 years old, lived with her father before the trial; he was under house arrest. Today in court, Sergei Mavshuk learned that the child was taken to an orphanage while he went to Brest for trial.
He sentenced Vladimir Shurbeiko to two years in prison for insulting the government rat Semyonov Denis.
He handed down verdicts in the Pinsk case. 14 political prisoners were sentenced to 5.5 to 6.5 years in a maximum security colony for “participation in mass riots on the night of August 9-10 in Pinsk.”
He passed a verdict of insulting Samosyuk and 4 other policemen.
He sentenced Maxim Smirnov to 2 years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open institution for “slander” against the riot police commander Mikhovich.
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 58 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 29 days of administrative arrest, at least 1,890 rubles in fines, and at least 40 years of restriction or imprisonment were imposed.
Judge in the “round dance case.”
The spouses Elena Movshuk (judge's decision of 6 years of imprisonment) and Sergei (decision of 6 and a half years of imprisonment), who were both accused in the “round dance case,” have minor children. One girl was adopted. The youngest daughter, who is 5 years old, lived with her father before the trial; he was under house arrest. Today in court, Sergei Mavshuk learned that the child was taken to an orphanage while he went to Brest for trial.
He sentenced Vladimir Shurbeiko to two years in prison for insulting the government rat Semyonov Denis.
He handed down verdicts in the Pinsk case. 14 political prisoners were sentenced to 5.5 to 6.5 years in a maximum security colony for “participation in mass riots on the night of August 9-10 in Pinsk.”
He passed a verdict of insulting Samosyuk and 4 other policemen.
He sentenced Maxim Smirnov to 2 years of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open institution for “slander” against the riot police commander Mikhovich.
List of repressed
According to the prosecution , from August 10 to 11, 2020, then-minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolai Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, and Maksim Sobolev, while on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Kosmonavtov and Shevchenko Boulevards, and Sovetskaya Street in Brest, " shouted slogans, displayed white-red-white banners, grossly violating public order, and deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of businesses and organizations."
At the court hearing, everyone admitted their guilt completely.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2025.
According to the prosecution , from August 10 to 11, 2020, then-minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolai Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, and Maksim Sobolev, while on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Kosmonavtov and Shevchenko Boulevards, and Sovetskaya Street in Brest, " shouted slogans, displayed white-red-white banners, grossly violating public order, and deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of businesses and organizations."
At the court hearing, everyone admitted their guilt completely.
It is also known that Maxim Sobolev, Gleb Klimovich, and Yulia Sharanova have been convicted, including under drug-related charges.
Gleb Klimovich was sentenced to two years' imprisonment under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code. Due to the combination of offenses, through the absorption of a lesser sentence by a more severe one, he was finally sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.
He was released after serving his full sentence in the summer of 2025.
According to the prosecution , from August 10 to 11, 2020, then-minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolai Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, and Maksim Sobolev, while on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Kosmonavtov and Shevchenko Boulevards, and Sovetskaya Street in Brest, " shouted slogans, displayed white-red-white banners, grossly violating public order, and deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of businesses and organizations."
At the court hearing, everyone admitted their guilt completely.
Yulia Sharanova reportedly participated in the protests at age 16, while Nikita Voytyuk and Nikolai Nikityuk were 17. It is also known that Maxim Sobolev, Gleb Klimovich, and Yulia Sharanova have been convicted, including on drug-related charges.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2025.
Detained for a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was a minor at the time of that protest.
Nikita and seven other people began their trial on May 10, 2024, in the Moscow District Court of Brest.
According to human rights activists , he was released on September 27, 2024.
A pro-government channel shows the arrest of a man: three security officers run up to him from behind on the street and put him face down on the asphalt. In the video, Yakovenko says that on August 10, 2020, he was on Masherov Avenue in Brest. He was there with his friend Igor Sorokin (he was arrested in February after returning from Poland).
According to human rights activists, he was released at the end of May 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
In a “repentance video” on a pro-government channel , a man says that he was previously arrested for 10 days under the article on distributing “extremist materials” (Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Administrative Code). This time he was detained for standing on the roadway with his friends in 2020 and “launching fireworks at employees.”
Detained in a criminal case of mass riots 08/10/2020
On May 31, 2024, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
He was released in the spring of 2025.
Igor was arrested in March 2024 and found guilty in the fall of that year under the article “participation in mass riots.”
A pro-government channel showed his arrest: at least five armed security officers wearing body armor and helmets arrived at Igor's apartment. They threw the Brest resident, wearing only his underwear, to the floor. In the video, the detainee says he was in a "linkage" on Sovetskaya Street in Brest.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
In the "repentance video," the man says he was detained for participating in a rally after the elections and going out into the roadway.
According to the prosecution , from August 10 to 11, 2020, then-minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolai Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, and Maksim Sobolev, while on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Kosmonavtov and Shevchenko Boulevards, and Sovetskaya Street in Brest, " shouted slogans, displayed white-red-white banners, grossly violating public order, and deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of businesses and organizations."
At the court hearing, everyone admitted their guilt completely.
In September 2025, he was released , having fully served his sentence.
According to the indictment, Vladimir Lukyanchuk wrote an offensive comment in the telegram chat "Borodach Chat" on September 8, 2023. In the message, Alexander Grigorievich was called a word that means "chatterbox" (but in an obscene form).
According to human rights activists , he was released on September 12, 2024.
According to the prosecution, on July 18, 2021, Pavel Korolevich posted a message in a group called "Online Brest" on the social network "Vkontakte" that humiliated the honor and dignity of Alexander Lukashenko and was offensive to him. Also on August 11, 2021, he posted another offensive message in the same community.
In court, Korolevich partially admitted his guilt, since the offensive comments were made specifically in relation to Lukashenko, and not in relation to the President of the Republic of Belarus in connection with the performance of his official duties.
According to human rights activists , he was released on December 25, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Kirill's sentence, handed down in the summer of 2023, was announced in a local state television report. The report stated that the criminal case was based on a Telegram comment containing obscene language directed at Lukashenko, written in 2022. Kirill was sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
In December 2024, a new court hearing was announced regarding the issue of replacing the restricted freedom sentence with a prison term in a penal colony. The outcome of the hearing, as well as Kirill's presence, remains unknown.
Ilya was arrested and convicted in the spring of 2023 for "insulting Lukashenko" and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open-type institution.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2025, having fully served his sentence.
According to the prosecutor , the Brest resident was accused of writing several insulting comments about government officials, including police officers, in the Telegram messenger in 2021.
