Institution "Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 1" of the Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the city of Minsk and Minsk Region. Head. Colonel of the Internal Service.
Institution "Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 1" of the Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the city of Minsk and Minsk Region. Head. Colonel of the Internal Service.
Anastasia was detained and convicted for, according to investigators, scattering about 45 metal screws near the Minsk prosecutor's office on December 13, 2020. As a result, the car driven by the victim Klintsevich ran over them, and two tires were punctured.
She was released after serving her full sentence as determined by the court and deported to the Russian Federation in November 2021.
02.06.2021
in April was registered as an extremist
Trial outcome 03.03.2021
1 year 1 month of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 36 rubles of compensation.
Igor, a Minsk resident, a citizen of the Russian Federation and a reserve officer, was arrested and convicted for filling the front door of the apartment of Tatyana Oboznaya, an employee of the internal affairs agencies, with polyurethane foam, who falsely commented on the death of Roman Bondarenko, who was killed by security forces. He was also accused of writing an offensive inscription on her mailbox.
He was released after serving his full sentence as determined by the court and deported to the Russian Federation on March 12, 2022.
Trial outcome 16.02.2021
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, unknown rubles of compensation.
Ruslan is a Belarusian blogger who has been creating videos on social and political topics since 2020. By February 2021, his channel had more than 90,000 subscribers. On February 20, 2021, he was detained and later convicted of “insulting a government official.”
It became known that Ruslan was not released from the colony after his term expired, but was transferred to the pretrial detention center in Kolyadichi. The reasons for the new charges are still unknown.
He was released in June 2025, having served his full sentence.
Maksim was detained on November 22, 2020 and convicted for an installation with scarecrows, which contained photographs of Natalia Kochanova, Interior Minister Ivan Kubrakov, and a riot police officer in a balaclava, against the backdrop of a white-red-white flag.
He was released in March 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Denis was arrested on November 22, 2020 and convicted for an installation with scarecrows, which contained photographs of Natalia Kochanova, Interior Minister Ivan Kubrakov and a riot police officer in a balaclava, against the backdrop of a white-red-white flag.
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Nikita, a biker, was detained and convicted in a criminal case opened after an incident on September 19, 2020, near the Europa shopping center in Minsk. At that time, unknown persons tried to detain one of the motorcyclists, and the others stood up for him.
In June 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 26.02.2021
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, approximately 667 rubles of compensation.
Nikita, a biker, was convicted in a criminal case opened after an incident on September 19, 2020, near the Europa shopping center in Minsk. At that time, unknown persons tried to detain one of the motorcyclists, and the others stood up for him.
In December 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
15.10.2023
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Trial outcome 26.02.2021
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, approximately 667 rubles of compensation.
Andrei, a biker, was first detained and convicted in a criminal case opened after an incident on September 19, 2020, near the Europa shopping center in Minsk. At that time, unknown persons tried to detain one of the motorcyclists, and the others began to defend him.
In June 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence.
In August 2023, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Andrei, and he became a suspect under the article on gross violation of order. The basis for this was photographs. He was later convicted of participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 26.02.2021
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, approximately 667 rubles of compensation.
Evgeniy, a firefighter and rescuer of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, was detained and convicted for participating in a protest action - the "March for the Liberation of Political Prisoners", which took place on October 4, 2020 in Minsk.
Released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court
Grigory was detained in October 2020 and later convicted of throwing at least three unspecified objects towards the roadway and special transport during a protest on August 10, 2020, near the Riga shopping center in Minsk.
According to human rights activists, he was released in January 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Natalia was first detained and sentenced to administrative arrest on August 29, 2020, after the Women's Solidarity March. She was detained along with her brother Alexander on a trolleybus, and a video of their detention was distributed in the media and social networks.
In October 2020, she was arrested again and convicted under the article on “violence against a police officer” for biting OMON officer Andrei Khomich on the thigh during his arrest in August.
She was released in May 2021, having fully served her sentence as imposed by the court.
19.05.2021
from 03/14/21 is in the women's colony No. 4 in Gomel
Vladislav was detained and accused of participating in a protest against the results of the presidential elections that took place on November 1, 2020 in Minsk.
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
30.12.2021
4.6.21 accounting is prone to extremist and other destructive activities
Alexander was arrested in October 2020 at his home and convicted of allegedly taking part in a protest against the election results that took place on August 9, 2020, in Minsk and hitting the hood of an official vehicle at least three times.
He was released in July 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 23.02.2021
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, approximately 3000 rubles of compensation.
Ignat, a poet, actor and director, was arrested and convicted of creating the Telegram chat “Progulka” (Walk), in which he invited friends to a meeting on August 9, 2020, and shared information on how to use proxy servers and applications in the context of the Internet block, and, according to the prosecution, “took an active part in group actions that grossly violated public order.”
He was released in July 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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