Systematically makes politically motivated decisions since 2014.
For politically motivated cases, no less than: 15,325 rubles were assigned. fines, 676 days of administrative arrest.
According to a judge from Pinsk, Alexei Patsko, who resigned in August 2020 in protest against repression, “the courts are actually controlled by the chairmen of the courts, they are controlled by the regional court, and the regional court is probably run by the KGB.”
In 2019 he judged Marina Zolotova.
2020 Judged representatives of OSVOD..
In fact, on his instructions, the Central District Court made decisions on the criminal cases of political prisoners Sergei Kapanets, Yegor Sugodya, and Yevgeny Dmitriev.
Systematically makes politically motivated decisions since 2014.
For politically motivated cases, no less than: 15,325 rubles were assigned. fines, 676 days of administrative arrest.
According to a judge from Pinsk, Alexei Patsko, who resigned in August 2020 in protest against repression, “the courts are actually controlled by the chairmen of the courts, they are controlled by the regional court, and the regional court is probably run by the KGB.”
In 2019 he judged Marina Zolotova.
2020 Judged representatives of OSVOD..
In fact, on his instructions, the Central District Court made decisions on the criminal cases of political prisoners Sergei Kapanets, Yegor Sugodya, and Yevgeny Dmitriev.
Marina has been the editor-in-chief of TUT.BY since 2004 and is known for her interest in Balkan culture and her knowledge of the Bulgarian language.
In 2019, she was fined in a criminal case under the article "inaction of an official" for accessing BelTA materials; human rights activists deemed the case politically motivated.
In May 2021, she was arrested on charges of tax evasion, but the charge was later dropped.
In October 2022, the KGB added Marina to its list of persons "involved in terrorist activity." She was later also charged with "inciting hatred" and "calls for actions against national security."
The trial was held behind closed doors and lasted more than two months, with 37 hearings in total. In March 2023, she was sentenced to a lengthy prison term.
On December 13, 2025,she was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Trial outcome 04.03.2019
300 basic values fine, approximately 6000 rubles of compensation.
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