Nikolay Alekseevich Woodpecker
- Home
- Involved in repression
- Nikolay Alekseevich Woodpecker
Nikolay Alekseevich Woodpecker
Acted as a public prosecutor in politically motivated cases.
Acted as a public prosecutor in the case of Maksim Mikulich, who was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code - Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them. Maksim took part in a five-minute skirmish on August 9, 2020. The man was sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility. Maksim Mikulich is recognized as a political prisoner.
Acted as a public prosecutor in the case of Svetlana Trapkovskaya, who was charged under Article 369 of the Criminal Code - Insulting a government official for a one-word comment on a social network. Svetlana was sentenced to restricted freedom for a period of two years without referral to an open-type correctional facility. Svetlana Trapkovskaya is also obliged to pay each of the victims 1,000 rubles in moral compensation by the court decision. The accused was ordered to pay a state fee of 192 rubles to the state. The mobile phone from which the woman wrote the comment was confiscated as a means of committing the crime.
Acted as a public prosecutor in politically motivated cases.
Acted as a public prosecutor in the case of Maksim Mikulich, who was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code - Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them. Maksim took part in a five-minute skirmish on August 9, 2020. The man was sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility. Maksim Mikulich is recognized as a political prisoner.
Acted as a public prosecutor in the case of Svetlana Trapkovskaya, who was charged under Article 369 of the Criminal Code - Insulting a government official for a one-word comment on a social network. Svetlana was sentenced to restricted freedom for a period of two years without referral to an open-type correctional facility. Svetlana Trapkovskaya is also obliged to pay each of the victims 1,000 rubles in moral compensation by the court decision. The accused was ordered to pay a state fee of 192 rubles to the state. The mobile phone from which the woman wrote the comment was confiscated as a means of committing the crime.
List of repressed
- Associations
- Administrators of TG-channels
On July 24, the Ministry of Internal Affairs recognized the "Propovednik" project as an "extremist group." According to the department, 52-year-old Vladimir Shpak, who was detained in May 2024, is involved in it.
Pro-government Telegram channels reported that the man "incited national and social hatred, called for violence, advocated radicalization and terrorism." It was claimed that a number of criminal cases had been opened against the detainee - he was threatened with 10 years in prison.
Maxim was arrested on August 17, 2021, along with former riot police officer Maxim Klimovich, in a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was remanded in custody pending trial.
In November 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk from August 9 to 10, 2020, and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.
He was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
- Associations
- Military
- Associations
- Military
Maxim was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was remanded in custody pending trial.
In November 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk from August 9 to 10, 2020. It is also known that during the protest, he was detained by security forces and severely beaten. Maxim was sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility, but was released in the courtroom.
Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
In February 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
- Associations
- Scientists
- Associations
- Scientists
Tatyana is a sociologist, expert at the Agency for Humanitarian Technologies and coordinator of the Flying University. She was first detained in August 2021 after a search and placed under arrest for 10 days, but after her release she remained a suspect in the criminal case.
She was detained again on March 23, 2022, the day she came to the Investigative Committee to receive a response to her petition to leave for treatment.
In June 2022, Tatyana was convicted for participating in a protest that took place on October 25, 2020, in Minsk, and sentenced to restriction of freedom with referral to a correctional institution.
She was released in the fall of 2024, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
- Associations
- Journalists
- Associations
- Journalists
Andrey is the head of the advertising and marketing department of Nasha Niva, the author of the Nasha Gistoriya magazine. From 2006 to 2017, he was the editor-in-chief of the publication. On July 8, 2021, he was detained in a case of "group actions grossly violating public order." He was later charged under the article on "causing property damage without signs of theft" - for paying for utilities at rates for individuals instead of legal entities. The investigation calculated the damage at more than 10 thousand rubles.
In March 2022, he was sentenced to imprisonment, despite the fact that the damages were fully compensated.
In August 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
- Associations
- Journalists
- Associations
- Journalists
Egor is the editor-in-chief of the Nasha Niva website (nn.by), and has been working for the publication since 2009. On July 8, 2021, he was detained in connection with a case of "group actions grossly violating public order." He was later charged under the article on "causing property damage without signs of theft" - for paying for utilities at rates for individuals instead of legal entities. The investigation calculated the damage at more than 10 thousand rubles.
In March 2022, Egor was sentenced to imprisonment, despite the fact that the damages were fully compensated.
In August 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.