Julia Stepanovna Shut
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Julia Stepanovna Shut
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 175 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 1,465 days of administrative arrest, at least 23,150 rubles in fines, and at least 46 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed.
She sentenced Pavel Belous to 15 days of administrative arrest.
She took part in the repressive prosecution of a married couple for extremism in personal correspondence - Sergei Krupenich and Anastasia Krupenich-Kondratyeva, who were sentenced to 126 and 127 days of arrest according to nine court orders.
She sentenced Olga Tomina, a political prisoner with many children, to two years in prison.
She found Evgenia Starovoitova guilty and sentenced her to restriction of freedom for a period of two and a half years without being sent to an open correctional facility (“household chemicals”).
Evgenia Starovoitova was detained on November 4, 2022 and initially sentenced to 13 days of administrative arrest. After the expiration of the arrest period, Evgenia was not released, but was charged with criminal charges: first, under Part 1 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code for insulting Lukashenko, then under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code for participation in protests in 2020 and under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code for insulting a government official.
Convicted Anna Smolyan under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them), sentence - two years and six months of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility ("household chemicals").
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 175 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 1,465 days of administrative arrest, at least 23,150 rubles in fines, and at least 46 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed.
She sentenced Pavel Belous to 15 days of administrative arrest.
She took part in the repressive prosecution of a married couple for extremism in personal correspondence - Sergei Krupenich and Anastasia Krupenich-Kondratyeva, who were sentenced to 126 and 127 days of arrest according to nine court orders.
She sentenced Olga Tomina, a political prisoner with many children, to two years in prison.
She found Evgenia Starovoitova guilty and sentenced her to restriction of freedom for a period of two and a half years without being sent to an open correctional facility (“household chemicals”).
Evgenia Starovoitova was detained on November 4, 2022 and initially sentenced to 13 days of administrative arrest. After the expiration of the arrest period, Evgenia was not released, but was charged with criminal charges: first, under Part 1 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code for insulting Lukashenko, then under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code for participation in protests in 2020 and under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code for insulting a government official.
Convicted Anna Smolyan under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them), sentence - two years and six months of restriction of freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility ("household chemicals").
List of repressed
According to the case file, on November 15, 2024, while intoxicated near a house on Mayakovsky Street, Andrei approached members of an initiative group collecting signatures for Lukashenko's nomination and "publicly made an offensive comment about him."
The court found Andrei's actions to be intentional and aimed at publicly humiliating Lukashenko's honor and dignity. In December 2024, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment.
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.
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Water polo coach. Rodion was tried for participating in one of the peaceful marches in Minsk. The man pleaded guilty and said that he moved with the crowd, including along the roadway.
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Anton was arrested in December 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the articles "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and "driving a vehicle by a person without a driver's license."
In May 2022, Anton was found guilty of participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020 and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Left Belarus.
In October and November 2024, in absentia court hearings were held within the framework of special proceedings on the issue of replacing the appointed sentence.
Dmitry was convicted in August 2021 for a comment on the social network Odnoklassniki under a photograph of Sergei Rudko, head of the Bobruisk City Executive Committee's law enforcement department. A linguistic expert concluded that the comment was offensive and contained obscene language.
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Galina, a 2D artist at Vizor Games, was arrested in December 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them." Law enforcement officers recorded a "confession video" with Galina, in which she explained that she subscribed to Telegram channels deemed extremist by the Belarusian authorities and that she participated in protests and roadblocks in August 2020.
In May 2022, Galina was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.
Left Belarus.
In October and November 2024, in absentia court hearings were held within the framework of special proceedings on the issue of replacing the appointed sentence.
Igor was arrested in December 2021 on charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them," and was remanded in custody pending trial.
In March 2022, he was found guilty of participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020 and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
According to human rights activists, he was released in November 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Igor was arrested in November 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." In December of that year, he was convicted for participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk in 2020.
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 a referral to a correctional facility with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Igor was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer at the Gantsevichi District Police Department, pinning a detainee to the ground with his knee.
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Anastasia was arrested on July 15, 2021, and convicted nine times in a row under the administrative offense of "disseminating information products containing calls for extremist activity or promoting such activity" for forwarding messages from Telegram channels to each other with her husband.
The ninth court hearing took place on November 5, 2021, after which Anastasia was sentenced to another 15 days of detention. However, despite the detention orders, Anastasia and her husband, Sergei, were released from the temporary detention facility the evening after the trial without explanation.
In total, Anastasia received 126 days of arrest. She left Belarus shortly thereafter.
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Alexei, a writer and teacher of Belarusian language and literature, was arrested in August 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." In November of that year, he was convicted for participating in a post-election protest that took place from August 9 to 10, 2020, in Minsk.
Left Belarus before starting to serve his sentence.
In December 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with a referral to imprisonment in a penal colony.
Kirill was arrested on August 14, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order." In September of that year, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk on the night of August 10-11, 2020.
Later, Kirill left Belarus.
In February 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing a restriction of freedom with a referral to an open-type institution with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Vyacheslav was detained at his home on March 10, 2021. After waiting for his parents to leave, the security forces broke down the door, conducted a search without their presence, put Vyacheslav on the floor and beat him.
He was accused of participating in protests that took place in Minsk in August–September 2020 against election fraud and violence by security forces. Vyacheslav was convicted under the article on “group actions grossly violating public order” and sentenced to a restriction of freedom.
In June 2022, his punishment was toughened, and he was transferred to a penal colony before the end of his term.
He was released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Oleg was detained and sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment in an open-type correctional facility for participating in a protest against election fraud that took place on August 9, 2020 in Minsk.
In April 2022, the court ordered a stricter regime and transferred him to a penal colony for four violations, including allegedly impolite behavior with a “chemistry” employee.
On January 21, 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.