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Gorelov was the head of the Belinvestbank directorate for the Gomel region. The last news about him dates back to February 2023, and in December 2023, Pavel Yurkovets, the former head of Belinvestbank in Mozyr, was appointed head instead of him.
The trial of Oleg Gorelov began on February 8 in the Gomel Regional Court.
On June 14, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On September 8, 2023, an appeal hearing was held, and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 20.06.2023
11 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 08.09.2023
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Leonid's first trial took place in the fall of 2022; he was charged under Article 369 and sentenced to restriction of freedom without referral.
The second trial was announced in August 2024. Leonid is accused of "financing the activities of an extremist group" (Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code) and "recruiting, training or preparing for participation in a war, as well as providing material support for such activities" (Part 2 of Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code). The man was probably found to have donated to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The sentence is most likely related to imprisonment.
Leonid hasa highereducation , his lastplaceof work was the privateenterprise"Gomelstalstandart ".
Trial outcome 12.10.2022
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 22.08.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 29.10.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Assistant foreman at the Khimvolokno plant (part of Grodno Azot), deputy chairman of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union of Grodno Azot. According to preliminary information, he was detained under Articles 356 and 357 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus ("treason" and "conspiracy or other actions committed with the aim of seizing state power").
On November 9, 2022, the Gomel Regional Court began hearing the "Rabochag Rukh case", in which ten political prisoners are involved. On the second day of the trial, all of the defendants in the case told the court that they did not admit their guilt in treason and the creation of an extremist group . All of the defendants in the "Rabochag Rukh case" refused to testify in court. On December 27, the trial was closed before the verdict was issued, although it had previously been held in open mode.
On February 17, 2023, the Gomel Regional Court issued a verdict in the "Rabochag Rukh case". Judge Alexander Piskunov found Valentin guilty.
On October9, 2024, the Novopolotsk city court will hear Valentin's case "on transfer to a different type of correctional facility and changes in detention conditions."JudgeAllaGatikhtransferredthe political prisonerto a prisonregime, the term is not yetknown .
Trial outcome 17.02.2023
12 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 02.08.2023
unknown.
Regime change trial 09.10.2024
unknown years of prison regime.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On November 9, 2022, the Gomel Regional Court began hearing the "Rabochag Rukh case," in which ten political prisoners are defendants. On the second day of the trial, all defendants pleaded not guilty to treason and the creation of an extremist group . Andrei Pogerilo pleaded only to the charge of slander. All defendants in the "Rabochag Rukh case" refused to testify. On December 27, the trial was closed pending a verdict, although it had previously been open to the public.
Trial outcome 17.02.2023
14 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 02.08.2023
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Former operator of the "Ammonia-3" workshop. According to preliminary information, he was detained under Articles 356 and 357 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus ("treason" and "conspiracy or other actions committed with the aim of seizing state power").
In the fall of 2024,a trialwas held for the political prisonerto change his detentionregimeto a prison one.
Trial outcome 17.02.2023
14 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 02.08.2023
unknown.
Regime change trial date unknown
unknown years of prison regime.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
According to journalists, the accusation is related to the fact that the Gomel resident transferred money to help Ukraine through the BYSOL fund. After the full-scale Russian invasion, he spoke out against the war on social networks and published reports on humanitarian assistance to residents of the Chernihiv region, they note.
Yuri Tashkinov is a Gomel entrepreneur, a resident of the city technopark. In 2018, he developed a mobile application for searching for providers of various services.
On October 27, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
After graduating from the Department of Foreign Languages of the Gomel State University, Gleb began working as a bartender. Human rights activists learned about the detention of 24-year-old Vetoshkin by GUBOPiK officers from pro-government telegram channels on November 28 last year.
It was reported that he allegedly distributed extremist materials, and in August 2020 he participated in protests, insulted government officials and incited social hatred. After the arrest, a protocol was drawn up against Gleb under Part 2 of Art. 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (dissemination of extremist materials).
On June 8, 2023, the prosecutor's office filed an appeal to increase the punishment from 5 years of “home chemistry” to three years in prison. The representative of the prosecutor's office in court requested a year and a half of imprisonment with serving in a general regime colony. The Judicial Collegium of the Supreme Court upheld the prosecutor's request.
Trial outcome 30.05.2023
5 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Prosecutor's protest 08.08.2023
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Valentin Fedorenko sent 160 text messages from a push-button phone to the Polish number of the Belsat TV channel. For this, he was accused of facilitating extremist activities. Valentin, who suffers from a mental illness, faced up to six years in prison. According to the source of Radio Svaboda, Valentin suffers from an incurable mental illness. The diagnosis was made back in the 1980s. After that, the pensioner did not go to the doctors. At the trial, the examination confirmed that the disease is incurable and only remission can occur. Fedorenko was sent for a new forensic examination.
In the messages, the man wrote about the movement of Russian military equipment in Gomel and the takeoffs of Russian aircraft from the airfields of the Gomel region. At the court hearing, Valentin admitted his guilt and repented. He stated that he did not know that the Belsat TV channel was an extremist formation.
Trial outcome 12.10.2022
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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