Alexei was detained on February 23, 2021, and held in pretrial detention pending trial. In August 2021, he was convicted of "active participation in group actions that grossly violated public order" for his participation in the post-election protest that took place on September 13, 2020, in Minsk, as well as for attempted theft.
In addition, the Minsktrans company filed a civil claim for damages in the amount of almost 29 thousand rubles.
At the time of his arrest, Alexei had an outstanding criminal record and was serving a restricted-liability sentence without being sent to a correctional facility; he had two months and three days remaining on his sentence.
In November 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Vadim was arrested in April 2021 and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Minsk against the falsification of the presidential election results.
In November and December 2024, as well as in February 2025, in absentia court hearings were held regarding Vadim “on replacing the restriction of freedom without sending him to an open-type correctional facility.”
Andrei was detained in April 2021 and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Minsk against the falsification of the presidential election results.
In November and December 2024, as well as in February 2025, Andrei was tried in absentia “on replacing the restriction of freedom without sending him to an open-type correctional facility.”
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.
An activist with the Young Front and the ZUBR resistance movement. He was detained on August 10, 2020, and later charged with participating in the events of August 9 in Minsk. He left Belarus.
Trial outcome 22.03.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, approximately 6126 rubles of compensation.
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