Svetlana Borisovna Kremenevskaya
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Svetlana Borisovna Kremenevskaya
Crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Svetlana Borisovna Kremenevskaya is an employee of the judicial authorities involved in politically motivated repressions, in which thousands of peaceful demonstrators, several hundred journalists, human rights defenders and activists were detained and subjected to violence. She delivered convictions in politically motivated cases. She tried political prisoner Yuri Kostyuk, who was secretly taken from Russia to Belarus in the fall of 2022. He was kept in a Russian pre-trial detention center for five months, and in Belarusian ones for another three months. The political prisoner was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code for helping other political prisoners receive assistance from funds and was sentenced to 4 years in prison. She tried the head of the national theater of humor, games and songs “Khmelevskiya valatsugi” Natalya Dyrman under Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses and sentenced her to a fine of 5 b.v. for participation in the dialogue with the chairman of the Zhabinkovsky district executive committee Vitaly Kulak and the chairman of the district Council of Deputies, member of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Anatoly Sholtanyuk.
Crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Svetlana Borisovna Kremenevskaya is an employee of the judicial authorities involved in politically motivated repressions, in which thousands of peaceful demonstrators, several hundred journalists, human rights defenders and activists were detained and subjected to violence. She delivered convictions in politically motivated cases. She tried political prisoner Yuri Kostyuk, who was secretly taken from Russia to Belarus in the fall of 2022. He was kept in a Russian pre-trial detention center for five months, and in Belarusian ones for another three months. The political prisoner was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code for helping other political prisoners receive assistance from funds and was sentenced to 4 years in prison. She tried the head of the national theater of humor, games and songs “Khmelevskiya valatsugi” Natalya Dyrman under Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses and sentenced her to a fine of 5 b.v. for participation in the dialogue with the chairman of the Zhabinkovsky district executive committee Vitaly Kulak and the chairman of the district Council of Deputies, member of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Anatoly Sholtanyuk.
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Andrei is a Belarusian YouTuber known for his provocative videos with officials. During the 2020 elections, his wife Olga was an independent observer, and Andrei withdrew her complaint to the commission, for which he was arrested for 15 days. Due to persecution, he left for Lithuania, where he continued to call officials and created a satirical duet "Red Green" with Margarita Levchuk — they released videos on YouTube ridiculing the Belarusian authorities.
In March 2024, a criminal case was opened against him as part of a special proceeding, including articles on "inciting hatred" and "creating an extremist group." In June, Andrei was convicted in absentia, found guilty of leading the "Rudobelskaya show" and other "crimes," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
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In March 2024, a criminal case was opened against Ilya as part of a special proceeding, within the framework of which in June of the same year he was convicted in absentia for participating in an “extremist formation” - “Rudobelskaya show-off”, sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment and a fine of 700 basic units.
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Margarita is a Belarusian opera singer. In 2020, she took part in Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's election campaign and dealt with issues of culture and national heritage in Pavel Latushko's team and in the People's Anti-Crisis Directorate.
During a tour in Lithuania in the fall of 2020, Margarita began to be persecuted in Belarus, after which she was forced to remain abroad.
In March 2024, a criminal case was opened against Margarita as part of a special proceeding, and already in June of the same year, she was convicted in absentia for participating in an “extremist group” - “Rudobelskaya show-off”, sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment and a fine of 800 basic units.
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Former police officer Alexander Sazonov and Yevgeny Vasilevsky were detained almost a year ago, on February 27, 2022, in Minsk, and on March 1, both were punished with administrative arrest under Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (violation of the procedure for organizing or holding mass events).
The Pervomaisky District Court of Minsk sentenced Sazonov to 13 days of arrest for participating in a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Vasilevsky to 15 days.
The essence of the accusation is still unknown. It is likely that it concerns the transfer of personal data of security officials to protest chats.
According to human rights activists , he was released on September 9, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Vadim is a businessman, founder and deputy commander of the Pagonya regiment, and has been outside of Belarus since 2020. In June 2023, he was convicted in absentia on charges of politically motivated terrorism and numerous criminal offenses. He was sentenced to a long prison term and a fine, and stripped of all his military ranks.
According to the indictment, from July 2020 to January 2022, an "organized criminal group operated in Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other countries with the goal of committing extremist crimes. It included radical individuals, including former and current military personnel, law enforcement officers, athletes and businessmen, who sought to seize power illegally." The case involves charges of attempting to set fire to the home of MP Oleg Gaidukevich in June 2021 and "organizing mass riots."
For the second time, as part of a special proceeding, Vadim was convicted in December of the same year under articles on “inciting hatred and discord,” “slander and insult of Lukashenko,” and “insulting a government official.”
In December 2024, it became known that a new special case had been opened against Vadim on four more criminal charges, including “creation of an extremist group” and “undergoing training to participate in extremist activity.”
According to the materials of the prosecution, at the end of September 2021, Oleg Dutchik posted in vk.com a comment in which he spoke negatively about the death of an employee of the State Security Committee Dmitry Fedosyuk in Minsk.
In addition, over the past year, the man has repeatedly posted negative statements in various communities with insults to the president, humiliated his honor and dignity.
The last post in his account in vk.ru it was made on March 27 and was as follows: «Arrest is a restriction of freedom».
During the trial, the man pleaded not guilty.
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As Sergei himself explained in court, he took the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine to heart and followed the news.
At the same time, from the beginning of April 2022, discord began in his family. Trying to cope with his experiences, he turned to alcohol.
On April 14, amid yet more family problems, Sergei Voytyuk left home for the border with Ukraine. Witnesses in the case (border guards, a taxi driver, etc.) testified that in their presence Sergei said that he was going to join Kalinovsky's battalion.
He was released in the summer of 2024 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
Tatyana was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang songs and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Dmitry was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang songs and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Sergei was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang songs and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Left Belarus.
In December 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held against Sergei as part of a special proceeding to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Anna was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang songs and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Left Belarus.
In December 2024, as part of a special proceeding against Anna, a court hearing was held in absentia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Nikita was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, participants sang songs and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
According to human rights activists, he was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Sergei was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Natalia was convicted of "participating in group actions grossly violating public order" in a criminal case opened following a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people were singing and dancing in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Natalia managed to leave the country before the sentence came into force.
In January 2025, as part of a special proceeding in Natalia's case, a hearing was held in absentia to consider replacing her restriction of freedom with a prison sentence in a penal colony. The outcome of the hearing is unknown.