Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions awarding at least 76 days of administrative arrest and fines of at least 3,313 rubles.
On August 3, 2021, Yuri Zinovenko was sentenced to 1 year of “domestic chemicals” for insulting a police officer (Article 369 of the Criminal Code) in comments on Odnoklassniki. In addition, she decided to pay the victim 1,500 rubles.
On September 4, 2021, she sentenced Alexandra Litvishchenko to 1.5 years in prison for insulting Lukashenko (Article 368 of the Criminal Code) with the word “schmuck” and insulting a policeman (Article 369 of the Criminal Code) with the word “scum” in the comments.
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions awarding at least 76 days of administrative arrest and fines of at least 3,313 rubles.
On August 3, 2021, Yuri Zinovenko was sentenced to 1 year of “domestic chemicals” for insulting a police officer (Article 369 of the Criminal Code) in comments on Odnoklassniki. In addition, she decided to pay the victim 1,500 rubles.
On September 4, 2021, she sentenced Alexandra Litvishchenko to 1.5 years in prison for insulting Lukashenko (Article 368 of the Criminal Code) with the word “schmuck” and insulting a policeman (Article 369 of the Criminal Code) with the word “scum” in the comments.
Viktor was detained on October 18, 2020, after the protest "Partisan March". Seeing the security forces, he tried to run away, but was knocked down and fell along with a riot police officer, who suffered a fracture. Viktor was brutally beaten and hospitalized. At the trial, he reported torture, but was convicted of allegedly tripping a riot police officer, without admitting guilt.
In the summer of 2021, he was convicted again under the article on “malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional institution.” This article applies to prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration and for fictitious violations. As a result, his total prison term was 7 years.
In December 2023, Viktor's conditions of detention were tightened and he was transferred to a prison regime.
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Dmitry was convicted of tearing down three red-and-green flags in December 2022, according to the prosecution. According to the case file, at the Sosedi store on Pushkinsky Prospekt, he "grabbed three pieces of the national flag of the Republic of Belarus from a metal rack, tore them from their plastic rods, and threw them on the floor." The prosecution characterized these actions as "motivated by political and ideological hatred."
Trial outcome 22.02.2023
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
05.02.2025 She died six months after her release from oncology, which she had been diagnosed with in prison. She served a full 3 years of imprisonment for her comments. Despite her serious illness, Anna was not released early.
According to the indictment, Anna posted offensive comments about Lukashenko A.G. and other government officials and law enforcement officials in several Telegram channels throughout 2021. On July 10, 2023, Anna will be tried again under the article for "insult".
In June 2023, Kondratenko was returned from the Gomel women's penal colony IK-4 to the Mogilev prison to stand trial for a second criminal case. This time, she was charged with a comment on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus" regarding Andrei Bagrayonok, a traffic police inspector of the Svetlogorsk District Department of Internal Affairs. The post about him appeared on September 27, 2021, and Kondratenko left a comment on September 28.
Anna's second sentence was 1 year of imprisonment and a fine of 50 basic units.
By absorbing a less severe punishment with a more severe one, Kondratenko was left with the same term of 3 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony. In both criminal cases, the woman now owes the state more than 5 thousand Belarusian rubles.
The woman died six months after her release from cancer, which she had been diagnosed with in the colony in Gomel. According to former political prisoners , Anna did not receive any parcels or packages. "Her mother is elderly, retired, it was hard for her, so we thought about how to help her ourselves." Despite her serious illness, Kondratenko was not released early. Moreover, the woman was taken from the colony to a pretrial detention center again and tried again under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Trial outcome 12.07.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 13.10.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Trial outcome 11.07.2023
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 10.10.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Final verdict by partial addition:
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The author of the video blogs "People's Reporter" and "Youtube Deputies", as well as the press secretary of the initiative group of presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, was detained and convicted for participating in the events of May 29, 2020 in Grodno, as well as for allegedly insulting Mogilev OMON officer Vitaly Avtushenko.
In December 2021, Alexander was transferred to prison regime.
In December 2022, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
The author of the video blogs "People's Reporter" and "Youtube Deputies" was detained and convicted for participating in the events of May 29, 2020 in Grodno, as well as for allegedly insulting Brest Regional Court judge Andrei Leshchenko and Mogilev OMON officer Vitaly Avtushenko.
On December 17, 2022, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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