OMON. Brest. According to other sources, the Punishers: an employee of the Vitebsk Ministry of Internal Affairs. Passion Service Officer of the Brest Regional Executive Committee Police Department Participated in violent dispersals of civilians, including being seen in Vitebsk detaining civilians with the use of riot gear. The Central District Court of Minsk sentenced a man to two years of house arrest for "insulting a government official." The comment "call sign 'skinny'" under a post about Vladislav Shukailo was found to be a crime. Bykhov District Court Judge Vladimir Zholudev sentenced Nikolai Kovalevsky to 1.5 years of house arrest for insulting a police officer (Article 369 of the Criminal Code), Vladislav Shukailo, who participated in the dispersal of a peaceful protest in Vitebsk. In addition, Zholudev ordered the victim to be paid 1,000 rubles in compensation. Prosecutor: Andrei Streltsov. Nikolai Kovalevsky left the comment "skinny" under a post in the Nexta VKontakte group. Notably, the post reported that a man had been convicted in Minsk for insulting Shukailo with the word "skinny." Nikolai then left the same comment. Nikolai himself does not consider the word offensive—in his view, it describes the physique of a skinny person. Prosecutor: Artyom Tsvetkov
Judge: Victoria Shabunya
OMON. Brest. According to other sources, the Punishers: an employee of the Vitebsk Ministry of Internal Affairs. Passion Service Officer of the Brest Regional Executive Committee Police Department Participated in violent dispersals of civilians, including being seen in Vitebsk detaining civilians with the use of riot gear. The Central District Court of Minsk sentenced a man to two years of house arrest for "insulting a government official." The comment "call sign 'skinny'" under a post about Vladislav Shukailo was found to be a crime. Bykhov District Court Judge Vladimir Zholudev sentenced Nikolai Kovalevsky to 1.5 years of house arrest for insulting a police officer (Article 369 of the Criminal Code), Vladislav Shukailo, who participated in the dispersal of a peaceful protest in Vitebsk. In addition, Zholudev ordered the victim to be paid 1,000 rubles in compensation. Prosecutor: Andrei Streltsov. Nikolai Kovalevsky left the comment "skinny" under a post in the Nexta VKontakte group. Notably, the post reported that a man had been convicted in Minsk for insulting Shukailo with the word "skinny." Nikolai then left the same comment. Nikolai himself does not consider the word offensive—in his view, it describes the physique of a skinny person. Prosecutor: Artyom Tsvetkov
Judge: Victoria Shabunya
Nikolai was found guilty in October 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment he left on VKontakte under a post in the "Nexta" group about a driver for the Brest Regional Executive Committee's Special Purpose Police Department, Senior Sergeant Shukailo.
He was released in July 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 12.10.2021
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1087 rubles of compensation.
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