The man is accused of recruiting, training, or otherwise preparing for participation in an armed formation or armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state, or of financing such activities.
According to the prosecution's version of events, which was published by the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office, Cheslav Kononovich allegedly made "10 bank transfers in favor of an extremist group (Kalinovskiy's Regiment) for a total amount of over 1,200 rubles."
On March 19, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 18.12.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
A person involved in a criminal case that the KGB opened on the fact of an “attempt to commit an act of terrorism” in Machulishchi. It is known that he is the brother of Andrei Stepurko, through whom they allegedly found an apartment for the alleged sabotage artist Nikolai Shvets. He was accused under Art. 289 (act of terrorism) of the Criminal Code.
In December 2023, he was released and is under signature as a witness.
The essence of the case and the verdict were commented on by the assistant prosecutor of Brest on state television. From the video and the prosecutor’s commentary, it follows that Sankovskaya was charged with the following: in 2020 and 2021, in one telegram chat she published an image of the state flag of Belarus, and in the background there was a Nazi swastika (this was a “desecration of state symbols”), and also again in Telegram messenger published an “insulting” message about Yuri Karaev (remember that from June 2019 to the end of October 2020 Karaev was the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, after which he took the post of Assistant to the President for the Grodno region), and also in the Telegram messenger published several messages about A. Lukashenko, which were also considered “offensive.”
Trial outcome 14.12.2023:
1.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
According to pro-government media, 32-year-old Roman Dudkin allegedly “posted many comments containing insults to Lukashenko and internal affairs officers using profanity.”
It is alleged that a number of criminal cases have been initiated against him.
Trial outcome 08.12.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine.
The man was accused of writing several Internet comments about A. Lukashenko, which were considered a "public insult." The hearing took place at the Baranovichi State College of Light Industry. As a result, Tatsin was sentenced to 1 year in prison and handcuffed in front of college students, according to a report on state television.
On 30.01.2024, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 28.11.2023
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The first episode happened back in January 2022. Then Baranovsky made a transfer from his bank account to an unnamed structure recognized as an extremist formation. The exact amount of the transfer is unknown. In April 2022, Baranovsky made a donation to the account of the Kalinovsky Regiment. It is known that the man was detained in the spring of 2023 by employees of the Office of the State Security Committee for the Mogilev region.
Trial outcome 22.11.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Konstantin was detained in October 2023 upon returning to Belarus from Poland, where he had most recently lived. He was accused of posting “numerous offensive comments” and later convicted of several online statements that, according to the prosecution, contained negative assessments of Lukashenko. Konstantin was also charged with insulting government officials, but this was dropped due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
In September 2024, he was released under a pardon.
Worked at BMZ in Zhlobin. Detained for comments on social media.
At the time of his arrest, Dmitry's youngest child was six months old, and his two older children were under six years old. His wife was on maternity leave.
On June 26, 2024, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 28.02.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 07.05.2024
unknown.
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