Former presidential candidate, detained in a criminal case.
Andrey Dmitriev is the co — founder and co-chairman of the «Govori pravdu» association.
In 2021, the association «Govori pravdu» was searched, after which the current account of the organization were blocked, and the office was sealed. On August 12, 2021, Dmitriev was detained for a short time, but then released.
The man was detained again on January 11, 2023 and put in the pre-trial detention center «SIZO -1». The Investigative Committee reported that Dmitriev participated in the post-election protests of 2020, therefore he became a suspect under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On April 20, 2024, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Yuri Bubnov has been the head of the Department of Humanities at the Belarusian University of Food and Chemical Technologies (formerly MGUP) since 1997. His portrait is on the veterans honor board of the Belarusian State University of Technology (formerly MGUP). The man was awarded the badge «Vydatnik adukatsi». In Mogilev, Yuri Bubnov is known as an expert sociologist, one of the founders of the Center for Urban Initiatives and the festival «Dranik-fest».
Anatoly was convicted for posts he left on his Odnoklassniki profile that contained derogatory information about Lukashenko. According to the prosecution, the purpose of these posts was to publicly damage the authority of the state and disseminate knowingly false information degrading Lukashenko.
Anatoly admitted his guilt in full.
He was released in May 2025 , having served his full sentence.
At first he was sentenced to restriction of freedom and sent to an open correctional facility. His chemistry regime was tightened and Evgeniy was sent to serve his sentence in a colony.
Trial outcome 20.01.2023
unknown years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 01.11.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the accusation, friends (Daria and Ekaterina) on November 22, 2022, while near the building of the dormitory of the «Minsk Komarovsky rinok» MTUE, tore the national flag from the facade of this building. Then they demonstratively waved them walking along Belomorskaya Street, after which they threw him to the ground.
At the same time, their actions were filmed on a mobile phone camera, and photo and video files were uploaded to a group on a social network, which publicly humiliated the state symbol.
During the court session, the girls admitted their guilt in full and sincerely repented.
According to human rights activists, she was released upon expiration of her sentence.
According to the materials of the prosecution, Alexey Yaroshevich, back in April 2021, using a mobile phone on a page on a social network ok.ru posted an image of Alexander Lukashenko and accompanied it with an obscene text message.
Trial outcome 23.01.2023
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
A graduate of BSU, probably the son of a lawyer of LLC «Stepanovsky, Papakul and Partners. Legal services».
The man was found guilty of participating in three Marches in August-October 2020. In court, he was accused of repeatedly going out on the roadway and not listening to the demands of the police to stop participating in peaceful assemblies. Evgeny admitted his guilt. «Minsktrans» has filed a claim for compensation for material damage in the amount of more than 47 700 BYN, it will be considered in the framework of civil proceedings.
According to human rights activists, in the summer of 2023 he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
The reason for the criminal case was a video recorded by Yuri in the Tik Tok. According to Yuri's explanations, on October 5, 2022, he called the local district police officer Dmitry Tiunov to help resolve a family conflict. The district police officer promised to come, but did not do it. On emotions (and being drunk), Yuri recorded a video where he said that the police were working poorly, and insulted Tiunov.
59 years old, he is a resident of Svetlogorsk. Anatoly was detained on October 25, 2022 for drinking alcohol in a public place. While in the police duty room of the railway station in Babruisk, he repeatedly insulted Lukashenko.
According to human rights activists, he was released on August 3, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 23.01.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
In a video from a public page related to the security forces, Nikita Karpenko said that he was subscribed to VKontakte groups, which were recognized as “extremist” and, in addition, left some offensive comment in one of them.
07/05/2024 released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 31.01.2023:
2 years in a colony under general regime conditions
On January 9, 2023, the Gomel Regional Court considered the case of two Gomel residents, Vladislav Yatsenko and Kirill Plakushchev. According to the investigation, one of them repeatedly posted on one of the social networks publications calling for participation in the Kastus Kalinovsky battalion, "Azov" and other formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He also transferred 21 euros for the Kastus Kalinovsky battalion. Both guys were also accused of making cynical inscriptions and drawings on the walls of buildings. The court assessed the damage at 130 rubles.
According to human rights activists, he was released on May 7, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 09.01.2023
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
In comments on social networks, he insulted a judge, a prosecutor, a juvenile affairs inspector and two district police officers of the city of Dubrovno. He lived in Moscow in 2020-2021 and from there wrote comments in Odnoklassniki under the publication of Mikhail Chemurako (an activist who was convicted of chemistry and is now in exile).
Detained on November 14, 2022 upon his return to Belarus.
01/19/2024 released after expiration of sentence.
Trial outcome 19.01.2023:
1 year and 2 months of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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