Maxim Mychko, Yana Milevskaya and Alexander Bend, accused in this case, while in Gomel on August 29, 2021, in a state of intoxication near the house on the street. The Soviet flag was torn down, which Mychko then threw on the pavement. Their identities were established using CCTV cameras.
On June 23, 2022, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
Convicted on December 20, 2021 for a comment with obscene language in the telegram channel “Baranovichi 97%” addressed to A.G. Lukashenko, which was written on September 17, 2020.
03/04/2024 released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Resident of Minsk. A criminal case was opened against Pavel for the fact that during a gathering of citizens in Gorodishche on September 18, 2020, when the police began to detain an elderly man, he obstructed the arrest, as a result of which he hit a policeman.
Released in January 2023 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome:
2 years and 6 months imprisonment in a penal colony
He was detained on November 25, sentenced to 10 days, but was not released on December 5 and was again given 10 days. But Andrei was not released on December 15 either, receiving another 10 days of arrest. A criminal case was opened against him.
On February 12, 2025, with the help of the US State Department, Elena Movshuk, journalist Andrei Kuznechik and a US citizen whose name has not yet been disclosed were released. They were pardoned by Lukashenko.
Details of the release were revealed to CNN by Chris Smith, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe.
"It was a special operation: we crossed the Belarusian border, met with authorities in Minsk, who handed over three detainees to us. We picked them up and took them through Lithuania." According to Smith, it was a "unilateral gesture" by the Belarusian authorities, seeking to improve relations with the United States.
"Lukashenko received nothing in return," he noted.
Trial outcome 08.06.2022
6 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
An individual entrepreneur from Minsk, convicted for insulting a riot policeman. He was detained on April 23, 2021, when he was flying to Moscow. That's how he learned about the criminal case against him. At the trial, Izotov said that he had no intention of hiding. But the investigation decided otherwise and took him into custody pending trial. On November 12, 2020, the man was accused of insulting the commander of the OMON, ensign Kovalchuk. In the telegram chat "punishers of Belarus" he wrote a comment under the posted data: "...stupid, nowhere else."
On January 25, 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
08.06.2023
Друзья, всем огромное спасибо за поддержку! По освобождению я покинул Беларусь. Всех обнимаю, дорогие!
Sergei was detained and convicted of violating public order during mass protests. It is known that the reason for initiating the case was his participation in the hitch on August 9, 2020. He was wounded that day.
Released in January 2023 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
After the accident, he was in the hospital for a long time, after which he received disability, so he was released from punishment in the form of restriction of freedom with direction.
He was detained on Aug 9, 2020, and released after 3 days. Later he went to work in the Russian Federation, where he was detained in May 2021 at the request of the regime Lukashenko.
In December 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
Trial outcome:
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Member of the Presidium of the Coordinating Council, well-known lawyer and international mediator, partner and director of the law firm "Vlasova, Mikhel and Partners". She was detained on August 31, 2020 by the DFR. On October 19, 2020, the preventive measure was changed to house arrest. On October 23, 2020, house arrest was lifted.
On trial for participation in protests on August 11, 2020: they stood in a coupling on the carriageway. Also, in a group with unidentified persons, they threw stones and bottles towards police officers, burned car tires. At the request of the victims, the court session was closed due to the fact that “the country has a difficult political situation, people are opposed to employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, personal data of the victims may be disclosed.” He was released by adding up the terms for the previous case and the term that Maxim served in an educational colony.
Trial outcome:
1.5 years in prison
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