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According to the prosecutor , the Brest resident was accused of writing several insulting comments about government officials, including police officers, in the Telegram messenger in 2021.
In October 2022, a “repentant video” was released with him, from which it was clear that a criminal case was opened against the man for comments on Vkontakte about Alexander Lukashenko. As a result, the Kobrin court found him guilty of publicly insulting the President of Belarus.
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On January 9, 2023, the Gomel Regional Court heard the case of two Gomel residents, Vladislav Yatsenko and Kirill Plakushchev. According to the investigation, one of them repeatedly posted messages on a social media platform calling for participation in Kastus Kalinovsky's battalion, Azov, and other units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He also transferred 21 euros to Kastus Kalinovsky's battalion. Both men were also accused of spray-painting cynical graffiti and drawings on the walls of buildings. The court assessed damages at 130 rubles.
On December 13, 2025, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Convicted for participating in 2020 protests. Until the trial, he was held in custody in SIZO-1
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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Kristina was the director of the Millefeuil beauty salon. Before the trial, she was under house arrest.
According to the materials of the prosecution , Vecherkina violated public order, went out onto the carriageway of the streets, including Pobediteley Avenue, publicly demonstrated the V sign as a protest symbol with her fingers, and disrupted public transport. In the case, there are several episodes of Kristina's participation in protest marches. The court also satisfied the civil claim of Minsktrans for the amount of 47,716 rubles. The car and computer equipment remained under arrest until the issue with the civil lawsuit was resolved.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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Political activist, co-chair of the unregistered party Belarusian Christian Democracy and member of the Coordinating Council for organizing the process of overcoming the political crisis.
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Member of the initiative group and head of the headquarters of the election campaign of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. Currently, he heads the charitable foundation «Country for Life».
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Activist, chairman of the strike committee of the Minsk Tractor Plant, member of the presidium of the Coordinating Council for organizing the process of overcoming the political crisis.
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Before his arrest, Sergei worked as a history teacher at Minsk School No. 30. The man graduated from the history department of the Belarusian State University and from his school years was fond of studying history. Previously, he was detained under an administrative article for participating in protest marches in Minsk. Convicted under a criminal article also for participation in protests.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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Detained for participating in protests in 2020. Before his arrest, he worked at the Minsk Tractor Plant (MTZ).
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Designer. At the request of the lawyer, the court was closed. The man was found guilty of insulting Maksim Voronko and Vitaly Blagotvorinsky on a telegram channel (presumably Lyakhovichi-97) on November 21, 2020 and February 3, 2021. The injured Voronko was previously a senior district police officer in the Lyakhovichi district, but on September 16, 2020, he resigned. Since 2017, the charity has worked in Lyakhovichi, before that - in the Baranovichi police department. Denis Koval fully admitted his guilt and asked for forgiveness from the victims.
1 year 3 months of restriction of liberty without a referral.
The man was accused of participating in Minsk protests several times, going out onto the roadway of Independence Avenue, which blocked the movement of public transport. The court ruling separately notes that Dmitry was photographed on the roadway with the national flag. The man was identified from photographs and videos from the protests, which the security forces found on his mobile phone.
Dmitry has a secondary special education, worked as an individual entrepreneur.
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
According to the materials of the prosecution, during the Sunday protest action in September 2020 in Minsk, Artem and Svetlana Shafransky took an active part in group actions that grossly violate public order and are associated with a clear disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers on Pobediteley Avenue. Artem and Svetlana fully recognized their guilt in court.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
According to the materials of the prosecution, during the Sunday protest action in September 2020 in Minsk, Artem and Svetlana Shafransky took an active part in group actions that grossly violate public order and are associated with a clear disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers on Pobediteley Avenue. Artyom was kept in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Minsk, Svetlana was released pending trial on bail in the amount of 9,600 rubles. Artem and Svetlana fully recognized their guilt in court.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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She's a Pensioner. She was detained on November 26, 2022 for participating in protest actions. At first, she was convicted on an administrative case for 11 days, but after her arrest, the woman was never released.
2 years of probation.