Potential persecutions

Pavel, leader of the Barysfen knights' club and a reenactor, has not been released after being detained on November 3 and sentenced to 15 days in jail. The reasons for his detention and the administrative charges are unknown.

Around the same dates, two more people involved with Barysfen were detained, but no details are available about them.

On November 4, it was revealed that Pavel Stankevich's personal social media accounts and the pages of his projects "Barysfen Knight's Club," "Barysfen Medieval Show - Theater," and "Journey to the Middle Ages - Weekend Tour" were added to the "list of extremist materials."

Presumably detained for political reasons.

At the end of July, the famous jewelry brand Belaruskicry was recognized as an "extremist group" in Belarus, and its information products were recognized as "extremist materials." The team suspended its activities. On July 27, the propagandists shared details of the claims against the brand and the detention of one of the team members, Yegor Buzhilov, who came to Belarus. In addition, it was stated that six more people in Belarus were related to Belaruskicry - they are accused of economic crimes.

According to the propagandists, production director Yegor Buzhilov was detained after he found himself on the territory of Belarus. The story showed footage of Buzhilov behind bars. The video is dated July 29. According to the propagandists, among other things, Buzhilov is accused of "financing extremism" (Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code).

Convicted under two articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, the second article is unknown.

Ex-policeman. According to the prosecution, on May 27, Butko, who after leaving the police became the director of a commercial transport company, struck his employee Andrei Zakhar "at least 12 times in the head" with his fists. The victim said in court that he had "no complaints" against Butko.

In 2017, Butko resigned from the service, and in 2020, he spoke out against the brutality of the security forces. In May 2021, Lukashenko stripped him of the rank of reserve police lieutenant colonel.

He was brought to administrative charges for participating in protests, which the court took into account when sentencing him. It is known that he is on the profukus list in prison as someone prone to extremism. The human rights organization RPF (Respect-Protect-Fulfill) finds a political component in his case.

Until 2011, Dmitry worked as a platoon commander of the Kobrin department of the security department and was a police captain. He is married and has a daughter. In November 2012, the Brest Intergarrison Military Court sentenced Peretolchin to 3.5 years in prison with a three-year deferment under the article on fraud (Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code). He was stripped of the rank of police captain. After that, he worked as a foundryman at Polesie and as a specialist at Dobronom.

He was convicted in the Brest Regional Court under Part 1 of Article 356 of the Criminal Code (treason (as amended by the Law of 09.01.2019)) and Part 2 of Article 406 of the Criminal Code (failure to report a crime).

According to the prosecution , from August 10 to August 11, 2020, at that time, minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolay Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, Maxim Sobolev, were on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Cosmonauts Boulevards and Shevchenko, st. Soviet in Brest, “ they shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white canvases, grossly violating public order, deliberately impeding the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.”

At the court hearing, everyone fully admitted their guilt.

It is also known that Maxim Sobolev, Gleb Klimovich, Yulia Sharanova were convicted, including on “narcotic” charges.

Maxim Sobolev under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code was sentenced to two years of imprisonment. But since Maxim was already convicted under the “narcotic” part 4 of Art. 328 of the Criminal Code, by partial addition of the main punishments and the full addition of an additional punishment, 12 years in prison were sentenced to serve in a correctional colony under a high security regime with a fine of 3,200 rubles.

According to the prosecution , from August 10 to August 11, 2020, at that time, minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolay Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, Maxim Sobolev, were on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Cosmonauts Boulevards and Shevchenko, st. Soviet in Brest, “ they shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white canvases, grossly violating public order, deliberately impeding the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.”

At the court hearing, everyone fully admitted their guilt.

It is reported that Yulia Sharanova participated in the protests when she was 16 years old. It is also known that Maxim Sobolev, Gleb Klimovich, Yulia Sharanova were convicted, including on “narcotic” charges.

Yulia Sharanova was sentenced to one and a half years in prison for participating in the August protest. But due to the fact that she was convicted under Part 4 of Art. 328 of the Criminal Code, she was eventually sentenced to 13 years in prison under general regime conditions with a fine of 3,700 rubles.

Denis Nikita was detained on the evening of January 25, 2024 for petty hooliganism. He was taken to the police department on duty. He did not agree with the detention and allegedly began to make insults and threats towards the police officers, while mentioning Lukashenko. According to the police, the 38-year-old man did this for a long time and humiliated him repeatedly. As a result, a criminal case was initiated. The man was tried publicly in the building of the Svisloch regional executive committee. The district newspaper reported on the trial: it said that “representatives of the public” and the media were present at the meeting. Denis Nikita admitted guilt.

It is reported that this is the 11th conviction of the accused. He was convicted of theft, torture, threats to kill, as well as for violating the requirements of preventive supervision, and was repeatedly brought to administrative responsibility. In addition, the man was deprived of parental rights in relation to two children.

She was sentenced in the Zavodskoy District Court of Minsk to imprisonment under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them) and Part 4 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code (fraud). The case was considered from April 12 to October 30, 2024, at least 83 hearings were held. The circumstances of the case, as well as the verdict, are unknown. Along with Zhanna, 7 more people were convicted .

Gorelov was the head of the Belinvestbank directorate for the Gomel region. The last news about him dates back to February 2023, and in December 2023, Pavel Yurkovets, the former head of Belinvestbank in Mozyr, was appointed head instead of him.

The trial of Oleg Gorelov began on February 8 in the Gomel Regional Court.

On June 14, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.