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.
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On March 11, 2022, Evgeny was detained for insulting comments.
During the search, hashish was found in his possession. Evgeny said that he bought it for himself and his friend-colleague Yuri, with whom he had previously used it repeatedly.
The man was detained and placed in custody, charging him with articles for insulting four policemen, a judge and drug trafficking.
On September 27, 2022, an appeal hearing was held.
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Evgeny was charged under 9 articles of the Criminal Code. The reason for this was comments in Telegram and sending 0.28 and 0.004 bitcoins to the administrators of Telegram channels.
In addition, from December 2019 to January 2020, he purchased particularly dangerous psychotropic substances, and on the territory of Russia (in the Bryansk region) he bought a firearm – a Makarov pistol (PM) and at least 46 cartridges for it.
The trial lasted from February 14 to June 2, almost four months.
Yevgeny partially admitted his guilt, explained that he did not agree with the results of the presidential elections in Belarus, and that is why he decided to act actively.
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Sergei, an assistant to the head of one of the capital's organizations, was detained in September 2020 at his home for participating in a protest against the falsification of the presidential elections and violence against peaceful citizens, which took place on August 11, 2020 in Minsk. He was convicted of "participation in mass riots" and also under an article related to drugs.
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Anton was detained, severely beaten, and later convicted of damaging the car of a policeman's wife in Novaya Borovaya.
His wife and children managed to leave Belarus.
Trial outcome 03.02.2021
6 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, approximately 1845 rubles of compensation.
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He was a suspect under Part 1 of Article 342 before the trial. He was ultimately convicted under Articles 328 and 329 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Trial outcome 13.08.2021
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Yuri Dobrokhotov was arrested on April 20, 2023, on suspicion of “petty hooliganism,” but was charged for participating in a protest in 2020. After a search of his residence, a jar containing a small amount of marijuana was allegedly found in the apartment.
During the trial, Dobrokhotov pleaded not guilty to two charges. He explained that in September 2020, after work, he saw a lot of people heading towards Pobediteley Avenue. He didn’t know any of them. People were walking along the sidewalks. He went with them, entered the crowd, because he was interested in what was going on there. He didn’t have any prohibited symbols with him. And regarding the circumstances of the charge of possession of narcotic substances, he reported that a certain A. had been staying in his apartment for 4 months. When he left, he temporarily left some things in his apartment, among which a jar of “weed” was later found.
During his arrest, Yuri was beaten by police officers.
For the totality of the crimes, the final sentence was imprisonment for a term of two years. On 20.10.2023, the appeal was considered.
Trial outcome 08.08.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
He served his sentence in a correctional institution under Article 328 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, where his sentence was replaced with a restriction of liberty to imprisonment (10 months and 7 days). While in the correctional institution, he wrote "offensive" comments, for which he was sentenced to 1 year and 1 month of imprisonment.
On January 22, 2024, Vadim was tried again under Article 411, Part 1 of the Criminal Code, “Malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional institution executing a sentence of imprisonment.”
He was scheduledto be released onJuly 6, 2025.
Trial outcome 27.07.2023:
1 year and 3 months imprisonment under strict security conditions
Vyacheslav is a native of Ukraine. Around 2011, he moved to Gomel with his parents. Graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry of the Belarusian State Medical University in Minsk with a degree in Dentistry. Since 2017, he worked as a dental surgeon at the Bragin Central District Hospital, established himself well in the team and among patients
On September 5, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
11.02.2025
После освобождения выдано предписание в 10-дневный срок покинуть РБ.
Trial outcome 07.06.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
On April 21, 2023, Vladimir was tried in the Central District Court of Minsk and sentenced to four years of restricted freedom in an open correctional facility (called a "chemistry" facility) and a fine of 200 basic units (7,400 rubles). Vladimir managed to partially serve his sentence.
Several months later, Vladimir was re-arrested at a "chemistry" facility to increase his sentence. He has been in custody since July 10, 2023.
Vladimir was accused of leaving an offensive comment on July 5, 2021, referring to a police major with the Ivanovo District Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Directorate (IDD) as "scum" on the "Punishermen of Belarus" Telegram channel. In 2020, the police officer was tasked with "maintaining public order" and was involved in the administrative cases brought against Belarusians en masse for participating in protests.
Released in June 2025.
Trial outcome 21.04.2023
4 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 30.06.2023
unknown.
Trial outcome 25.08.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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