Yevgeny was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk. In the spring of 2022, he was convicted of "inciting social discord" and "insulting a government official."
Evgeny worked at BelAZ for over 20 years. He has two adult children and grandchildren.
On May 24, 2022, the KGB included him in the list of persons “involved in terrorist activities,” as well as in the list of citizens involved in “extremist activities.”
The sentence against Evgeny has entered into legal force; the exact term of his sentence and the place of his imprisonment are being clarified.
According to the position of the state prosecution, Sanyuta, a resident of Baranovichi, incited hostility against law enforcement officers, namely: on August 12, 2020, he posted one message in the telegram chat «Baranovichi 97%». In this message, calls for violence against the security forces were seen in two places: «Look for law enforcement officers who come to mass events in civilian clothes and beat them with a crowd», «Lure a special purpose militia unit into ambushes».
was detained on September 29, 2021 as part of a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of Andrei Zeltser and a KGB officer.
Trial outcome 07.12.2022
1 year 9 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
On August 18, 2020, one Vkontakte user posted a text about Andrey Khvesyuk. Like, this police officer “on August 9-11 [2020] personally beat the detainees in the gym because they incorrectly kneeled in front of him.” Dmitry Matyukhevich also left a comment about Khvesyuk. The text featured the word "bastard", and the essence of the commentary was as follows: if the policeman were given to those whom he beat, the kidneys would drop after this.
The basis for the criminal case against Alesya Borisova was a comment on Odnoklassniki regarding two police officers from Dubrovno: senior inspector of the law enforcement and prevention department of the Dubrovno District Department of Internal Affairs, AleksandrShlupakov , and detective of the drug control and human trafficking group of the Dubrovno District Department of Internal Affairs, Sergei Shramov .
On June 17, 2021, a photo of Shramov and Shlupakov appeared on one of the Odnoklassniki pages with the caption: "These employees, risking their lives, confiscated the balloons." Borisova, as she admitted in court, added the comment: "Two morons are a force."
She was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served her sentence imposed by the court.
It is known that Aleksey Sergievich was detained on November 29, 2021. Then he was taken to the Central District Department of Internal Affairs, then to the detention center in Akrestsina. A mobile phone, a laptop, and an external drive were confiscated from him. After interrogation on November 30, he was released pending trial on a written undertaking not to leave and a guarantee from two persons. Convicted March 15, 2022.
According to pro-government channels, he was detained for participating in protests.
He was detained in March, since then, after another administrative period, a new protocol was drawn up and Vitaly was detained again. After three months of imprisonment in Akrestsin he was transferred to pre-trial detention center-1.
Vitaly’s former cellmate from Volodarka said that he was immediately charged with participating in one march. But before the case was closed, he was charged under Part 1 of Art. 130 Criminal Codes on the Internet found his comments for August 2020.
On March 3, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he will be released at the end of autumn 2023after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 14.12.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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