Sergey Ivanovich Kukhotskovolec
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, which resulted in at least 14 days of administrative arrest, at least 270 rubles in fines and at least 4 years of restriction or imprisonment. On May 27, 2021, I considered the case against Baranovichi resident Vladimir Alekseev in a closed court hearing. The accusation was based on the fact that the accused left unflattering comments under the photo of Interior Ministry employees. He was tried under three articles: 369, 188, 391 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. He sentenced Alekseev to 3 years of restriction of freedom with a transfer to an open correctional facility, and also ordered him to compensate moral damages to Evsevitsky and Getman (Ministry of Internal Affairs employees) of 1,000 rubles each. He sentenced Migno Alexey Mikhailovich to a year of imprisonment under Art. 370 of the Criminal Code - Desecration of state symbols (there is the removal of the state flag from a building)
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, which resulted in at least 14 days of administrative arrest, at least 270 rubles in fines and at least 4 years of restriction or imprisonment. On May 27, 2021, I considered the case against Baranovichi resident Vladimir Alekseev in a closed court hearing. The accusation was based on the fact that the accused left unflattering comments under the photo of Interior Ministry employees. He was tried under three articles: 369, 188, 391 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. He sentenced Alekseev to 3 years of restriction of freedom with a transfer to an open correctional facility, and also ordered him to compensate moral damages to Evsevitsky and Getman (Ministry of Internal Affairs employees) of 1,000 rubles each. He sentenced Migno Alexey Mikhailovich to a year of imprisonment under Art. 370 of the Criminal Code - Desecration of state symbols (there is the removal of the state flag from a building)
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The basis for the criminal case were comments in one of the chats, recognized by security forces as extremist materials in May 2021.
According to Alexander's acquaintances abroad, in May 2023, after the criminal case had already been opened, he left for Poland, where he stayed for about a month. Then his elderly mother called him and said that an investigator had called her and threatened to search for her son. It was promised that if Kulikov returned, he would be given a punishment that did not involve imprisonment.
After some time, Kulikov decided to return to Belarus and was detained. He stopped communicating while crossing the border. Another administrative violation protocol was drawn up against him (Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and a criminal case was opened. On July 13, 2023, the Leninsky District Court of Mogilev found the Mogilev resident guilty and sentenced him to three years of imprisonment with referral to a general regime colony.
In December 2023, it became known that Kulikov was going to be tried again. This time, he is accused of three articles: participation in an extremist group (Article 361, note 1, part 3), participation in an armed group or armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state (Article 361, note 3, part 1), and undergoing training or other preparation for participation in extremist activity (Article 361, note 5). On December 22, the press service of the Moscow Regional Court reported that on December 20, Kulikov was sentenced to 4 years in prison. Together with the previous punishment, the total term of imprisonment for the man will be 4 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime.
On December 12, BT aired a propaganda film about Kulikov, who talks about his attempt to join Kastus Kalinovsky's regiment and about undergoing military training near Kiev.
In March 2024, it became known that the prosecutor appealed the sentence of political prisoner Alexander Kulikov from Mogilev, who was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. According to the court's decision, he was given an additional year and a half to his term .
On 01.07.2024, a trial was held to replace Alexander's regime and he made the decision to transfer the political prisoner to prison regime .
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Mikhail, the owner of the Samorodok jewelry workshop, made jewelry for members of reenactment clubs and studied medieval history. In February 2022, he was detained and later convicted on charges of “slandering and insulting Lukashenko” and “insulting a government official.”
In May 2024, a new court hearing was held, following which Mikhail's conditions of detention were tightened, transferring him to a prison regime.
In February 2025, he was convicted again under the article on “financing the activities of an extremist group.”
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Vladimir, a graduate of the Bobruisk School of Olympic Reserve and BGATU, was involved in wrestling and worked as a trainer at the Eva fitness center.
He was arrested on March 30, 2022, on charges of sabotage on the railway. Despite the fact that he did not resist, the special forces used force and weapons. He was later convicted under five serious articles of the Criminal Code.
In September 2024, Vladimir was transferred to a strict prison regime.
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An anarchist activist was detained on the night of October 28-29, 2020, while crossing the Belarusian border together with the partisan group "Black Banner". He was accused of setting fire to cars of officials, as well as the traffic police department and the state forensic committee.
In April 2024, Dmitry was convicted again for "malicious disobedience to the demands of the colony administration." Under this article, prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration are tried for fictitious violations. As a result, another 9 months of imprisonment were added to his 19-year sentence.
Maxim was accused of leaving an offensive comment on the Odnoklassniki social network in a group titled "Belsat TV Channel" under a news story about a single mother's sentencing. The story claimed the single mother had allegedly insulted police officer Kutsko with an "offensive symbol" and received two years of "house arrest." Maxim's own comment also targeted Kutsko, and the story was accompanied by a photograph of "police officers in uniform."
The police officer demanded compensation for "moral damages," the court upheld the claim, and Maxim's phone was confiscated by the state as "an instrument of committing a crime."
Vladimir was convicted under three criminal articles for publications on Telegram. According to the prosecution, on September 14, 2020, he posted a photo of district police officer Alexander Yevsevitsky with an offensive caption, causing him moral harm. On September 15, he reposted a photo of the head of the Department of Internal Affairs Alexei Getman with personal data and slander to the Bolshaya Kolpenitsa channel. On September 30, Vladimir published a comment under a photo of Judge Nikolai Kmita, which, according to the investigation, was offensive.
He was released in July 2024, having fully served his sentence.
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Alexander, a neurologist, worked in Norilsk, Russia. He was detained in May 2021 upon his return to Belarus in connection with a criminal case opened for insulting law enforcement officials.
In January 2022, he was convicted under three criminal articles for comments addressed to 32 officials. As Alexander himself explained, he left them emotionally, since during the August 2020 protests he volunteered near the detention center on Okrestina. In addition to imprisonment, the court ordered him to pay moral compensation in favor of 20 employees. At the hearing, it also became known that one of the victims in the case beat Alexander during his arrest.
In November 2022, he was convicted again under the articles “insulting a government official” and “threatening violence against an official.”
On April 3, 2024, his punishment was increased and he was transferred to prison.
He was released in November 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Grigoriy, the BPF presidential candidate in the 2010 elections and the party's chairman, was arrested on April 12, 2021, in a criminal case opened under the article "conspiracy or other actions committed with the aim of seizing state power." In September 2022, he was sentenced to a long prison term, despite his health deteriorating in prison and the discovery of cancer.
In the summer of 2023, he was deprived of visits and had his personal records confiscated, including a draft of a book and correspondence addresses. In November of that year, he was transferred to a PKT for 6 months.
In January 2024, Grigory's punishment was toughened and he was transferred to prison regime. In April of the same year, he underwent surgery and was immediately returned to his cell.
Released in July 2024 as part of a pardon.
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Alexander was first detained on August 29, 2020, along with his sister Natalia, on a trolleybus, and a video of their detention was distributed in the media and on social networks. In December, he was arrested again and charged with active participation in "mass riots" and resisting police officers.
In November 2022, Alexander was transferred to prison regime.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the summer of 2025.
