Fines issued in the amount of 8045 rubles, adm. arrest - 105 days
Has been making illegal decisions since 2017.
Illegally imprisoned Evgeniy Zelkouski (3 years 6 months in prison) and Pavel Larchik (3 years in prison).
Represses political activists of the city:
Activist Yuri Vlasov, the de facto leader of the “Walking along the embankment or feeding pigeons” action, was arrested for 45 days for participating in a protest under Article 23.34 of the Administrative Code.
Convicted activists Alexey Salamashenko and Alexey Dumenkov for participating in a peaceful protest under Article 23.34 of the Administrative Code.
She tried an 18-year-old young man, the son of journalists, Yuri Germanovich, for waving his arms in the street, Article 17.1 of the Administrative Code.
Fines issued in the amount of 8045 rubles, adm. arrest - 105 days
Has been making illegal decisions since 2017.
Illegally imprisoned Evgeniy Zelkouski (3 years 6 months in prison) and Pavel Larchik (3 years in prison).
Represses political activists of the city:
Activist Yuri Vlasov, the de facto leader of the “Walking along the embankment or feeding pigeons” action, was arrested for 45 days for participating in a protest under Article 23.34 of the Administrative Code.
Convicted activists Alexey Salamashenko and Alexey Dumenkov for participating in a peaceful protest under Article 23.34 of the Administrative Code.
She tried an 18-year-old young man, the son of journalists, Yuri Germanovich, for waving his arms in the street, Article 17.1 of the Administrative Code.
Individual entrepreneur Elena was detained and accused of "inciting ethnic hatred" and "cynical attitude towards the victims of the terrorist attack." At the end of March, she wrote in one of the Telegram channels: "In the Russian Federation, they only see the victims in Crocus City, and they do not see the victims of the Russian bombing of Ukraine."
Her case was mentioned by Gomel prosecutor Vladislav Zhurakovsky, who stated that a criminal case had been opened against her "under the extremism article" for "insulting the Russian people" on "opposition Ukrainian Internet resources." She was also convicted under the article "assistance to extremist activity."
It also became known that Elena's health deteriorated in the pretrial detention center. She was assigned "bed rest," which allows her to lie on the bed for several hours a day. She often visited doctors, and sometimes she was also prescribed injections.
Trial outcome 10.09.2024
unknown.
Appeal 29.11.2024
unknown.
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Victoria is a well-known Belarusian blogger "gusarev_ka", she has more than 32 thousand subscribers on Instagram and more than 17 thousand on TikTok. Her last messages are dated September - under them people write that the girl is in a pre-trial detention center.
Vika has a 6-year-old son.
Trial outcome 29.01.2025
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
It is known that on November 20, 2023, an administrative penalty was imposed on Ruslan Kruchinin under Part 2 of Art. 19.11 (distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities) of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus. Then he was punished with 15 days of administrative arrest and confiscation of his mobile phone.
It is known about Ruslan Kruchinin that he has a higher education and worked at one of the enterprises in Gomel.
Viktor was first detained on September 27, 2020, during one of the protests in Gomel. In the detention center, he was informed that a criminal case had been opened for "resisting police officers." The case was soon closed, but the prosecutor's office sent it for additional investigation, as a result of which the charges were reclassified. Viktor was taken into custody again on June 17, 2021.
In September of the same year, he was found guilty of “violence or threat of violence against a police officer” and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.
In April 2022, the court additionally found him guilty of "participation in actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced him to another year and a half in prison. By partially adding up the sentences, the final term was 3.5 years in a maximum security penal colony.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Pavel was detained as part of a criminal case opened after a protest that took place on September 20, 2020, in Gomel, and convicted of alleged violence against a criminal executive inspector, Pavel Shapovalov.
He was released in November 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Evgeniy was arrested on November 17, 2020, and convicted of twice planting white-red-white flags in deserted areas, leaving boxes nearby that could be perceived as explosive devices. However, as it turned out, the boxes contained several ball bearings, an empty firecracker, and a caricature of riot police.
According to human rights activists, he was released in early April 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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