Included in the top 10 most unprincipled judges of Lukashenko.
In politically motivated cases, he awarded a total of at least 7.5 years of administrative arrest, 53,703 Belarusian rubles. fines and decades of imprisonment and restriction of freedom. Karsyuk sentenced Oksana Kolb, editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Novy Chas”, to 2.5 years in prison; in the case of Pavel Voropai, he sentenced him to 3.6 years in a general regime colony and a fine of 12,800 Belarusian rubles. rub. and compensation for the “victims”.
Included in the top 10 most unprincipled judges of Lukashenko.
In politically motivated cases, he awarded a total of at least 7.5 years of administrative arrest, 53,703 Belarusian rubles. fines and decades of imprisonment and restriction of freedom. Karsyuk sentenced Oksana Kolb, editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Novy Chas”, to 2.5 years in prison; in the case of Pavel Voropai, he sentenced him to 3.6 years in a general regime colony and a fine of 12,800 Belarusian rubles. rub. and compensation for the “victims”.
It is known that the woman was detained when she returned from Italy.
On March 15, 2024, the appeal was considered.
Trial outcome 26.12.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 15.03.2024
unknown.
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Maxim is a Minsk resident. Has a higher education. The man is divorced. He once worked as a security guard, later as a builder. Then he opened an individual entrepreneur and erected monuments in the cemetery. I've been unemployed lately.
Friends recall that Maxim served his military service in one of the Minsk “special forces” units.
Maxim is accused of blowing up a police car near the Central District Department of Internal Affairs.
The incident happened on the night of January 7-8, 2022, not far from the building of the Central District Department of Internal Affairs of Minsk. A criminal case has been opened for blowing up a car under Article 289 (repeated act of terrorism).
Investigators later added that on the night of January 13, he allegedly damaged the Tabakerka kiosk and a trash can in the same way.
On May 26, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Leonid's first trial took place in the fall of 2022; he was charged under Article 369 and sentenced to restriction of freedom without referral.
The second trial was announced in August 2024. Leonid is accused of "financing the activities of an extremist group" (Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code) and "recruiting, training or preparing for participation in a war, as well as providing material support for such activities" (Part 2 of Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code). The man was probably found to have donated to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The sentence is most likely related to imprisonment.
Leonid hasa highereducation , his lastplaceof work was the privateenterprise"Gomelstalstandart ".
Trial outcome 12.10.2022
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 22.08.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 29.10.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Alexey was detained on July 1, 2021, in Minsk by officers from the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption (GUBOPiK). The following day, the court sentenced him to 15 days of administrative arrest, but instead of release, he was transferred to a pretrial detention center. He became a defendant in a criminal case for group actions grossly violating public order.
The case was heard under four articles of the Criminal Code: "organizing mass riots," "creating an extremist group," "inciting social hatred," and "insulting a government official." The trial was held behind closed doors, and the details of the charges are unknown.
In April 2022, the court sentenced Alexey to 11 years in prison. After the trial, pro-government channels published a video claiming that Alexey was the administrator of the Telegram chat "Cascade." A video about him had previously been filmed on TUT.BY.
In July 2023, it became known that he was in pre-trial detention, and on August 11, 2023, he was again found guilty in a new case of “creating an extremist group,” adding another 6 months to his sentence.
11 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony in strict regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On August 12, 2020, Alexander was detained when his car was stopped by armed men. He refused to get out, and after being threatened with gunfire, he tried to drive away. During his detention, he was beaten and taken to the hospital with a traumatic brain injury, then transferred to a pretrial detention center. According to investigators, he ran over a police officer's foot. The court found him guilty of attempted murder.
Trial outcome 05.03.2021
10 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 10000 rubles of compensation.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Angela and her husband were found guilty in August 2024 in a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." The verdict in the case is unknown.
On November 27, 2024, another court hearing was held on the charge of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," following which Angela was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, she was released in the fall of 2025, having fully served her sentence imposed by the court.
Sergei served in military unit 7404 in Baranovichi, where he rose through the ranks from company commander to unit commander. In 2013, he became deputy head of the Department of Corrections, responsible for ideology and personnel. He also conducted prison tours for state media and interacted with the Belarusian Orthodox Church. At the turn of 2018, he resigned from his post and, in January 2019, registered in Minsk as a sole proprietor in the daily rental sector.
Sergei and his wife were found guilty in August 2024 in a criminal case brought under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
On November 27, 2024, another court hearing was held under the article "organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." The verdict is unknown.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2025, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 06.08.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
In 2024, she was added to the Russian wanted list.
According to the court schedule, the caseon replacingthe restrictionof freedomwithimprisonmentin a penal colony was heardon November 27, 2024 in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Minsk.
Trial outcome 21.03.2024
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 27.11.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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