Alexander Ivanovich Volodkin

Dmitry Suvkhanov is the brother of Marat Suvkhanov, who died in Ukraine in February 2023, fighting on the side of the Russian occupation forces.

The moderator of the meeting in the Svetlogorsk district court was again Kristina Kasyanova. She considered the charge against Dmitry Suvkhanov under Part 2 of Art. 367, with which the authorities punish for slandering Lukashenko.

Thus, the authorities violated Suvkhanov’s right to have his case examined by an independent and impartial court. After all, citizen Kasyanova is in a state of labor dependence on a person whom Suvkhanov allegedly slandered: Menaut Lukashenko, by his decree, appointed Kasyanova to the position of judge and if he is dissatisfied with her actions, only he can dismiss her from that position.

Victoria, the administrator of the channel “Drivers 97%”, was detained on November 4, 2020 in Minsk by GUBOPiK officers and convicted of “calls for mass riots and blocking roads in connection with dissatisfaction with the authorities and election fraud.”

In 2022 and 2023, the court increased her prison term twice, accusing her of "malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of the correctional institution." Victoria was repeatedly subjected to pressure in the colony and was recognized as a "malicious violator."

According to the schedule on the Supreme Court website, Victoria's case will be heard on October 28, 2024, in the Rechitsa District Court. The woman is accused for the third time under Part 1 of Article 411 of the Criminal Code.

On December 18, 2024, the appeal was heard in the Gomel Regional Court.

As of the end of December 2024, she was transferred to Penal Colony No. 24.

Polina Sharendo-Panasyuk reported that Elena Gnauk and Victoria Kulsha were placed in a PKT: "After several weeks in a punishment cell, they were transferred to a PKT. It is 99% that they will again fabricate Article 411 against them."

Polina also added: "Victoria Kulsha's kidneys have probably already failed. She went on hunger strikes for months, she refused water and drink. She cut her veins. They threw her in the punishment cell with this - she cut her veins in the punishment cell. She went on hunger strikes in the punishment cell. She refused medical help."

Victoria was supposed to be released in April 2025 after her term expired. But in early April, she was transferred to Gomel's SIZO-3 as part of the fourth criminal case under Part 1 of Article 411 of the Criminal Code (malicious disobedience to the legal demands of the colony administration).