Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Elena Semenovna Zhuk supports Lukashenko’s regime and politically motivated repressions. On June 1, 2022, she found Valery Eliseev guilty under Article 369 of the Criminal Code and sentenced him to one and a half years of restriction of freedom with a transfer to an open correctional facility for an offensive comment addressed to traffic police officer Igor Volnich with his photograph where he is stepping on the detainee’s head. Zhuk also ordered compensation for moral damages in the amount of 1,500 rubles. On November 25, 2022, she found Dmitry Karpinsky guilty under Article 370 of the Criminal Code and sentenced him to one and a half years of restriction of freedom with a transfer to an open correctional facility for the fact that the man tore the red-green flag from the building and threw it into the trash.
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Elena Semenovna Zhuk supports Lukashenko’s regime and politically motivated repressions. On June 1, 2022, she found Valery Eliseev guilty under Article 369 of the Criminal Code and sentenced him to one and a half years of restriction of freedom with a transfer to an open correctional facility for an offensive comment addressed to traffic police officer Igor Volnich with his photograph where he is stepping on the detainee’s head. Zhuk also ordered compensation for moral damages in the amount of 1,500 rubles. On November 25, 2022, she found Dmitry Karpinsky guilty under Article 370 of the Criminal Code and sentenced him to one and a half years of restriction of freedom with a transfer to an open correctional facility for the fact that the man tore the red-green flag from the building and threw it into the trash.
Valery left a comment on the social media site Odnoklassniki: "Let's help him become famous across the country," featuring a picture of traffic police officer Volnich. This post received 1,799 comments.
Eliseev's phone was also confiscated as a means of committing the crime. Valery must also partially reimburse the claim of the victim, Igor Volnich, and pay him 100 rubles. Eliseev also transferred 500 rubles to Volnich during the hearing. The victim requested 1,500 rubles. Eliseev must also pay a state fee of 96 rubles.
According to human rights activists, he was released on January 3, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 01.06.2022
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Alexander was found guilty in November 2021 of "insulting a government official" for a comment left under a photo of Igor Volnich, a traffic police officer from the Gantsevichi District Police Department, pinning a detainee to the ground with his knee, as well as for a comment he left about Andrei Komar, a police captain from Bobruisk.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 05.11.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1500 rubles of compensation.
Oleg was found guilty of "insulting a government official" for comments he left on the social network VKontakte. Nine government officials were recognized as victims in his criminal case.
In November 2021, a court hearing was held to consider toughening the sentence, following which Oleg was transferred from an open-type correctional facility to a penal colony.
He was released in October 2022, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome date unknown
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial date unknown
imprisonment in a penal colony until the end of the sentence.
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