According to the telegram channels of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was detained for comments on the network and participation in protest actions 2020.
Trial outcome 14.02.2023:
2 years of freedom restriction without referral to a correctional facility.
Detained together with his wife, political prisonerVictoria Zhdanovich on August 3, 2022. First, he was sentenced to 12 days of arrest, then he was detained as part of a criminal case on group acts that grossly violated public order.
Has three minor children. A criminal case has been initiated against her and her husband Anton Maslyko for group actions grossly violating public order.
Trial outcome 14.10.2022:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
A journalist who covered protests after the 2020 presidential elections. He was repeatedly detained by the police, fined by the courts, and sent to prison for a day. After a number of independent media outlets were recognized as extremist groups, Yevgeny was engaged in local history activities.
On September 13, 2022, in Gomel, in the afternoon, a search was conducted in the journalist’s apartment, after which Evgeny’s information carriers were confiscated and he himself was detained.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Evgeny Merkis.
The Minsk resident was accused of "being on the carriageway, publicly shouting slogans, deliberately blocking traffic by a vehicle by blocking the carriageway by exiting together with other unidentified citizens." At the trial, he fully admitted his guilt. We found Pavel from a photo on the roadway with symbols from the March on his own phone. This one photograph was the main evidence of the man's guilt.
Through pro-government channels, the man participated in rallies in August 2020, distributed “Nazi symbols” on the Internet, and allegedly insulted officials. Judging by the information from the same channels, Andrei Strunets will be tried for insulting an official (art. 369 of the Criminal Code). In addition, he has already been given 15 days for "administrative".
In addition to the restriction of freedom, Sergei was fined 100 b.v.
Trial outcome 29.11.2022:
2 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open institution.
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