The founder of the "Platform Innovation" Michael Zhamchuzhny in July 2015 was convicted of the Viciebsk regional court to 6 years imprisonment in a penal colony. October 23 the judicial board on criminal cases of the Supreme Court considered an appeal and appointed Zhemchuzhny more severe punishment – six and a half years in prison.

At noon on January 28 three and four hundred entrepreneurs gathered in Viciebsk on the square in front of the regional executive committee. Before we get to a scheduled meeting with government officials, small traders from Viciebsk, Połacak and Navapołacak have been organized column Lenin Street to the building of the Viciebsk branch of the International University "MITSO". However, the assembly hall of the institution could not contain such a large number of visitors.

Judicial board on criminal cases of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus in its decision of 15 January 2016 upheld the verdict of the Viciebsk Regional Court on 30 October 2015 concerning the 55-year-old driver from Tałačyn Dmitry Golubev, who was convicted of the murder of a senior state inspector Vorša Interdistrict Inspectorate of Protection flora and fauna Gennady Ravkov.

In front of the City Council held a spontaneous rally, which was attended by about 200 protesters who do not agree to pay each time for 50 thousand rubles for the opportunity to fish in the lake Łukomskaje. On the rally and meeting with Chairman of the executive committee said the head of department of the Belarusian Free Trade Union at Łukomal hydroelectric power station Alex Gabrielle.

The Investigative Committee confirmed the information that the police department of the Viciebsk region for corruption crimes was arrested a high-ranking police officers.