Viktor Tsapota, former chairman of the Sianno District Executive Committee, was found guilty of abuse of authority and embezzlement by abuse of authority and sentenced to four years in prison in a strong-security prison with confiscation of property.

"This happened in July," said Olga Koroleva, the senior assistant to the city prosecutor of Viciebsk. – After the boy refused to pray, the mother grabbed his head, struck the wooden desk, then hit the head with a book and a glass jar. Then the mother threw the child on the floor, sat down on him, grabbed her by the neck and began to choke, threatening with murder."

The 31-year-old Olga Stepanova was found guilty of causing death by negligence. On the basis of Part 1 of Article 144 of the Criminal Code, she was sentenced to imprisonment for 6 months with serving a sentence in a penal colony in a settlement. For the time provided for appealing the sentence, the measure of restraint for her was changed to a written undertaking not to leave the place (4 months before the trial, Olga Stepanova was in the SIZO).

On September 4, the senior investigator of the third investigative department of the Viciebsk city department of the Investigative Committee K. Kazimirskaya summoned a psychiatrist Igor Postnov, on the phone, for questioning in the criminal case initiated under Part 1 of Article 400 of the Criminal Code – "a knowingly false report on the commission of a crime". From the investigator's office, a psychiatrist was forcibly sent to the "Navinki" to undergo a stationary psychiatric examination.

Young people who accused the Viciebsk OMON in the beating, received fines from 5 to 15 basic units. This decision was made on August 24 by the court of Pervomaisky district of the regional center. The trial for this administrative case, chaired by Judge Natalia Korablina, was taking place from August 8, writes Tut.by.

The Viciebsk city department of the Investigative Committee handed over to the court the case of a 30-year-old woman from Viciebsk, who, according to investigators, admitted the death of her newborn child through negligence.

The Investigative Committee disclosed details of the detention of an Orthodox priest in Viciebsk, one of the temples of the Leningrad Region (Russia). According to the information of the SC, the priest was detained at the bus station, and not in a stash.

"Vitebsk Spring" continues to acquaint readers with the conditions of stay in temporary detention facilities. Journalist Artem Sizintsev covered spring protests and trials of their participants not only in his native Vorša, but also in Mahiloŭ and Viciebsk. Law enforcement officials evaluated the activity of the reporter – he was detained on March 25 for Freedom Day in Viciebsk. The court appointed Artem to 10 days of arrest.

During the celebration of the City Day in Viciebsk, a car with a portrait of Joseph Stalin drove along the streets. Celebrations take place in honor of the 1,043th anniversary of the first mention of Viciebsk in the annals.

The criminal case on part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code (theft) was instituted against a tenth-grader of one of the schools in Viciebsk. The total amount of damage allegedly inflicted by a tenth grade student was 2 rubles 35 kopecks.

Tatyana Smotkina and Dmitry Lupach, the court found guilty of illegally manufacturing and distributing media products. Independent journalists were tried for the plot shown on the satellite television channel Belsat, where it was told about the house No. 142 on Lenin Street in Hłybokaje.

The incident occurred on March 27 in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Viciebsk, where Judge Inna Grabovskaya was to examine the case of journalist Kastus Mardzvincau, who was detained – the day before. Before the beginning of the process, she stated that she wanted to hold a meeting in her office, and therefore would not allow anyone to consider it.