October Vitebsk district court judge Elena Protas recognized member of the Left Party "Fair World " by Andrei Andreyev guilty of a violation of Article 22.9 of the Administrative Code ( violation of the law on the mass media ), and awarded him with a fine of 20 basic units. Such punishment Party activist has been subjected to for the distribution of printed materials of the campaign " Tell the Truth ." This production is allegedly a mass medium, not registered in the Republic of Belarus.

Recall Andrey Andreev was arrested on August 13. He threw leaflets with information about the " civil contract " and " popular referendum " on the mailbox. Perhaps they were following him - when he walked into another road, a moment in the entrance there was a police officer and activist offered to drive him to the station. Nearly 700 copies of leaflets were seized on their distributor up a report on administrative offense .

In court, Andrey Andreev acknowledged that distributed leaflets and thus may have violated the Administrative Code . But said that does not consider himself guilty . Given that he committed the offense for the first time , the judge appointed him to the minimum fine under the relevant article of the Administrative Code . Party activist said he would appeal the decision.