Vitebsk human rights activist Peter Ivanov received from the Investigation Committee next message not to initiate a criminal case against him. Earlier, the investigating authorities have twice endured a refusal to initiate criminal proceedings against him, but then, these regulations were repealed. It is possible that the next decision will be reversed, and the case will still be prosecuted. Peter Ivanov still face a prison sentence of up to 3 years.

The case against Ivanov asked the chairman of the institute Pershamaiski district court of Vitebsk Andrew Andrushenko. According to him, Peter Ivanov made offenses under articles 361 (insulting the judge), 369 (insulting a government official), 400 (misleading information) of the Criminal Code.

The beginning of everything was Ivanov's statement to the Investigation Committee, in which he requested to prosecute law enforcement officers and judges. The decision not to institute criminal proceedings provide details:

In a statement, P.E. Ivanov explained that it was held on the administrative process in violation of the law. After that, the court was illegal decision. In this case, P.E. Ivanov in a statement, using the following phrases:

"I declare malfeasance of the state bodies of the Republic of Belarus. The offender - Head of the inter-district traffic police Vitebsk regional police department Lieutenant Colonel AE Stepanov (hereinafter - the culprit) and Judge Pershamaiski district court of Vitebsk Kismeroshkina VI (hereinafter - the criminals)."

"The first did this to me a member of the police abuse the environment (hereinafter - the schmuck) in civilian clothes. An active partner in crime criminal who used the violence to me, was also nameless thug in uniform police major (hereinafter - the ghoul)."

"In addition to the crimes committed by Stepanov and B. Kismeroshkina and for the purpose of concealment, new officers were committed the crime. They have committed a criminal - court judge Vitebsk Regional Ivanov S.E., which has had knowingly unjust judgment of 08.05.2013 on false charges of administrative offenses and criminal - court judge Pershamaiski district of Vitebsk Korablina NV, which has had obviously illegal judgment of 20.05.2013 on trumped-up case of an administrative offense."

To find out whether the texts contain Petr Ivanov abuse of officials and representatives of the government, the investigation committee appealed to experts. To carry out examinations of its applications and complaints were sent to the research center of the Belarusian culture, language and literature of the National Academy of Sciences and in Vitebsk State University Masherova.

While the results of the experts there, and without them to make a decision about a criminal case can not be reported by Ivanov in the investigative committee. However, everything can change - Investigative Committee stated:" When you receive the results of the study of the text of statements and private complaints P.E. Ivanov with incorrect statements to the officers of the Republic of Belarus... introduce them to the material inspection, in establishing the other circumstances of the incident consider the need to reverse that decision and conduct additional testing."