Anton Sotnikov was detained on February 8, 2021 as part of a criminal case under Part 2 of Art.

293 of the Criminal Code for participating in "mass riots" in Brest in August 2020.

In addition to this article, Sotnikov was also charged under Art.

339 of the Criminal Code (Hooliganism) - allegedly he threw a "green" into a police car.

On August 12, 2021, the political prisoner was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison.

Yesterday it became known that Sotnikov got married in the Shklov colony No. 17 with his girlfriend.

In September, political prisoners Andrei Aleksandrov and Iryna Zlobina also got married in the pre-trial detention center.

Media manager Andrei Aleksandrov and Iryna Zlobina were detained in January 2021.

They are charged under a number of articles of the Criminal Code.

The former deputy director of the information agency, Andrei Alexandrov, is accused of organizing protests, tax evasion, creation of the extremist formation "BelaPAN" or participation in it, as well as treason.

Aleksandrov's girlfriend, Irina Zlobina, is also accused of organizing protests and treason.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Aleksandrov and Zlobina financed protest actions - they cooperated with the crowdfunding platform BY_help and in the period from August 22 to November 9, 2020, they paid more than 250 fines.