Editor of a state publishing house sentenced for "facilitating extremist activity"
The Minsk City Court handed down a verdict to 33-year-old Sviatlana Dziaudzera.
Sviatlana Dziaudzera. Photo from her VKontakte page
Sviatlana Dziaudzera is 33 years old, a Minsk resident. She graduated from the Faculty of Belarusian and Russian Philology at Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University, and also retrained in web design.
After university, Dziaudzera worked as a language and literature teacher at Akhremchyk Gymnasium-College of Arts, after which she was an editor in the educational and methodological department of the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics for a long time.
Since 2025, Sviatlana worked as an editor at the state publishing house "Adukatsyia i Vykhavanne" (Education and Upbringing).
Outside of work, Sviatlana devoted much attention to volunteering, helping animals. She assists decorative rodents and the "RATuy!" rescue squad, advises other owners, and helps treat pets. Among her other hobbies are board games and niche perfumery.
The Minsk City Court tried Dziaudzera under Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code (facilitating extremist activity).
She was sentenced to home detention ("home chemistry").