Dmitry Avchinka from Minsk is a builder who lays foundations for houses, raises children, and shares car repair tips. Recently, the man was convicted under a political article.
Dmitry Avchinka. Photo from his Instagram page
Dmitry Avchinka is 39 years old. The man lives with his wife in Minsk, and together they are raising children.
Dmitry has worked in the construction industry for many years, performing drilling and monolithic works in Minsk and its surroundings. On TikTok and Instagram under the name "monolit.minsk", he shares videos from construction sites and invites clients with the slogan "Your dream — our execution".
Dmitry is interested in cars. He is a member of Citroen C4 Picasso enthusiasts' communities. Dmitry himself drove such a car for a long time and readily shares advice on forums.
Photo: Jack Jackie Pomi/CC BY-SA 4.0/commons.wikipedia.org
The last time the man posted something on social media was in December 2025. After that, he was detained and placed in a pre-trial detention center. This year, the Minsk City Court sentenced him under parts 1 and 2 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code — "facilitating extremist activities". Most likely, the persecution is related to the Hayun case.
Dmitry was sentenced to home confinement (house chemistry).
Details of the case are unknown.
In Belarus, authorities consider "extremism" to include subscriptions to independent channels, media, the presence of links to them on social media, or the presence of Belarusian national, pre-Lukashenka symbols on social media or personal belongings. "Extremism" also includes almost any criticism of the authorities, official historical narratives, or expressions of solidarity with Ukraine.
Many recent criminal cases under the article on "facilitating extremism" have been related to the Hayun case.
"Belaruski Hayun" is an OSINT monitoring project that was created in 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine through Belarus. The project tracked the military activity of Russian and Belarusian troops, relying on information from Belarusians. Its activities were coordinated by a group of activists led by Anton Matolka.
The "Hayun case" began after security forces detained an activist who had lived underground in Belarus for several years. A link to join the Hayun bot, which had been sent to her at the very beginning of the project's existence, was found on her mobile phone. The fatal mistake was that the link was permanent. As a result, security forces were able to connect to the bot and download all information from it. They obtained messages from accounts that wrote to the bot, as well as their IDs and usernames.
Immediately after the hack, the founder of "Hayun", Anton Matolka, explained how the information leak occurred and announced the closure of the project.
According to calculations by the "Belpol" association of security forces and human rights defenders, the names of 9594 people who fell under politically motivated criminal cases are known. In total, various political repressions (criminal cases, administrative cases, dismissals, searches) affected about 500 thousand Belarusians. Several hundred thousand people were forced to leave the country.
«Nasha Niva» — the bastion of Belarus
SUPPORT USNow reading
Vatican Excommunicates the Society of Saint Pius X. Schismatics have a chapel in Minsk where everything is in Russian — what now awaits these believers 1616
Comments