The soloist of the bands "Lapis Trubetskoy" and Brutto Sergey Mikhalok in Belarus received four years in a general regime colony. This was reported by the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic.
"He is charged with publicly insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus and deliberate actions aimed at inciting other social enmity and discord on the basis of a different social affiliation," the report says.
The ministry clarified that we are talking about the videos of 2021-2022 in the accounts of the Brutto group on social networks, where "videos containing a negative assessment of the President of the Republic of Belarus, expressed in an indecent, including non-normative form of speech expression" were posted.
In March 2022, at the same sites, he posted a video with a "negative assessment of groups of people united on the basis of professional affiliation: law enforcement officers and military personnel."
The Prosecutor General's Office indicated that Mikhalok left Belarus in 2020. The case was considered in the order of special proceedings.
"Taking into account the evidence presented by the state prosecutor, the Minsk City Court ruled a guilty verdict," the press service of the supervisory authority concluded.
As EADaily reported, in September 2024 it became known that Mikhalok regularly met trains from Kramatorsk with returning Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters at the station in Kiev. Mikhalok noted that regularly upon arrival of the Kramatorsk — Kiev train, his song "Warriors of Light" sounds. He is sure that in this way he raises morale.
Sergey Mikhalok is a Belarusian and Ukrainian singer, poet and songwriter. One of the founders and leader of the Belarusian punk rock band "Lapis Trubetskoy" (1989-2014). Honored Artist of Ukraine. Now he is the leader of the punk rock band Brutto. After the start of the special military operation, he resumed the concerts of the band "Lapis Trubetskoy", with whom he went on a tour of Europe and North America in support of Ukraine.