{"id":144359,"date":"2025-06-27T12:04:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T09:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/144359\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"brother-of-belarusian-volunteer-fighting-russia-in-ukraine-on-trial-in-minsk","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/144359\/","title":{"rendered":"Brother of Belarusian volunteer fighting Russia in Ukraine on trial in Minsk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/maksim_urbanovich-svaboda-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/maksim_urbanovich-svaboda-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/maksim_urbanovich-svaboda-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/maksim_urbanovich-svaboda-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/maksim_urbanovich-svaboda-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/maksim_urbanovich-svaboda-1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Svaboda.org)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 27, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The trial of Maksim Urbanovi\u010d, whose brother Dzianis Urbanovi\u010d is currently fighting alongside Ukrainian forces against Russians, has opened in the Zavadski District Court of Minsk, <em>Belsat<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the charges against him is violent disorder, routinely used against regime critics in Belarus after the 2020 postelection protests. Other charges remain unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police arrested Maksim Urbanovi\u010d in early April and searched and sealed the apartment, where he lived with his girlfriend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last spring, Maksim was jailed for 10 days on charges of petty hooliganism. Reports said that he was severely beaten by the Committee for State Security (KGB) agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He reportedly has not been in contact with his brother Dzianis, a member of the Belarusian Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment (KKR), for at least two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dzianis Urbanovi\u010d was a leader of the Ma\u0142ady Front opposition movement that promoted patriotism among Belarusian youths. In August 2022, the law enforcement agencies branded it an extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In late 2021, Dzianis fled to Ukraine to join the KKR following his persecution in Belarus over the 2020 postelection protests. He was wounded two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More like this: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/133246\/\">Arrested brother of Belarusian volunteer fighting Russia in Ukraine held by KGB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 27, Pozirk. The trial of Maksim Urbanovi\u010d, whose brother Dzianis Urbanovi\u010d is currently fighting alongside Ukrainian forces against Russians, has opened in the Zavadski District Court of Minsk, Belsat reported. One of the charges against him is violent disorder, routinely used against regime critics in Belarus after the 2020 postelection protests. 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