Shaurov came to Freedom Day to protest against Tsikhanouskaya. In the end, he paid a $1100 fine — and Tsikhanouskaya had nothing to do with it
The former political prisoner, once famous for his struggle against the Pushkin monument, found himself in trouble in Warsaw.
Pilip Shaurov
The notoriously known activist Pilip Shaurov was forced to pay the Polish state a fine of 4000 zlotys (about $1100). For what exactly — he himself doesn't fully understand.
On March 28, 2026, Shaurov came to Three Crosses Square in Warsaw, where Freedom Day was being celebrated, with posters directed against Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. "Tsikhanouskaya is Russia, Tsikhanouskaya is war," he wrote on a piece of cardboard and carefully taped it.
At the square, Shaurov had a misunderstanding with the organizers of the event. As a result, he ended up at the police station. But the subsequent problems were not related to the poster. It turned out that Shaurov was wanted in some old case.
The activist suspects that these are the consequences of a fight with emigrant Aliaksandr Malashchuk in 2021. Shaurov explains that he recently changed his address, so, he claims, the court papers might not have reached him.
To be released, Shaurov had to pay those same 4000 zlotys.
Shaurov gained fame in early 2020. The activist was arrested for painting the hands of the Pushkin monument in Minsk red. A criminal case was initiated under an article for hooliganism. Human rights activists long hesitated whether to declare Shaurov a political prisoner, but eventually granted him this status. However, the activist was soon released from the pre-trial detention center. At the trial, Shaurov was sentenced to a fine.
After the 2020 protests, the activist left Belarus and works in Poland on a construction site.
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