[3] On 22 October 2012, the regional prosecutor's office summoned her on suspicion of working for a foreign media outlet without government accreditation.
The summons followed Shchiryakova's public comments criticizing the state's treatment of Viasna Human Rights Centre personnel.
[5] In January 2015, Shchiryakova and Konstantin Zhukovsky were fined 900,000 rubles for participating in a picket in Svietlahorsk, which they had covered in the media.
On 8 March 2015, she was brought before police authorities again for illegally interviewing businessmen on camera, asking about the effects of new taxes on entrepreneurs.
[7] Gomel City Court found her guilty of violating Article 22.9 of the Criminal Code, "illegal dissemination of media products," on 13 January 2016.