Victor received his higher education at the Faculty of Radiophysics at BSU, and later also graduated from the Academy of Management.
He has a long-standing management career behind him: Victor headed a department at the Russian tire holding Amtel, managed the trading house of the Belgospischeprom concern in Russia, worked as the first deputy general director of Norilskgazprom and Taimyrgaz within the Norilsk Nickel structure, and also managed the companies Izobud and Bauservis.
From 2017 to 2021, Gurin headed Composite Structures, an ambitious €220 million project in the Great Stone Industrial Park that was intended to become a major research and production center for polymer composites.
After serving as COO at the furniture holding company Angstrem, Viktor became First Deputy General Director of Belvest in December 2022. There, he oversaw innovative projects such as the digitalization of production, automated leather cutting, and the implementation of robotic systems with machine vision and neural networks.
In 2020 and 2021, Viktor left numerous comments in Telegram groups negatively assessing the actions of law enforcement officers, riot police, and Lukashenko. He was detained in March 2026.
Trial outcome 03.08.2026
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 600 basic values fine.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
8 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Yuri was involved in the creation of websites and web services.
Besides programming, he is interested in the crypto industry and mining. He shared his experiences on relevant forums and thoroughly exposed unscrupulous courses.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Vadim Bogdanov worked as a taxi driver in Russia for a time. However, according to job postings , he later switched to IT and began working as a software tester. In 2024, he moved to Poland. The last reports of him in Poland date back to the second half of 2025.
He was detained at the end of last year upon returning from abroad and placed in pre-trial detention.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
At the end of April, local public activists were detained: BCD member Ales Masyuk and BPF Party members Pavel Sevastyan and Viktor Marchik. The Slonim residents were detained as part of a group criminal case involving the activities of the Belarusian Council of Culture. Arrests related to this case also took place in other Belarusian cities. It is known that the Slonim activists participated in several cultural gatherings, which, in the notoriously disrupted legal environment in Belarus, are now considered participation in the activities of an extremist group.
Ales Masyuk, Pavel Sevastyan, and Viktor Marchik have been repeatedly persecuted by the authorities in previous years. They have faced numerous administrative and criminal charges, as well as various provocations.
At the end of April, local public activists were detained : BCD member Ales Masyuk and BPF Party members Pavel Sevastyan and Viktor Marchik. The Slonim residents were detained as part of a group criminal case concerning the activities of the Belarusian Council of Culture. Arrests related to this case also took place in other Belarusian cities. It is known that the Slonim activists participated in several cultural gatherings, which, in the notoriously disrupted legal environment in Belarus, are now considered participation in the activities of an extremist group.
Ales Masyuk, Pavel Sevastyan, and Viktor Marchik have been repeatedly persecuted by the authorities in previous years. They have faced numerous administrative and criminal charges, as well as various provocations.
At the end of April, local public activists were detained : BKHDA member Masyuk, and BPF Party members Pavel Sevastyan and Viktor Marchik. The Slonim residents were detained as part of a group criminal case concerning the activities of the Belarusian Council of Culture. Arrests related to this case also took place in other Belarusian cities. It is known that the Slonim activists participated in several cultural gatherings, which, in the notoriously disrupted legal environment in Belarus, are now considered participation in the activities of an extremist group.
Ales Masyuk, Pavel Sevastyan, and Viktor Marchik have been repeatedly persecuted by the authorities in previous years. They have faced numerous administrative and criminal charges, as well as various provocations.
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