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Miroslav Bondarenko is a graduate of the Faculty of Law at BSU. After graduating, he pursued a career in academia, defending his dissertation on "The Legal Regime of Investments in Human Capital" in early 2026.
In prison, Miroslav developed a severe chronic cough due to allergic reactions and constant colds. He was not even allowed to work at the prison due to his health condition.
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A Russian citizen, he lived in Belarus for a long time. In 2014, he received a degree in electrical power supply from the Belarusian National Technical University's Faculty of Power Engineering.
Prior to his arrest, he most recently worked at MITSO University. According to official procurement documents, he was responsible for plumbing, ventilation, and electrical work during a major renovation of one of the academic buildings.
Born in the village of Pugachev, Dokshitsy district, he lived in Minsk in his final years.
A former soldier of Kalinovsky's regiment. His arrest was announced in a news broadcast on state television, Belarus 1, on May 5, 2025.
According to social media, he graduated from the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy (BSAA), where he studied in the land management department. His specialty is cadastral surveying and land law.
He served in the 38th Separate Motorized Defense Brigade of Belarus, a paratrooper unit in Brest, once commanded by Valery Sakhashchik. A photo on social media shows the brigade's pennant hanging in Grechikha's apartment.
According to the Kalinovsky Regiment's press service, Vasily joined them in May 2022, but left the unit in June of that year at his own request.
According to the video, he was detained somewhere in a swampy area outside the city by several KGB officers armed with machine guns. He was transported by helicopter. During the transfer, he had a black bag over his head, and his hands were clasped in front of him with a plastic zip tie. Kalinovets was flown by helicopter to the airfield.
According to the video, Vasily was born on July 28, 1981. In February 2022, he left for Poland to work, and three months later, he joined the Kalinovsky Regiment. He underwent training in Kyiv. The circumstances of his arrest are unknown.
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Roman is a graduate of Polotsk State University: in 2004, he graduated from the electrical engineering department with honors, after which he studied for a postgraduate degree.
During his school years, he won physics and mathematics olympiads, published scientific papers, and filed four patents. He has diverse interests, from drumming to electronics.
He worked for many years as a network design engineer, and in December 2023, he joined Passat Innovations as a developer . There, he developed chip drivers, intelligent uninterruptible power supplies, and voice communication systems. Basalai's level of expertise reflects his ranking on the CodeWars platform: the Belarusian was in the top 0.168% of users for solving C/C++ problems and ranked 1183rd out of millions of users on the platform.
He has a wife and a minor daughter.
In 1994, Dmitry graduated from the local Krupskaya Pedagogical Institute. Previously, Kozhedub owned his own business. From 2013 to 2019, he was registered as a sole proprietor. His primary business was renting out his own real estate.
Dmitry loves traveling, boating and cycling.
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Alexey is a surgeon by training , but has never worked in his profession. He is an evangelical preacher and a healthy lifestyle advocate. Last year, a regional government newspaper wrote about his promotion of his smoking cessation method.
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Anton was convicted for his comments, as well as in the "Gayun case".
Anton has two minor children and is the sole breadwinner in the family because his wife is on maternity leave.
In 2020-2021, Ales was brought to administrative responsibility twice for participating in protests and a flag in the courtyard of a private house. After 2021, Ales traveled to Lithuania and Poland several times.
He was detained at the end of March on the border with Lithuania, where he was returning from work. First, they found "extremism" in his phone and sentenced him to administrative arrest. Then Ales ended up in a pretrial detention center on charges of a politically motivated criminal article.
A few days later, Ales' brother, Vadim Zdorovennov, was detained in Minsk. He was initially charged with "insulting Lukashenko," but other charges may also be brought against him.
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In recent years, Alexey worked as a barista in Grodno. Since 2020, he has also had a small business company whose scope of activity is designated as "providing accommodations on the territory of campsites and camps."
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