Political prisoners

According to pro-government media, he is accused of financing terrorist activities in exchange for a donation of 50 USD to the Kalinovsky Regiment in 2023.

Former deputy head of the Zhodino GOVD, headed the criminal police and retired in 2008 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Afterwards, he was the director of the Zhodino city center of culture and entertainment.

In 2020, he and four other former employees of the Zhodino City Department of Internal Affairs recorded an appeal to colleagues who worked in the Zhodino police during the protests and to all law enforcement officers in Belarus.

Vyacheslav says in his address that he understands that the employees serve in very difficult conditions, but calls on them to perform "their official duty the way you would like it to be performed [in relation to] you and your loved ones. Then you will be able to look the people in the eye now, during your service, and later, while on a well-deserved rest."

According to media reports , all five were detained in early February 2024.

44-year-old Ivanovo resident Alexander Dorogupets was accused of transferring at least 11 thousand rubles in cash and cryptocurrency to “extremist groups,” including the Kalinovsky Regiment.

During the investigation of the criminal case, the man “voluntarily transferred” 600 thousand US dollars to the Cherven boarding school for disabled children with special psychophysical development needs, the Ivenets boarding school for disabled children with special physical development needs, and the Republican Center for the Organization of Medical Response.

On April 2, 2025, ONT aired another propaganda story, "Shadows. The Price of Terror," which told about the persecution of people for donations and those detained for financing organizations recognized by the authorities as "extremist" or "terrorist." The film showed several convicted people and those still awaiting trial. According to the story, Alexander was convicted, among other things, for donations to the Kalinovsky Regiment, BySol, and various information resources. The propagandists name 18 donations for a total of no less than three thousand euros.

According to the court report , the essence of the charge against everyone was that on August 10, 2020, people in Brest "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.

This is already the 14th group of people who have been convicted under Article 342 of the Criminal Code for the protests of that day in Brest.

The trial is being held behind closed doors. The nature of the charges against Nikolai is unknown.

The man worked as a deputy director of the confectionery production enterprise ChUP "Universal-Lux". It is known that Nikolai was born in Ukraine, but has Belarusian citizenship.

Vladimir Sitkovich is 57 years old. He comes from the small village of Pushcha in the Sharkovshchinsky district of the Vitebsk region. In 1991, he graduated from Polotsk State University. For a long time, Vladimir worked and lived in Vitebsk, and in recent years he managed the boiler room at the Vitebsk oil extraction plant.

Vladimir is a biker, participated in local biker races.

In 2016, 2018 and 2019, he was an observer at local and parliamentary elections. Vladimir's other political activity is unknown, and his social networks are also neutral.

Alexander was among the protesters who stood on Masherov Avenue in Brest on August 10, 2020. Security forces posted these photos in March 2024.

representative of the Minsk startup hub "Imaguru". A graduate of the EHU Master's program "European Studies", after which he worked in a number of NGOs and the private sector with business. Created and developed startup ecosystems in Belarus.

Cheslav Gerasimovich is 37 years old. He is from Minsk.

For some time in 2022, Gerasimovich worked in Vilnius, but in the fall of 2022 he returned to Minsk.

On June 26, Cheslav was convicted of “disobeying a police officer” in an administrative case.

Judging by the GUBOPiK video, Gerasimovich is accused of donating to the “extremist formation” four times. He is probably accused under Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code.

Gerasimovich writes on social networks that he has been conducting training in psychotherapy for more than 15 years. Since 2011, he began working as a tester. He is interested in music and plays the guitar, and also writes poetry and short prose.

Vitaly worked as a lead programmer and then as a lead network administrator for the Grodno Regional Executive Committee's Administration.

Sergei was arrested for his solidarity with the repressed.

Yunchits is 50 years old and was born in the village of Podvosye in the Zhitkovichi district. He has been involved in business since the 1990s. According to Zerkalo, the man managed the family company Yuniko-Dental, which supplies dental materials, instruments, and equipment, until 2023.

Sergei was arrested right at college during classes in late December 2023. A pro-government film (April 2024) reported that six teenagers allegedly united into an "anarchist cell called 'Black Nightingales,'" which was created "under the leadership of the National Liberation Army of Ukraine" by 16-year-old Ukrainian citizen Maria Misiuk.

ONT staff claim the teenagers united to carry out acts of sabotage, following a tip, in Belarus and then in Russia. Maria is charged under Part 2 of Article 289 of the Criminal Code (act of terrorism). According to the report, 16-year-old Maria Misyuk moved with her family from Ukraine to Belarus in 2022, where she created an "anarchist cell to prepare terrorist attacks." Among those detained are college students in Baranovichi, Nesvizh, Mir, Minsk, and Luninets. They are Trofim Borisov, Sergey Zhigalyov , Dmitry Zakhoroshko, Anastasia Klimenko, and Alexandra Pulinovich. According to ONT staff, the young people gathered in a Baranovichi apartment to prepare for their first major action—to assemble explosives and blow up the Baranovichi police station or prosecutor's office. The charges against the remaining five participants are unknown, as are their statuses and locations.

Convicted for donating 9 euros to the Kalinovsky Regiment.