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8 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
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A resident of the Mogilev region. Employees of the «Bobruisk plant of tractor parts and aggregates».
He was detained for sabotage on the railway near the stations of Bobruisk, as well as arson of the shooting range of military unit 5527. Detained together with his wife.
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Resident of the Mogilev region. Shoe store worker.
In 2020, he was detained for participating in protests.
Detained for sabotage of the railway near the stations of Bobruisk, as well as arson of the shooting range of military unit 5527.
On April 12, 2024, a trial was held to change the conditions of the regime of serving the sentence and Vitaly was transferred to a prison regime for a period of 3 years.
| 14.07.2022 | 15.07. The trial will begin in Bobruisk |
15 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
Resident of the Mogilev region. Native of Lithuania. Detained for sabotage of the railway near the stations of Bobruisk, as well as arson of the shooting range of military unit 5527.
On October 25, 2022, the court’s appeal hearing took place, and the verdict came into force.
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Detained for the administration of chats «Vitebsk -97%» and «Orsha -97%».
Lighting designer at the Belarusian theater «Lyalka».
12 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
After numerous administrative arrests, on November 21, 2021, he was re-detained on a criminal case.
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Belarusian political scientist and public figure, activist of the REP trade union.
Vyacheslav's vision has deteriorated significantly in the colony. He can barely see anything. He often moves around by touch.
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Student. Konstantin is a master of sports.
On December 9, a video appeared in the telegram channels supporting the current government in the Republic of Belarus with him, where Konstantin was forced to say that he participated in the development of the «Black Map of Belarus».
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Evgeniy was detained on January 18, 2022, when he arrived in Grodno from Germany.
Evgeny told security forces on camera that in 2020 he was a member of chat rooms deemed extremist, where he called for mass riots, the killing of police officers, and the burning of Tabakerok stores.
Evgeniy has family in Denmark.
Kirill was arrested on June 23, 2021, in connection with a criminal investigation into an incident at a Russian Navy communications facility near Vileika. In the ONT propaganda film, he was portrayed as the initial perpetrator of the bombing mission, but he refused to participate and merely assisted in reconnaissance of the area.
Lukashenko mentioned Kirill among the people who allegedly wanted to flee to Ukraine and Lithuania, but were detained by the KGB Alpha group.
It is also known that Kirill was previously detained and severely beaten on August 9, 2020.
In December 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony and a large fine.
On August 4, 2023, a trial was held to consider changing the sentence. The outcome is unknown .
At the end of autumn 2025, Kirill was transferred to another colony.
In May 2026, it became known that Kirill was being pressured while in prison. In the Mogilev penal colony , he was periodically placed in a punishment cell , later being placed in a cell-type facility. The political prisoner was convicted under Article 411 of the Criminal Code (malicious disobedience to the penal colony administration ). Under the new sentence, he will serve his sentence in Maximum Security Penal Colony No. 9 in Gorki.
Kirill is in very poor health . He has a number of serious illnesses , and at the end of 2025, the political prisoner suffered a minor stroke. According to Viasna, Kirill has not seen his family for three years.
He is accused of preparing terrorist attacks in Chizhovka and at a military unit in Pechi on the eve of Freedom Day in 2021.
The actions that security officials attribute to him became the basis for the inclusion of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Pavel Latushko, Anton Motolko, and participants in the initiative of former security officials. added to the list of terrorists and the initiation of criminal proceedings against them for preparing an act of terrorism.
Vyacheslav was charged with "malicious disobedience to the demands of the prison administration" under Article 411 of the Criminal Code. His trial took place on February 10, 2023. He was sentenced to one year in prison.
Vyacheslav was tried on August 23, 2023, under Part 2 of Article 411 of the Criminal Code in Gorki and was sentenced to an additional two years of imprisonment. Combined with the unserved portion of his sentence at the time of the trial (20 years and 5 months) and the new sentence (2 years), he still has 22 years and 5 months to serve from the time of the third trial.
On August 7, 2024, Mozyr judge Anatoly Strelchenko will conduct another trial under Article 411 against Vyacheslav.
On August 20, Judge Anatoly Strelchenko announced the sentence : two years' imprisonment. It is known that, as a result of applying another article of the Criminal Code, the political prisoner's additional sentence was one year and 10 months.
As of the summer of 2026, Vyacheslav is in prison no. 1.
The total sentence as of July 2026, taking into account time already served and new sentences, is 26 years and 10 months.
Detained for participating in protests.
On October 17, 2022, an appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
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