Former political prisonersReleased

Aleksey Aleksandrovich Kudin

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Alexey is a Belarusian MMA fighter, multiple world champion in kickboxing and Thai boxing, and Honored Master of Sports of Belarus. He was detained on August 10, 2020, on the central square in Molodechno. After two weeks in the police department and pretrial detention center, he was released under house arrest. When Alexey failed to appear for his first court hearing on November 19, 2020, he was put on the wanted list.

In January 2021, he was detained in Moscow and six months later extradited to Belarus, despite a ban by the European Court of Human Rights. Alexey was convicted on charges of resisting police officers.

On December 28, 2022, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Sentences

Trial outcome 11.08.2021
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 02.11.2021
the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Julia Vladimirovna Bug
Julia Vladimirovna Bug
State prosecutors17 october 2026
Place:
court of Molodechno district
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
11.08.2021
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Olga Anatolievna Dubovik
Olga Anatolievna Dubovik
Judges26 august 1978
Place:
court of Molodechno district
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
11.08.2021
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Overseers19 march 1977
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Overseers23 may 1983
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Correctional officer
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Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Overseers9 january 1978
Place:
IK-17
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Aleksey Aleksandrovich Kudin
In custody:
Case categories:
Molodechno protests 2020
Hometown:
Maladzyechna
Birthday:
20.12.1984
Number of children:
5
Was held in:
IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Groups:
Parents of minorsAthletes

Timeline

  1. 2020
  2. 10.08.2020

    Transfer

    IVS Molodechno — In custody

  3. ~12.08.2020

    Transfer

    Turma №8 — In custody

  4. 21.08.2020

    Status change

    House arrest

  5. ~19.11.2020

    Status change

    Forced emigration

  6. 2021
  7. 21.01.2021

    Transfer

    SIZO-12, Russia — In custody