Former political prisonersPardoned

Andrey Ivanovich Matusenko

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

In 2006, Matusenko founded the company "MM-Transit" in the Smolensk region. Its area of activity is cargo transportation. In 2020, the company was liquidated. After that, the Vitebsk resident continued to work in various companies in Russia - for example, "S-Trans", which is engaged in transportation. He traveled everywhere - the European Union, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine.

Matusenko served in Afghanistan. His service period was from November 1987 to February 1989.

On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).

Sentences

Trial outcome date unknown
unknown.
Andrey Ivanovich Matusenko
In custody:
Hometown:
Vitebsk
Birthday:
25.02.1969
Was held in:
SIZO-2, Vitebsk, Gagarina 2., 210026
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2025
  2. ~24.02.2025

    Transfer

    SIZO-2 — In custody

  3. ~30.07.2025

    Trial outcome date unknown

    unknown, Vitebsk Regional Court

  4. 2026
  5. 20.03.2026

    Status change

    Pardoned