Former political prisonersForced displacement

Elena Ivanovna Kiyanichenko

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Elena was convicted in December 2024 of "insulting Lukashenko" and "insulting a government official" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.

Sentences

Trial outcome 05.12.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 300 basic values fine.
Appeal 14.02.2025
the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Julia Alexandrovna Bliznyuk
Julia Alexandrovna Bliznyuk
Judges
Place:
court of the Frunzensky district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
05.12.2024
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Svetlana Yuryevna Makarevich
Svetlana Yuryevna Makarevich
Judges16 may 1973
Place:
Minsk City Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
14.02.2025
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Alena Dzmitryyeuna Pyrkh
Alena Dzmitryyeuna Pyrkh
Overseers4 january 1978
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Aliaksandr Mikalayevich Kuzniatsou (Dzhasau)
Aliaksandr Mikalayevich Kuzniatsou (Dzhasau)
Overseers21 march 1991
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Mikita Piatrovich Aliokhin
Mikita Piatrovich Aliokhin
Overseers24 august 1988
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Ihar Viktaravich Chorny
Ihar Viktaravich Chorny
Overseers9 april 1989
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Natallia Siarheyeuna Aliokhina
Natallia Siarheyeuna Aliokhina
Overseers7 april 1989
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Alena Leanidauna Drazdova
Alena Leanidauna Drazdova
Overseers3 april 1978
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Yauhen Siarheyevich Drazdou
Yauhen Siarheyevich Drazdou
Overseers29 june 1999
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Stanislav Sergeevich Kovalev
Stanislav Sergeevich Kovalev
Overseers12 december 1984
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Alena Piatrouna Lukomskaia
Alena Piatrouna Lukomskaia
Overseers27 july 1976
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Aleh Anatolyevich Bely
Aleh Anatolyevich Bely
Overseers9 august 1976
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Yaraslau Aliakseyevich Hancharou
Yaraslau Aliakseyevich Hancharou
Overseers4 september 1998
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Dzmitry Leanidavich Shkaruba
Dzmitry Leanidavich Shkaruba
Overseers27 september 1981
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Aliaksei Alehavich Ziuzin
Aliaksei Alehavich Ziuzin
Overseers19 february 1998
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Vadzim Viktaravich Alejnikau
Vadzim Viktaravich Alejnikau
Overseers24 january 1976
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Andrei Valiantsinavich Siutsou
Andrei Valiantsinavich Siutsou
Overseers12 february 1988
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Natallia Parkhomenka
Natallia Parkhomenka
Overseers
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Elena Ivanovna Kiyanichenko
In custody:
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
11.03.1968
Was held in:
IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Timeline

  1. 2024

  2. 05.12.2024

    Trial outcome 05.12.2024

    2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 300 basic values fine, court of the Frunzensky district of Minsk

  3. ~05.12.2024

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody

  4. ~24.12.2024

    Transfer

    SIZO-3 — In custody

  5. 2025

  6. 14.02.2025

    Appeal 14.02.2025

    the sentence was upheld, Minsk City Court

  7. ~13.03.2025

    Transfer

    IK-4 — In custody