The director of the newspaper "Belarusians and the Market" was detained on May 18, 2022, following a search of the editorial office.
He was released in the fall of 2025, having served his full sentence.
Former political prisonersReleasedForced emigration
Konstantin Vladimirovich Zolotykh
- Dissidentby since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by Dissidentby
- Viasna since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by the Viasna Human Rights Centre
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Sentences
Trial outcome 06.04.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal 04.07.2023
unknown.Involved in repression
Elena Nikolaevna Shilko
MoreJudges20 april 1972
- Place:
- Minsk City Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 06.04.2023
Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev
MoreOverseers26 september 1981
- Place:
- IK-1
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from ~18.05.2022 to 23.10.2025
- Case categories:
- Journalistic work
- Hometown:
- Vitebsk
- Birthday:
- 05.07.1969
- Number of children:
- 1
- Was held in:
- IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
- Articles:
- Incitement of social hostility committed by a representative of the authorities using his national powerInsulting the presidentInsulting of a government representativeOfficial forgery
- Groups:
- JournalistsCreative people
- Marks:
- Financial transactions are blocked for people on the list, including money transfers to the detention centre in their name via bank or post.Control of a person's financial transactions, restrictions on crossing the Belarusian border, a 5-year ban on military service and public office after the conviction is expunged, etc.
Timeline
- 2022
~18.05.2022
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
- 2023
06.04.2023
Trial outcome 06.04.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court
04.07.2023
Appeal 04.07.2023
unknown, Supreme Court
~17.07.2023
Transfer
IK-1 — In custody
- 2025
23.10.2025
Status change
Released