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).
Former political prisonersPardoned
Oleg Aminovich Timoshenkov
- 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 02.04.2025
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal 13.05.2026
the sentence was upheld.Involved in repression
Alexander Anatolevich Rudenko
MoreJudges1 december 1981
- Place:
- Minsk City Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 02.04.2025
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
MoreOverseers20 april 1978
- Place:
- SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from ~10.09.2024 to 20.03.2026
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 05.03.1976
- Was held in:
- IK-11, Volkovysk, Rokossovskogo, 118, 231900
- Articles:
- Deliberate actions oriented at inciting racial, national, religious or other social hostility or discord on the basis of racial, national, religious, linguistic or other social membershipOrganization of group actions grossly disturbing public orderPromoting extremist activities
- Marks:
- 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
- 2024
~10.09.2024
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
- 2025
02.04.2025
Trial outcome 02.04.2025
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court
~06.05.2025
Transfer
SIZO-6 — In custody
13.05.2025
Transfer
IK-11 — In custody
- 2026
20.03.2026
Status change
Pardoned