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 Georgievich Rudnitsky
- 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 date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.Involved in repression
Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
MoreOverseers19 march 1977
- Place:
- Turma №8
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
MoreOverseers16 november 1982
- Place:
- SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from ~10.06.2025 to ~12.01.2026
- Case categories:
- The Gayun Case
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 29.10.1981
- Articles:
- Promoting 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
- 2025
~10.06.2025
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
~20.08.2025
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
- 2026
~12.01.2026
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility
~12.01.2026
Status change
Released pending appeal
20.03.2026
Status change
Pardoned