Former political prisonersForced displacement

Sergey Mikhailovich Zelenovsky

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Sergey is married and has a minor daughter. From 2018 to 2020, he worked at MAZ and the Minsk Design and Construction Technological Institute.

Zelenovsky joined Peleng in 2020. He worked in the machining department as a machine tool and CNC manipulator adjuster, holding a 4th-grade qualification.

The exact date of his arrest is unknown, but it occurred after a raid on Peleng that lasted several months, beginning in July 2024. People were subjected to polygraph tests, their phones were searched, and they were also summoned for conversations.

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

Sentences

Trial outcome 24.03.2025
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Overseers9 january 1978
Place:
IK-17
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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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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Sergey Mikhailovich Zelenovsky
In custody:
Case categories:
Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
14.08.1973
Number of children:
1
Was held in:
IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
Articles:
Groups:
Parents of minors
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2024
  2. ~02.10.2024

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody

  3. 2025
  4. 24.03.2025

    Trial outcome 24.03.2025

    2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court

  5. ~29.04.2025

    Transfer

    IK-17 — In custody

  6. 13.12.2025

    Status change

    Forced displacement