Former political prisonersReleasedForced emigration

Vadim Vyacheslavovich Kovshov

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Worked as a flight attendant for an airline.

In 2022, the man openly spoke out against the war and did not hide his views.

Following a neighbor's denunciation to the KGB, he was arrested in the fall of 2022 at work and at the airport. Vadim's phone was found to contain subscriptions to "extremist" Telegram channels and correspondence with Ukrainian friends, in which he had written comments about Lukashenko.

Sentences

Trial outcome 30.06.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 11.08.2023
unknown.

Involved in repression

Alexei Aleksandrovich Kropachev
Alexei Aleksandrovich Kropachev
Judges15 june 1978
Place:
court of Smolevichi district
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
30.06.2023
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Elena Mikhailovna Misnik
Elena Mikhailovna Misnik
Judges19 july 1974
Place:
Minsk Regional Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
11.08.2023
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Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Overseers19 march 1977
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Overseers23 may 1983
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Correctional officer
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Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize
Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize
Overseers9 january 1981
Place:
IK-2
Type:
Correctional officer
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Vadim Vyacheslavovich Kovshov
In custody:
Hometown:
Smalyavichy
Birthday:
1971
Was held in:
IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Timeline

  1. 2023
  2. ~03.04.2023

    Transfer

    Turma №8 — In custody

  3. 30.06.2023

    Trial outcome 30.06.2023

    2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, court of Smolevichi district

  4. 11.08.2023

    Appeal 11.08.2023

    unknown, Minsk Regional Court

  5. 26.08.2023

    Transfer

    IK-2 — In custody

  6. 2025
  7. 15.02.2025

    Status change

    Released