Former political prisonersPardoned

Vasily Tikhonovich Beresnev

Dissidentby
Viasna

Activist of the branch of the independent trade union of radio-electronic industry workers in Orsha. At one time, he led a school in Vysokoye and headed the district Council of Deputies, but after the establishment of a dictatorship in the country, he left the bureaucracy and eventually joined the human rights sphere. To date, he is 71 years old.

While still in the pre-trial detention center, Vasily’s health condition deteriorated significantly: the most dangerous thing is that he suffers from pain in his only kidney. However, the situation is so critical that drug treatment does not make sense. Need a kidney transplant.

Sentences

Trial outcome 05.01.2023

9 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.

Involved in repression

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Alexey Valerievich Lazarenko
Alexey Valerievich Lazarenko
OthersOverseers29 june 1975
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Ivan Leonidovich Ignatenko
Ivan Leonidovich Ignatenko
Overseers25 april 1984
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Correctional officer
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Alesya Petrovna Brinevets
Alesya Petrovna Brinevets
Overseers22 january 1980
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Correctional officer
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Ilya Nikolaevich Kislyakov
Ilya Nikolaevich Kislyakov
Overseers25 december 1994
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Correctional officer
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Artem Viktorovich Veselov
Artem Viktorovich Veselov
OverseersOthers7 august 1984
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Correctional officer
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Denis Aleksandrovich Kovalev
Denis Aleksandrovich Kovalev
Overseers18 october 2026
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Correctional officer
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Co-defendants

Vasily Tikhonovich Beresnev
In custody:
Hometown:
Miheykovo
Birthday:
22.01.1950
Was held in:
IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
Health problems:
Kidneys
Articles:
Groups:
Activists
Marks: