Former political prisonersPardoned

Vladimir Olegovich Sitkovich

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Vladimir Sitkovich is 57 years old. He comes from the small village of Pushcha in the Sharkovshchinsky district of the Vitebsk region. In 1991, he graduated from Polotsk State University. For a long time, Vladimir worked and lived in Vitebsk, and in recent years he managed the boiler room at the Vitebsk oil extraction plant.

Vladimir is a biker, participated in local biker races.

In 2016, 2018 and 2019, he was an observer at local and parliamentary elections. Vladimir's other political activity is unknown, and his social networks are also neutral.

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).

Sentences

Trial outcome 14.10.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Eugene Illarionovich Burunov
Eugene Illarionovich Burunov
Judges27 december 1978
Place:
Vitebsk Regional Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
14.10.2024
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Vladimir Olegovich Sitkovich
In custody:
Hometown:
Puscha
Birthday:
23.07.1967
Was held in:
IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
Health problems:
Oncology
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2024
  2. 16.04.2024

    Transfer

    SIZO-2 — In custody

  3. 14.10.2024

    Trial outcome 14.10.2024

    3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Vitebsk Regional Court

  4. ~10.12.2024

    Transfer

    IK-2 — In custody

  5. 2026
  6. 20.03.2026

    Status change

    Pardoned