Former political prisonersForced displacement

Vyacheslav Alexeyevich Yaniuk

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Vyacheslav was convicted in June 2023 for comments in Telegram chats calling for participation in protests that took place in Grodno in 2020. His participation is "proven" by his mobile phone billing records. He developed diabetes in prison.

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

Sentences

Trial outcome 23.06.2023

5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.

Appeal 08.08.2023

the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Margarita Nikolaevna Lantsevich

Judges16 september 1991

Place:: court of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 23.06.2023

Basil Vladimirovich Skok

Judges17 october 2026

Place:: Grodno Regional Court
Type:: Appeal
Date:: 08.08.2023

Paul Ivanovich Kazakov

Overseers11 june 1977

Place:: Turma №1
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Alexey Valerievich Lazarenko

OthersOverseers29 june 1975

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Ivan Leonidovich Ignatenko

Overseers25 april 1984

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Alesya Petrovna Brinevets

Overseers22 january 1980

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Ilya Nikolaevich Kislyakov

Overseers25 december 1994

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Artem Viktorovich Veselov

OverseersOthers7 august 1984

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Denis Aleksandrovich Kovalev

Overseers17 october 2026

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

In custody:
Case categories:: Grodno protests 2020
Hometown:: Pacui
Birthday:: 01.09.1993
Was held in:: IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
Health problems:: Diabetes mellitus
Articles:
Groups:: Believers
Marks:

Timeline

2023
15.03.2023
Transfer
Turma №1 — In custody
23.06.2023
Trial outcome 23.06.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, court of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno
08.08.2023
Appeal 08.08.2023
the sentence was upheld, Grodno Regional Court
~21.08.2023
Transfer
IK-15 — In custody
2025
13.12.2025
Status change
Forced displacement