Most likely, the girl was detained upon returning to Belarus, since her Facebook account (now closed) was completely uncleaned. There was a white-red-white flag on the avatar, subscriptions to the “mirror” and “Charter’97” were saved. And the payments included three donations - for 10, 20 and 50 dollars.
Olga graduated from Gomel State University in 2011, she studied to become a mathematical programmer. Her Linkedin profile lists six IT companies for which she has worked. Since August 2020, the girl has been leading a team of testers at the UULA company, registered in Kuwait. However, Olga Blazhevich’s account indicates that she worked in India.
According to security officials, Olga Blazhevich is now in a temporary detention center and the question of what responsibility to bring her to justice is being decided.
The man is accused of recruiting, training, or otherwise preparing for participation in an armed formation or armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state, or of financing such activities.
According to the prosecution's version of events, which was published by the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office, Cheslav Kononovich allegedly made "10 bank transfers in favor of an extremist group (Kalinovskiy's Regiment) for a total amount of over 1,200 rubles."
On March 19, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 18.12.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Alexander was arrested in May 2023 and convicted of posting comments slandering and insulting Lukashenko, as well as calls for the seizure of state power and the violent overthrow of the country's constitutional order, according to the case file. Furthermore, in August 2020, he made two donations in support of those detained.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and taken to Ukraine.
The first episode happened back in January 2022. Then Baranovsky made a transfer from his bank account to an unnamed structure recognized as an extremist formation. The exact amount of the transfer is unknown. In April 2022, Baranovsky made a donation to the account of the Kalinovsky Regiment. It is known that the man was detained in the spring of 2023 by employees of the Office of the State Security Committee for the Mogilev region.
Trial outcome 22.11.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
She was detained under administrative article 19.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (Petty hooliganism), sentenced to 30 days on October 31, after which she was not released and was again detained, presumably under a criminal article for donations.
It is also known that Tatyana was detained in June 2021 because white-red-white stickers were found in her bag. According to the protocol , Tatyana “during the preventive conversation, screamed loudly, waved her arms, used obscene language, jumped out of her chair, and did not react to the remark made to stop illegal actions.” Tatyana, in turn, denied this through tears, because, in her words, “she had never sworn in her life.”
crisis psychologist, consulting psychologist and therapist on problems of relationships and personal development, psychology teacher. She was detained for comments on the Internet and donation.
At the trial , Alesya Lyantsevich agreed that it was she who made the donations, but rejected the “extremist” motives and insults attributed to her by the prosecution. At the same time, the statute of limitations on this article has long expired.
At the court hearing on September 21, the state prosecution requested that Lentsevich be imprisoned for a term of four years.
Igor was convicted in the summer of 2023 for donating to initiatives deemed "extremist" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and taken to Ukraine.
Trial outcome 17.07.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Vice-rector for educational and scientific-methodological work of the State Institute of Culture and Culture "GAZ-INSTITUTE". Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor.
Alexander was taken into custody on charges of donating to initiatives that are recognized as extremist.
On September 15, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force
Trial outcome 20.06.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Kirill was detained early in the morning in February 2023 as he was leaving his apartment building on his way to work. Following a search, he was placed under administrative arrest for 15 days, but was not released after the search. He was charged with financing the activities of an extremist group.
That summer, he was convicted of donating money to the "By_help," "BYSOL," and "Honest People" initiatives through the "Facebook Fundraising" payment system from June 2020 to May 2021. At the hearing, he was presented with six donations of $10 each.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and taken to Ukraine.
Alexey was arrested in March 2023 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "Active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and was placed in pretrial detention pending trial. In October of that year, he was convicted on three criminal charges, including "financing the activities of an extremist group," and sentenced to imprisonment.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and taken to Ukraine.
Trial outcome 27.10.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
In June 2023, it became known that an additional charge had been brought under Article 361-2 for one donation of 10 USD to a fund that was later recognized as extremist by the court.
The court issued a sentence of 3 years' imprisonment, but the appellate court replaced the imprisonment with a restriction of freedom with direction.
He was released at the end of May 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 16.08.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 24.10.2023
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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