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Dmitry Mikhailovich Sonchik
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In custody: ~276 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth 15.05.1984
Address for letters: Turma №4, Mogilev, Krupskaya 99A, 212011
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It is known that Sonchik worked as a driver for a long time, and recently as a truck driver. Dmitry is interested in motorsports and amateur radio.

The video with Sonchik was released on May 7, 2024 on the GUBOPiK channel, he was detained upon returning from abroad. He was bombarded with comments in Telegram - they said that he left more than a thousand of them.

Trial outcome 26.12.2024
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Alexey Dmitrievich Silenko
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In custody: 281 day
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth 22.07.1989
Address for letters: SIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
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After the war in Ukraine began, the man went to Georgia for a while. But, apparently, he later returned to Belarus, the publication writes.

When and under what circumstances he was detained , as well as the details of the charges, have not yet been disclosed.

Silenko graduated from BNTU in 2012, where he received a degree in architecture. He is also known as a drummer and participant in musical projects such as OH. RA, BULVAR, Mnsr. Gustav and others.

Trial outcome 27.11.2024
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Alexander Syryca
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In custody: 391 day
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
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A famous basketball referee, he was arrested for creating a basketball chat.

He was detained in January 2024 when he was returning to Belarus. He is currently in pretrial detention. He is accused of "insulting Lukashenko" and "creating an extremist group" under Articles 361-1 and 368 of the Criminal Code.

Syritsa had previously believed that coming to Belarus was not associated with major risks. His wife was also detained at the border (she spent a day in jail). And the chat participants were summoned for questioning.

Alexander Syritsa has been one of the best basketball referees in Belarus for many years. A FIBA referee since 2005. In 2019, together with his colleagues, Syritsa filed a lawsuit against the basketball federation, lost and was blacklisted. He lived in Australia, did business, and often visited Ukraine.

On January 16, the KGB recognized the "Fund of Belarus Friend LTD" as an "extremist organization" - at that time it was reported that Belarusian citizen Alexander Syritsa was related to it.

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In custody: 351 day
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk, Return to Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth 28.02.1982
Address for letters: SIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
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A former truck driver, returned from Europe. He was charged with over 1,000 extremist comments, including some from 1997.

Artem was convicted in the Minsk City Court under Part 3 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code and Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

The hearing of Artem’s case under Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code and Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus is scheduled for January 31, 2025 .

Trial outcome 24.10.2024
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Appeal 24.12.2024
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Arthur Nikolaevich Memekh
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In custody: 134 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Drahichyn
Date of birth 09.03.1991
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EPAM Senior Software Engineer Artur Memekh relocated to New Jersey in the spring of 2020. It appears he was detained while visiting relatives in Belarus.

He was last online on social media at the end of last autumn. It appears that Memekh decided to visit Belarus in late 2023 or early 2024 and was detained. Artur's trial begins on September 23, 2024, for "assisting extremist activity."

Trial outcome 25.09.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 10.12.2024
unknown.
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Cheslav Eduardovich Gerasimovich
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In custody: ~192 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Number of children: 3 children
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Cheslav Gerasimovich is 37 years old. He is from Minsk.

For some time in 2022, Gerasimovich worked in Vilnius, but in the fall of 2022 he returned to Minsk.

On June 26, Cheslav was convicted of “disobeying a police officer” in an administrative case.

Judging by the GUBOPiK video, Gerasimovich is accused of donating to the “extremist formation” four times. He is probably accused under Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code.

Gerasimovich writes on social networks that he has been conducting training in psychotherapy for more than 15 years. Since 2011, he began working as a tester. He is interested in music and plays the guitar, and also writes poetry and short prose.

Trial outcome 09.12.2024
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 300 basic values fine.
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Anton Nikolaevich Stankevich
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In custody: ~485 days
folder Categories of cases: Donate, Return to Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth 26.10.1998
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Detained and convicted for a donation of 100 USD.

Graduated from the Philology Department of BSU. Volunteered at the II European Games. Worked at Currency.com, spent almost a year in Georgia, working in remote support. Then returned to Belarus.
He is interested in languages, historical reconstruction, and heavy music.

Trial outcome 18.07.2024
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Appeal 20.09.2024
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In custody: ~274 days
folder Categories of cases: Donate, Return to Belarus
Hometown: Kobryn
Date of birth 22.06.1986
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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38-year-old illustrator. She quit her job at PL in a large IT company. Her colleagues were shocked and tried to talk her out of it — she decided to go home. She said she already had a certificate from the KGB about the donation paid in multiples for 2020. She was tired of being homeless. She was detained at the border.
According to the prosecution's version of events, which was voiced by the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office, in 2021-2022, Natalia Levaya transferred cash and cryptocurrency in the total amount of at least four thousand and four hundred rubles (today this is about 1,275 euros) to bank accounts and virtual wallets "used by representatives of extremist groups, including armed ones, for example, the Kalinovsky Regiment". In addition, she was fined 1,000 basic units - almost the same amount that Natalia donated to initiatives and funds. This is the punishment requested by the state prosecution at the trial. The trial was held behind closed doors.

Trial outcome 17.07.2024
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1000 basic values fine.
Appeal 04.10.2024
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Trial date: 10 february 2025, 10:30
Brest, pr. Masherova 8
In custody: ~302 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Kamenec
Address for letters: SIZO-7, Brest, Sovetskih Pogranichnikov 37, 224030
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Ruslan Zubkov is 26 years old. According to social networks, he has lived and worked in Poland in recent years.

In December 2023, Zubkov was added to the list of members of the extremist group "Russia is Evil". This is a small Telegram chat with 135 members, where only three people are currently active. In February 2024, Ruslan was put on the wanted list in Belarus and Russia - this means that at that time he was still at large.

It is also unknown when Ruslan was detained. He was first tried in June 2024 for "insulting Lukashenko" in the Kamenets District Court. The verdict is unknown.

Trial outcome 19.06.2024
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In custody: ~348 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Babruysk
Date of birth 06.11.1995
Address for letters: Turma №4, Mogilev, Krupskaya 99A, 212011
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A resident of Bobruisk was detained on February 26, 2024, the day after returning from Poland.

First, he was convicted under administrative article 19.11 (distribution of extremist materials), and then a criminal case was opened under article 361-1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (creation of an extremist group). Maxim is allegedly considered involved in the creation of the extremist group “Bobruisk 375”.

Trial outcome 27.09.2024
7 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 06.12.2024
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In custody: ~359 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Orsha
Date of birth 15.10.1981
Address for letters: IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
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He was detained in February when he returned to Belarus from work. Previously, Alexander worked at a locomotive depot, but after 2020 he was either fired or quit himself - it seems that the dismissal was politically motivated. After that, Kamlenok worked as a truck driver in Western countries. And when he returned home from work, he was detained. He was accused of insulting a government official.

The Verkhnedvinsky District Court recognized Alexander’s page on Odnoklassniki as extremist.

Trial outcome 16.08.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 29.10.2024
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Arthur Aleksandrovich Rolic
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In custody: 541 day
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth 14.09.1984
Address for letters: IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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Most likely he was detained in the summer of 2023. In 2013, Arthur opened his own business store, Grandbazaare, where he sold branded clothing and shoes. The VKontakte group has more than 40 thousand subscribers. In recent years, his company has specialized in the Under Armor brand. And from 2023, he translated the pages of his business into the Belarusian language.

Arthur is interested in sports, but especially football, and even previously played in amateur leagues as a goalkeeper. He uses football players and other athletes as photos for his avatars on social networks.

In addition to imprisonment, Arthur was awarded a fine of 700 basic units.

Trial outcome 20.05.2024
9 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 09.08.2024
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In custody: ~375 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus, Raid January 23-24, 2024
Hometown: Lida
Date of birth 16.06.1998
Address for letters: Turma №1, Grodno, Kirova 1, 230023
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Detained for solidarity with political prisoners.

Ekaterina Mendrik is 26 years old. According to information on social networks, she was born in Lida, but moved to Grodno as a child. Ekaterina studied at the University of Warsaw and lived in Poland for a long time.

According to the court schedule, before her arrest in the criminal case, Ekaterina was convicted at least twice under political administrative protocols after crossing the border. It is unknown whether she lived abroad.

Mendrik was detained after the January raid on supporters of political prisoners, as she sent parcels and made transfers to political prisoners in pretrial detention. According to human rights activists, the detention occurred a little later, as the girl was abroad at the time of the raid - she was detained upon her return to Belarus.

Trial outcome 16.09.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 26.11.2024
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Marina Vladimirovna Leonovich
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In custody: ~514 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus, Donate
Hometown: Minsk
Address for letters: SIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
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Marina Leonovich is 28 years old. She graduated from BSUIR and after university worked at EPAM as a front-end developer. After the start of full-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine, the girl moved to Georgia, to Tbilisi.

Leonovich's arrest became known in October 2023. It is unknown why the girl decided to return to Belarus.

Marina is accused of financing “extremist activity” (parts 1 and 2 of Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code) and “participation in the material support of activities to use citizens of Belarus to participate in armed conflicts on the territory of a foreign state” (part 2 of Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code). Usually, people are tried under such articles for donations, for example, to Kalinovsky’s regiment. The girl faces five to ten years in prison, writes Nasha Niva.

Novel Valerievich Galusa
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In custody: ~933 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Zhabinka
Date of birth 1995
Address for letters: Glavpochtamt, a/b 8, Minsk 220050
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Citizen of Poland. It is known that on July 19, 2022, Roman arrived in Belarus and disappeared: nothing was known about his whereabouts, and the South-West search and rescue team announced a search for him. Later it became known that Galuza was alive and his whereabouts had been established - without any details. But an acquaintance of Roman wrote on social networks that he was in a KGB pre-trial detention center.

In Poland, Galuza graduated from university, received citizenship, and volunteered, including helping Belarusian refugees. Roman’s detention could have been planned in advance by the Belarusian security forces.

Now he faces up to 15 years in prison.

Trial outcome 15.07.2024
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