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A former professional basketball player, she was the Belarusian champion in 2002 and also won silver and bronze medals in the Belarusian championship ten times.
After finishing her career in 2007, Lopukhina began teaching at the Belarusian State University of Physical Education. She is also involved in coaching.
Elina will be tried for participating in the 2020 protests.
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She worked for 13 years at the Center for Children's Oncology, Hematology and Immunology in Borovlyany, and another 3 years at the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Children's Surgery. At the same time, she held appointments at Lod and the HappyDerm Laser Dermatology Center.
In 2022, Elena Sharafanovich, who was the director of the private "A1 Clinic", found herself at the center of a scandal. One of the co-founders of the medical center wrote complaints about his own clinic because he " fought" with another co-founder, Ruslan Sharafanovich - this is Elena's husband. As a result, "A1" had its license revoked, and its work was paralyzed. And one of the employees wrote a denunciation against Elena herself for "distributing extremist materials". She was tried and received a fine. The clinic soon closed.
Elena will go on trial at the end of January 2025 for participating in the 2020 protests. Her husband Ruslan was convicted of the same crime a month earlier. The verdict is unknown.
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Karina loves traveling, photography, and handicrafts; five years ago, she created educational flashcards for children. Since 2017, she has worked at Peleng, and in recent years, she has been a 5th-grade optical components inspector in the quality control bureau, where she tested the quality of optical products.
The exact date of his arrest is unknown; his last social media activity was recorded around July 2024, when mass testing of Peleng employees was conducted as part of the Belpol investigation: they were subjected to polygraph tests, some were fired, and there was no information about criminal cases being opened at that time.
In February 2025, Karina was found guilty of “calls for actions harmful to Belarus” and sentenced to two years in prison.
On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
On March 19, 2026, she 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).
On March 19, 2026, she 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).
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Mother of three children.
On March 19, 2026, she 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).
She was convicted along with her father.
Little is known about 26-year-old Elizaveta. The girl was born and until recently lived in Minsk.
Her father worked in the Belarusian OMON in the 90s as a driver with the rank of junior lieutenant. But he quit in 1997 of his own free will. Recently, Dmitry worked as a driver in a private company.
In November 2020, the man was sentenced to 15 days in jail for participating in a protest.
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On July 4, 2024, the KGB designated the Telegram channel "ShapitoDich" an extremist group. According to the agency, Elena is involved.
Elena, a dentist, was detained in mid-May of that year and sentenced to imprisonment in February 2025, having been found guilty of “creating an extremist group” and “calling for sanctions.”
On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
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Victoria is a well-known Belarusian blogger "gusarev_ka", she has more than 32 thousand subscribers on Instagram and more than 17 thousand on TikTok. Her last messages are dated September - under them people write that the girl is in a pre-trial detention center.
Vika has a 6-year-old son.
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Natalia became famous back in 2017, when her case was reported by the independent press. A woman with a third-degree disability who was unable to find work due to medical restrictions, was about to be evicted from her apartment for debt. Natalia had previously worked in construction, but after she was diagnosed with epilepsy, doctors issued a list of work restrictions. Following a public outcry, the authorities withdrew the lawsuit, and Natalia was able to pay off her debts with the help of Nobel laureate and writer Svetlana Alexievich. Afterward, Alexievich continually supported the Gomel woman, and many other caring individuals also joined in.
In September, Natalia was caught in a security crackdown —detained for "extremist" subscriptions. The same judge who would try her on criminal charges fined her for an administrative offense. The Gomel resident was forced to star in a "repentance" video, in which she showed no remorse, and when asked how she felt about the government, she bluntly replied, "Badly." She was then released on bail.
She also talked about all this on social media, and in her last post, she wrote that they had come to take her into custody—as part of a criminal case. Natalia also posted a photo of herself with cut veins on her arm.
In conclusion, she was placed just before the trial.
She was released at the end of April 2026 upon completion of her sentence.
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In the fall of 2024, Irina Poznyakevich's name appeared on Russia's wanted list. She was subsequently tried and deported to Belarus.
Irina Poznyakevich (Shulga) is 26 years old. She is originally from Baranovichi and has also lived in Ivatsevichi. According to social media, she has worked in various fields, including as a nurse's aide. As of 2019, she had a small child.
In October 2020, Irina was in a detention center in Zhodzina, detained for allegedly participating in protests. It's unclear whether she actually participated in anything or was just one of those detained by chance.
In February 2021, she moved to Russia. Her legalization expired on January 14, 2024, but she did not leave Moscow for her homeland, remaining there. In October 2024, Irina was tried in Moscow's Mikulinsky District Court. She was fined 5,000 Russian rubles (approximately $50) and ordered to be deported from Russia.
In September 2025 , she was released, having fully served her sentence.