On January 5, 2024, a "repentant" video was published with the owner of a clothing repair shop, due to memes on Instagram. According to Mediazona, judging by social networks, the detainee is Svetlana Deruzhkova. In the video, the entrepreneur says that she took part in protests in Minsk in 2020, and that "on Instagram she used memes with black humor related to our government and the neighboring state." Judging by the screenshots provided in the video, we are talking about jokes about the Russian military. The images shown show, for example, a man in a military uniform with the letter Z on his chest and a pig's head.
Trial outcome 26.02.2024
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Belarusian IT manager and political activist, wife and campaign leader of Valery Tsepkalo during the 2020 Belarusian presidential election, and representative of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's joint campaign headquarters during the election.
The start date of special production is 15.03.2024.
Trial outcome 08.07.2024
12 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 1000 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
Yulia is accused of financing extremist activity following widespread arrests during the government's persecution of her support for political prisoners and their families through the INeedHelpBy food aid project.
Yulia is the sister of Nikolai Karobko's brother's wife and the mother of Pavel Kravtsov.
In September 2025, she was detained again.
Trial outcome 09.09.2024
4 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 04.11.2025
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Final verdict by partial addition:
4 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Kateryna was detained after a "solidarity raid" in late January 2024 on charges of supporting political prisoners and their families—she sent packages and made money transfers to prisoners in pretrial detention. Prior to this, she had been convicted at least twice on political administrative charges after crossing the border; it is unknown whether she lived abroad. She studied at the University of Warsaw and lived in Poland for a long time.
In the fall of 2024, Ekaterina was convicted of "assisting extremist activity" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
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.
Trial outcome 16.09.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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