Andrei worked as a bus driver. It's known that he had previously traveled to Russia for work, working as a minibus driver in Zvenigorod, near Moscow, but later returned to Belarus.
For the past 11 years, Sergey has been Deputy Director of Commerce at the Moscow office of Izokom Plast.
For the Dyatlovo region, the Izokom and Izokom Plast group of companies is an important plant. The enterprise grew out of an abandoned timber frame factory and has grown into a giant, employing 270 people—a significant number for a regional center.
They produce flexible insulated pipes that are exported to Russia and used in government programs. In 2025, when Sergei was already under investigation, the company received the "Energy Efficiency Leader" award.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The daughter of political prisoner journalist Kirill Poznyak, Yanina was detained along with her father on September 4, 2025. Initially, she was placed in a temporary detention facility, and a few days later, she was charged with a criminal offense and transferred to Pretrial Detention Facility No. 1.
A criminal case has been opened against 20-year-old Yanina Poznyak for cooperation with an "extremist group."
On September 4, the day Kirill Poznyak and Yanina Poznyak were detained, the State Security Committee of Belarus (KGB) declared the YouTube channel "Platform 375" and its affiliated TikTok accounts an "extremist group." According to the KGB, "a group of citizens representing the group" is engaged in "extremist activity," with Kirill Poznyak named as the organizer.
On September 16, 2026, she was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
Trial outcome 26.06.2026
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Vyacheslav was detained in the "radio club case." He is accused of "treason" (Article 356 of the Criminal Code) and "espionage" (Article 358 of the Criminal Code). As of January 2026, he has been held in a KGB pretrial detention facility for over a year.
Vyacheslav is 41 years old (as of January 2026). A story about "ham radio spies" aired on a pro-government media outlet on January 15, 2026. It alleged that a group operating under the guise of amateur radio communities was intercepting classified information. He is not shown in the video, only quoted. From 2005 to 2018, he was a sole proprietor. He then reorganized it into a different business entity. Apparently, Benko's activities involve technology.
Vyacheslav has a wife, two small children, and a dog. Vyacheslavenjoys photography, getting outdoors, and traveling.
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