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He was detained for participating in protests in Baranavichy in 2020. A video of the detainees was published by a telegram channel close to the security forces.
It is unknown where the detainee is now and under what article he is accused.
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Candidate of Historical Sciences, adjunct professor at the Institute of History, University of Wroclaw. Melnikov specialized in military history and the history of the period when Western Belarus was part of Poland (1921-1939). He has published a dozen and a half books on Western Belarus. In 2020, he was awarded the L. Sapieha Prize for the preservation of the historical heritage of Belarus.
It is known for sure that he was arrested and is being held in a pretrial detention center. Melnikov's last activity on Instagram dates back to January 21, 2024.
Melnikov is being tried for an interview he gave to an unnamed independent media outlet in 2022. The trial is being held in open mode. An excerpt from the indictment was quoted by SB:
"In 2022, Igor Melnikov, motivated by national hatred and discord, as well as political and ideological hatred, knowingly knowing about the extremist activities of participants in an information resource banned in Belarus, gave them an interview in order to develop and popularize media of this kind and involve more citizens in such activities," the prosecutor said. It is noted that the historian gave comments to the media both in Belarus and in Poland. Melnikov reportedly admitted his guilt.
The Court of Appeal reduced the sentence imposed by the court of first instance by 2 years.
Igor was released in early September 2025, having served his full sentence.
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unknown years of restriction of freedom without direction
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Lyudmila Deineko is 40 years old. She graduated from Polotsk State University in 2005 with a degree in law. She initially worked in the Minsk Regional Executive Committee's Department of Internal Affairs, then in the Minsk City Executive Committee's Department of Justice, and as a consultant at the Zavodskoy District Court in Minsk.
The trial begins on July 22. Deineko is accused of "calling for sanctions," "insulting Lukashenko," and "inciting hostility or discord."
Lyudmila has two minor 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).
On May 15, 2023, ONT released the propaganda film “Killer Package” of Death: Who and How Wanted to Commit a Terrorist Attack on Victory Day,” which told the details of the case. It was reported there that allegedly the KGB, on the eve of Victory Day on May 9, 2023, “prevented a terrorist attack under the supervision of Kiev." They said that the explosives were in electric stoves, which were sent to the detainees via parcels. The organizer of the action was named 23-year-old Belarusian Valery Vodin, who fought in Ukraine.
The video said that parcels with electric stoves containing explosives were delivered to the Minsk SDEK point in Kamennaya Gorka on March 21, 2023 from Kyiv via Italy. 29-year-old Victoria Volchek confirmed during interrogation that she received the package - Valery Vodin asked her to receive the package. BSU student Anna Savochkina and her mother Tatyana Rusak took the tile from Volchek and buried it in the cemetery in Kolodishchi. The second tile was picked up by dental technician Andrei Grigoriev and taken to the gardening partnership "Avtoremontnik 124" near Olekhnovichi.
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During Galina's imprisonment, her child was placed in an orphanage. Convicted for participating in protests in Pinsk in 2020.
He has been a table tennis coach for over thirty years. Yuri is the only internationally recognized table tennis referee in the Brest region. He was previously a board member of the Belarusian Table Tennis Federation.
Logodyuk is also known as one of Belarus's best trainers for disabled athletes. He trains people with musculoskeletal disorders. His students frequently win championships both in Belarus and abroad. He has helped hundreds of people with disabilities live normal lives.
He's being tried for "assisting extremist activity." This could be anything from a comment on the wrong website to, say, transferring money to a political prisoner.
He is expected to be released in March 2026.
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Elizaveta worked at the IT company SENLA. She probably left for Poland after the start of the war in Ukraine. Then she returned to Grodno and was detained.
The trial of the IT specialist will begin on July 23. The girl was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for allegedly “participating in protests.”
In April 2024, security forces wrote about the detention of unnamed 2 men because they had removed the state flag from a kindergarten in Brest. Then the security forces clarified that one man was 25 years old, the second was 46 years old. And they threatened with criminal liability for “desecration” of state symbols.
At the same time, security forces posted a video of the incident. Those frames show that 2 men are walking from the gate along the path to the building. Then one man helped the other, and thus they removed the state flag from the façade along with the staff. Then they left the institution through the gate, waving the flag a little.
The media found a 46-year-old man from Brest named Konstantin Penchuk on social networks. And they found on social networks a Brest resident who was 25 years old in April (now 26 years old) with the name Stanislav Lugovoy. This gives reason to assume that men with such names are being tried specifically for removing the state flag from a kindergarten in April 2024.
In April 2024, security forces wrote about the detention of unnamed 2 men because they had removed the state flag from a kindergarten in Brest. Then the security forces clarified that one man was 25 years old, the second was 46 years old. And they threatened with criminal liability for “desecration” of state symbols.
At the same time, security forces posted a video of the incident. Those frames show that 2 men are walking from the gate along the path to the building. Then one man helped the other, and thus they removed the state flag from the façade along with the staff. Then they left the institution through the gate, waving the flag a little.
The media found a 46-year-old man from Brest named Konstantin Penchuk on social networks. And they found on social networks a Brest resident who was 25 years old in April (now 26 years old) with the name Stanislav Lugovoi. This gives reason to assume that men with such names are being tried specifically for removing the state flag from a kindergarten in April 2024.
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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.
On March 19, 2026, he 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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Vladimir Naumovich is the bass guitarist of the cover band BAND 777. Grodno residents perform compositions of famous rock bands such as AC / DC, Guns N' Roses, Deep Purple. According to social networks, the musician is 61 years old.
