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A pensioner from Glubokoe. She has two children: a son who is finishing school, and an adult daughter with her own family.
On March 31, 2020, blogger Sergei Tikhanovsky, author of the YouTube channel "Country for Life", came to Glubokoe and streamed from the main square for his subscribers. Lyudmila also came to the meeting. She spoke about the life of people in her hometown, expressed her opinion on the policies of Alexander Lukashenko and the coronavirus epidemic.
On October 9, the presidium of the Vitebsk Regional Court “released” Lyudmila and removed her conviction.
According to the prosecution , from August 10 to 11, 2020, then-minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolai Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, and Maksim Sobolev, while on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Kosmonavtov and Shevchenko Boulevards, and Sovetskaya Street in Brest, " shouted slogans, displayed white-red-white banners, grossly violating public order, and deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of businesses and organizations."
At the court hearing, everyone admitted their guilt completely.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2025.
It is reported that Yulia Sharanova participated in the protests at the age of 16, and Nikita Voytyuk and Nikolai Nikityuk were 17 years old.
The man pleaded not guilty. In addition to his prison term, the judge ordered the confiscation of Makarenko's cell phone, which was used "as a means of committing the crime," to the state.
It is known that the appeal took place on May 7, 2024: it upheld the sentence.
He was released in September 2025.
Lilia was detained in late March 2023 and sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest. However, in April 2024, it became known that she had been detained in connection with a criminal case opened under the articles "defamation of Lukashenko," "insulting a judge," "insulting a government official," and "insulting Lukashenko."
In December 2024, Lilia was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
She was released on March 20, 2026, as part of a pardon following another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole.
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The pro-government channel published a video about the detention of the Sergievich spouses. According to Mediazona, we are talking about Ekaterina and Alexandra Sergievich from Brest. The woman's mother was convicted of insulting Lukashenko.
On camera, detainee Ekaterina says that security forces came to their home to detain her husband because he “participated in protests in 2020.” Ekaterina herself had a correspondence in her telegram with the human rights center “Viasna” - she contacted her when her mother was arrested.
In the police video, Alexander says that during the protests he “was in the wrong place at the wrong time.” The authors of the video show a photograph of him during the protests on Masherov Avenue in Brest. “Mother, daughter and son-in-law put together an extremist full house,” wrote the administrators of the pro-government channel.
The couple have an 8-year-old daughter.
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The pro-government channel published a video about the detention of the Sergievich spouses. According to Mediazona, we are talking about Ekaterina and Alexandra Sergievich from Brest. The woman's mother was convicted of insulting Lukashenko.
On camera, detainee Ekaterina says that security forces came to their home to detain her husband because he “participated in protests in 2020.” Ekaterina herself had a correspondence in her telegram with the human rights center “Viasna” - she contacted her when her mother was arrested.
In the police video, Alexander says that during the protests he “was in the wrong place at the wrong time.” The authors of the video show a photograph of him during the protests on Masherov Avenue in Brest. “Mother, daughter and son-in-law put together an extremist full house,” wrote the administrators of the pro-government channel.
The couple have an 8-year-old daughter.
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Detained together with her husband Alexey. According to court schedules, they want to collect money from Lyudmila and Alexey through the court for the maintenance of their children while they are in custody.
Lyudmila has 3 children, two of them are minors.
In 2022, Alexey was prosecuted for comments he left on social media, but the criminal case was dismissed three times after expert examinations due to a lack of evidence of a crime.
In November 2023, he was arrested in connection with a criminal case opened based on the same comments. On April 8, 2024, Alexei was found guilty of five criminal charges, including "discrediting the Republic of Belarus" and "insulting Alexander Lukashenko," and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony and a large fine.
On December 13, 2025, he 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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The verdict notes that they took part in the actions “for the purpose of publicly expressing their socio-political views and protest through illegal means, and conducting destructive activities aimed, among other things, at aggravating tension in society.”
At the trial, all three admitted guilt.
From the case materials, it is known that they were identified from video recordings and photographs from the roadway at protest rallies. It is known that one of the brothers was immediately detained and placed in a temporary detention center on Akrestsin. After this, the security forces became interested in the second brother.
The verdict notes that they took part in the actions “for the purpose of publicly expressing their socio-political views and protest through illegal means, and conducting destructive activities aimed, among other things, at aggravating tension in society.”
At the trial, all three admitted guilt.
From the case materials, it is known that they were identified from video recordings and photographs from the roadway at protest rallies. It is known that one of the brothers was immediately detained and placed in a temporary detention center on Akrestsin. After this, the security forces became interested in the second brother.