Andrei was arrested along with his wife in October 2024 as part of a criminal case opened under the article for "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."
In mid-2025, he was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony. Details of the case are unknown.
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.
Trial outcome 08.07.2025
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the court report , the essence of the charge against everyone was that on August 10, 2020, people in Brest "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.
This is already the 14th group of people who have been convicted under Article 342 of the Criminal Code for the protests of that day in Brest.
Trial outcome 06.11.2024
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Jurijs, a businessman and Latvian citizen, was arrested in August 2024 and convicted of three criminal charges, including “discrediting the Republic of Belarus.” The nature of the charges remains unknown, as the trial was held behind closed doors.
On June 21, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's Special Representative, Keith Kellogg.
28 years old, first graduated from college as a software technician, then studied at BarSU (Baranovichi State University). In some social networks, Brest is listed as the current city, in others, Kobrin. On Yandex.Services, he offers website development and computer repair services in Brest and Kobrin. He streamed PC games on the Youtube channel "Dog Chain".
It is currently unknown what protests Vladislav was tried for. However, judging by the article and the fact that the trial is taking place in Kobrin, it is almost certainly a trial for the Kobrin protests that took place after the elections on August 9, 2020.
Human rights activists do not know what exactly the man is accused of.
According to Yan Karlionov 's social media , he is 37 years old. The Minsk resident graduated from BSU, is married, and has a 15-year-old daughter. Yan's last publications on social media were in 2020: Viktor Babariko's speech and Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's message to the Belarusian people.
In November 2024, he was released, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 14.11.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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