Ukrainian citizen Lidiya Gruk was detained in the Malorita district of Belarus. A propaganda film by the Belarusian state-run ONT channel claims that Lidiya and her husband, Yevgeny, were photographing border facilities. According to the film's creators, the couple was charged with "terrorism." The "terrorism" charges were later downgraded to "intelligence activities." The family is survived by four minor children: two sons and two daughters. The youngest daughter was only seven months old at the time of her detention.
Lydia's husband was sentenced to 24 years in a maximum security penal colony.
She was pardoned on November 22, 2025, along with 31 other Ukrainian citizens. According to Lukashenko's press service, this occurred as part of "agreements reached" with US President Donald Trump and "at the request of the Ukrainian side in order to create conditions for resolving the armed conflict in the neighboring state." The released citizens were immediately handed over to the Ukrainian side.
At the time of Lydia’s release, her children were with her mother-in-law in Belarus.
Trial outcome 02.05.2025
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
The trial itself was held in a show trial, outside the court building, in front of students from the Polytechnic and Agricultural Colleges. Konopatsky and Molchan were taken into custody in public view after the verdict was announced.
The essence of the claims against Molchan and Konopatsky was that in the summer of 2021, in the village of Dyatlovichi (Luninetsky district of the Brest region), the state flag was removed from a store. According to the prosecution, the young people then burned the flag in the forest. Thus, according to the prosecution and the judge, the crime of "desecration of a state symbol" occurred.
The trial itself was held in a show trial, outside the court building, in front of students from the Polytechnic and Agricultural Colleges. Konopatsky and Molchan were taken into custody in public view after the verdict was announced.
The essence of the claims against Molchan and Konopatsky was that in the summer of 2021, in the village of Dyatlovichi (Luninetsky district of the Brest region), the state flag was removed from a store. According to the prosecution, the young people then burned the flag in the forest. Thus, according to the prosecution and the judge, the crime of "desecration of a state symbol" occurred.
According to the court, the essence of the charge against everyone was that on August 10, 2020, people in Brest "shouted slogans, whistled, clapped their hands, demonstrated white-red-white banners, and went out onto the roadway." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the spring of 2025.
The couple (Vyacheslav Berezovets and Tatyana Danilyuk) were placed in custody for taking part in protests in Kobrin on August 10, 2020, where the woman "made obscene gestures to the police," and her husband "pulled down his pants and showed his bare buttocks."
The Investigative Committee notes that the couple still has three young children at large.
On November4,2024, the Kobrin District Court held a trial of Tatyana and Vyacheslav "on the recovery of expenses incurred by the state for the maintenance of children in state care. " And onDecember 24, 2024, the Kobrin District Court held a trial of Tatyana "on determining the child's place of residence."
These hearingsindicatethatTatyana and Vyacheslav Berezovtsy hadtheir youngchildren taken away whilethey were imprisonedfor politicalpersecution .
Most likely she was sentenced to "house arrest" .
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Was in:SIZO-7SIZO-7, Brest, Sovetskih Pogranichnikov 37, 224030
11.10.2024 Dmitry was sent to serve his sentence in Penal Colony No. 15. Shortly after the transfer, he was found dead. The exact cause of death is unknown.
It became known from social networks that Dmitry Shletgauer is 22 years old. He was born in the Russian city of Slavgorod. In 2018, he received a Belarusian residence permit. The guy worked in Kamenets at a polymer production and packaging plant.
The political prisoner was kept behind bars for a little less than a year. According to human rights activists, Dmitry's brother was also detained, but was later deported to Russia.
In early autumn, Dmitry was sent to serve his sentence in Mogilev Colony No. 15. Shortly after the transfer, he was found dead. According to preliminary information, this happened on October 11. He spent less than a month in the colony. The exact cause of death is unknown.
During the trial, Dmitry Shletgauer had a child.
Trial outcome date unknown
12 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Was in:SIZO-7SIZO-7, Brest, Sovetskih Pogranichnikov 37, 224030
09.04.2024 was in jail and awaiting trial, which was scheduled to take place on April 16, 2024. However, a week before, on April 9, the man died of coronary heart disease.
Alexander was a reserve lieutenant colonel, served in the 38th separate guards airborne assault Brest brigade of the Airborne Forces. Recently, he worked as an individual entrepreneur, engaged in food additives. As sources told the publication , Alexander Kulinich died on April 9, 2024, in the Brest pretrial detention center due to ischemic heart disease: this cause is indicated in the death certificate. In Brest pretrial detention center No. 7, journalists were told that they had a prisoner with that name, but they refused to confirm the fact of death.
It is known that Alexander was detained for comments he left in 2020. This happened on February 29, 2024, in the village of Dorogovo, Korelichi District, Grodno Region. On March 1, the "repentant" video appeared in one of the Telegram channels close to the security forces. But it contained footage of the detention from an apartment building. Relatives and friends of the deceased say that the video from the apartment is not Alexander. And later in the video, Alexander himself says that he was detained "for comments on the Internet." "In one of the accounts, I wrote "cattle" under the president's speech," the man explained.
Alexander Kulinich was buried on his birthday, April 11, 2024, in his native Molodechno.
The case was heard by Judge Marina Skalkovich from April 16 to May 31, 2024.
The appeal against the verdict will be heard on July 12, 2024. Chairman of the Judicial Collegium Dmitry Karasinsky.
Trial outcome 31.05.2024
unknown.
Appeal 12.07.2024
unknown.
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