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According to the court , Andrei Timonin, Valeria Ivchina, Mikhail Pishchalo, Svetlana Kotova and Denis Kotov took part in marches in Minsk in August and September, “went out onto the roadway” and “blocked traffic.”
All defendants admitted guilt.
In January 2024, Andrei Timonin was also subjected to administrative arrest for distributing “extremist materials.”
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Citizen of Germany. It is known that Rico previously worked as a special security officer for the American Foreign Ministry in Berlin. After this position, he moved into the healthcare field, working as a nurse. According to his linkedin page, the man was a military doctor for the Red Cross.
Rico Krieger was found guilty of “committing an explosion in order to influence decision-making by authorities, intimidate the population, destabilize public order (an act of terrorism), committed by a person who had previously committed a crime under Part 4 of Art. 295 of the Criminal Code, by an organized group, that is, in the commission of a crime under Part 3 of Art. 289 of the Criminal Code."
Based on it, Krieger was given an exceptional punishment in the form of death penalty (execution).
Human rights activists also learned that the case of the military doctor concerns the Kalinovsky regiment, namely its structural unit, the foreign mechanized battalion "Western".
It is known that the man left behind a minor child in Germany. It is also noted that at the moment there is no information whether the verdict was appealed or protested, and whether it entered into legal force.
08/01/2024 Rico Krieger was released as part of an exchange between Russia and the West.
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Presumably arrested in February 2024.
He is expected to be released in June 2025 .
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Two brothers - Pavel and Vladimir Dzhezhor, and the wife of one of them - Elena Nedbalskaya were accused of participating in three protests in 2020 (one of the brothers - in four) blocking the road. 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, 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.
Elena and one of the brothers were held on bail in the amount of 12,000 rubles before the trial. It is known that the woman has dependent young children.
unknown years of restriction of freedom without referral to an open correctional facility (“household chemicals”)
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Before the trial, the woman was under recognizance not to leave the place.
According to the investigation , Tatyana Chekel, while intoxicated at her place of residence, “deliberately and publicly expressed a phrase containing a negative assessment of Alexander Lukashenko, expressed in an indecent, offensive form.”
In the presence of a police patrol, which was called by a pensioner whose mobile phone had disappeared, the woman insulted Lukashenko. The woman’s partner heard this phrase and testified against her in court.
2 years of restriction of freedom without direction
The last post on Denis's Facebook page was made in March 2022.
Denis graduated from the Belarusian Trade and Economics University of Consumer Cooperatives and worked in the trading house of the Rogachev Dairy Canning Plant, which is located in Gomel.
The circumstances of the criminal case against Denis are being investigated by human rights activists.
On March 19, 2026, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
Zhanna Dashkevich is 54 years old. She hails from the village of Svatki in the Myadel District of the Minsk Region. Zhanna graduated from the Babruisk Medical College in 1987, and at the age of 41, she entered the Belarusian State Pedagogical University to study psychology. It is unknown when Zhanna Dashkevich was arrested or why. However, she has been offline since October 2023, although she was previously active on social media.
The woman's trial began on June 3, 2024, in the Minsk Regional Court. Zhanna is being tried on two counts: "recruitment, training, or preparation for participation in war, as well as material support for such activities" and "creation of or participation in an extremist group." She faces five to ten years in prison.
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).
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She worked for the state newspaper "Brestsky Vestnik" (founded by the city executive committee) and the television and radio company "Brest".
Previously, Elena Timoshchuk collaborated as a freelancer with the regional publications Vecherniy Brest, Brestskiy Kurier, Brestskaya Gazeta, the online publication Virtualny Brest, and the Brest Green Portal.
As local journalists note , Elena Tymoshchuk did not prepare publications on political topics during her collaboration with independent publications. Sometimes she wrote advertising articles and wrote on psychology topics, as she has a higher education in this specialty.
It is still not exactly known what caused the criminal prosecution of the journalist. According to the verdict, in addition to imprisonment, Elena was sentenced to a fine of 46,000 rubles. On 16.08.2024, an appeal hearing was held, and the verdict came into force.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Elena Tymoshchuk.
She was convicted for money transfers in a pre-trial detention facility.
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).
Fyodor was convicted in the spring of 2024 for “slandering Lukashenko” and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open-type institution.
He was released in the fall of 2025.
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An employee of the EU delegation to Belarus and a preacher of the Evangelical Christian Baptist Church. According to an EU official who wished to remain anonymous, Hilo was detained by the Belarusian KGB near the EU delegation building on 24 April 2024. After being held at Okrestina, he was taken into custody and is being held in the new pre-trial detention centre in Kolyadichi.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Nikolai Khilo.
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Accused of participating in a protest in Brest on August 10, 2020. A criminal case was opened against her under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code .