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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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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.
The Minsk resident was accused of writing an online comment on October 22, 2021 towards the senior inspector of the criminal executive inspection of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Sovetsky District of Minsk. According to the court ruling, Alexander saw a publication in a telegram channel with a photograph and personal data of the inspector, under which he left a comment in the chat of the telegram channel. The man fully admitted his guilt.
The policewoman about whom the comment was written demanded 1,000 rubles in compensation for moral damage.
After the verdict was announced, Alexander was released in the courtroom.
Alexander Saevich has a higher education and works as a manager in a limited liability company.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
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Anton worked as a cameraman at ONT. Specifically, in November 2022, he participated in training for the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Security Department on interaction with state media. Kozelsky's last report aired in October 2023.
He was allegedly detained because of comments he left on Telegram. Anton had previously been active in commenting on various political groups, but subsequently deleted his posts, and they can now only be found indirectly—through other users' responses and his activity in the groups.
In May 2024, he was found guilty of "calls to actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus" and "inciting hostility or discord" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He 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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Maxillofacial surgeon, Belarusian writer, translator, two-time champion of Belarus in taekwondo. Elena is the sister of activist and political prisoner Maxim Vinyarsky, sentenced to 5 years in prison.
Alena is preliminary accused under Art. 342 part 1. The woman is probably in a pre-trial detention center. The family has four children at home.
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Activist, pensioner.
She was detained on April 9, 2024, when she went to the Oktyabrsky district police department of Minsk to pick up her phone, which was taken from her two years ago and was not given back. Let us remind you that in March 2022, Galina was sentenced to 15 days of arrest for leaflets “No to war” - this was considered “unauthorized picketing”. Now they told her that they were ready to give her the phone, so they invited her to the police department.
The essence of the accusation is unknown. It is known that she was detained under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
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Nikita, Larisa Yakhimovich's son, was arrested in March 2024 as part of a criminal case opened following the spontaneous protests that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020, against voter fraud in the presidential election. He was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order."
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.
He was detained together with his wife Lyudmila. According to court records, they want to collect money from Lyudmila and Alexey through the courts for the maintenance of their children while they are in custody.
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In a video on a pro-government channel, Pavel says that he participated in rallies, “went with protest symbols, went out onto the roadway, took photos, selfies, and for four years he himself did not report to the police.”
"My punishment will probably involve imprisonment," he says at the end of the video.
On September 10, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
In early September 2025, he was released , having fully served his sentence.