Mikhail was convicted in the spring of 2024 under the article "Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and sentenced to restricted freedom with referral to an open-type institution.
In the winter of 2025, it became known that Mikhail had been tried in absentia as part of a special proceeding to have his sentence replaced by a prison term in a penal colony.
Trial outcome 02.05.2024
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 25.07.2024
the sentence was upheld.
Regime change trial 12.02.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
Egor, an entrepreneur and showman, has organized and hosted numerous public events in Gomel. These include "The Best Graduation," the closing of the motorcycle season in Polesie, concerts by Elena Vaenga and Lev Leshchenko, and the Gomel City Day celebration.
He was detained in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and in the spring of 2024, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Gomel in 2020.
He was released in January 2026, having fully served his sentence.
Vladimir conducted training and educational courses on financial management for companies. His last known position was as a financial controller at Belkanton Group, a large office supply company that also owns the Afiston chain of stores and Office Life magazine. According to his LinkedIn profile, Vladimir resigned no later than July 2023.He was presumably detained upon returning to Belarus after a vacation.His sole proprietorship activities were suspended on November 5, 2023.
Vladimir has a son (12 years old) waiting for him at home.
On July 19, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
He is expected to be released in the summer of 2026.
Trial outcome 02.05.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The woman was accused of participating in a protest in Minsk in 2020 and entering the roadway. Olga fully admitted her guilt. Olga's husband acted as a witness at the trial.
The Minsk resident was identified from a protest photo that was found on Instagram. After the verdict was announced, Olga was released in the courtroom, and the preventive measure was changed to a written undertaking not to leave.
Olga Nikiforova has a higher education and is self-employed.
Trial outcome 24.04.2024
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
A pro-government channel shows the arrest of a man: three security officers run up to him from behind on the street and put him face down on the asphalt. In the video, Yakovenko says that on August 10, 2020, he was on Masherov Avenue in Brest. He was there with his friend Igor Sorokin (he was arrested in February after returning from Poland).
According to human rights activists, he was released at the end of May 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
In a “repentance video” on a pro-government channel , a man says that he was previously arrested for 10 days under the article on distributing “extremist materials” (Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Administrative Code). This time he was detained for standing on the roadway with his friends in 2020 and “launching fireworks at employees.”
Detained in a criminal case of mass riots 08/10/2020
Trial outcome 12.09.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 12.11.2024
unknown.
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