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On December 10, 2024, the Investigative Committee launched a special case against five members of Kalinovsky's regiment: Artem Bigel, Vyacheslav Granovskiy, Ignatiy Kireyev, Anastasia Makhomet, and Yan Melnikov. They are charged under articles on the creation of a criminal organization, organizing the activities of a terrorist organization, calls for causing harm to national security, participation in an armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state, and others.
They were found guilty under a number of articles of the Criminal Code, including "act of terrorism" and "organizing the activities of a terrorist organization." The defendants in the case were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 12 to 20 years.
In addition, the Kalinovites were given fines ranging from 500 to 3,500 base units (from 21,000 to 147,000 rubles).
On December 10, the Investigative Committee launched a special case against five members of Kalinovsky's regiment: Artem Bigel, Vyacheslav Granovskiy, Ignatiy Kireyev, Anastasia Makhomet, and Yan Melnikov. They are charged under articles on the creation of a criminal organization, organizing the activities of a terrorist organization, calls for causing harm to national security, participation in an armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state, and others.
They were found guilty under a number of articles of the Criminal Code, including "act of terrorism" and "organizing the activities of a terrorist organization." The defendants in the case were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 12 to 20 years.
On December 10, 2024, the Investigative Committee launched a special case against five members of Kalinovsky's regiment: Artem Bigel, Vyacheslav Granovskiy, Ignatiy Kireyev, Anastasia Makhomet, and Yan Melnikov. They are charged under articles on the creation of a criminal organization, organizing the activities of a terrorist organization, calls for causing harm to national security, participation in an armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state, and others.
They were found guilty under a number of articles of the Criminal Code, including "act of terrorism" and "organizing the activities of a terrorist organization." The defendants in the case were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 12 to 20 years.
On December 10, 2024, the Investigative Committee launched a special case against five members of Kalinovsky's regiment: Artem Bigel, Vyacheslav Granovskiy, Ignatiy Kireyev, Anastasia Makhomet, and Yan Melnikov. They are charged under articles on the creation of a criminal organization, organizing the activities of a terrorist organization, calls for causing harm to national security, participation in an armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state, and others.
They were found guilty under a number of articles of the Criminal Code, including "act of terrorism" and "organizing the activities of a terrorist organization." The defendants in the case were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 12 to 20 years.
Victor has been working in the field of education all his life. He lives in the village of Bol'shiye Orly of the same Lyadetsky village council. He worked at the Orlovskaya secondary school and administered the school's website.
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Sergey is married and has a minor daughter. From 2018 to 2020, he worked at MAZ and the Minsk Design and Construction Technological Institute.
Zelenovsky joined Peleng in 2020. He worked in the machining department as a machine tool and CNC manipulator adjuster, holding a 4th-grade qualification.
The exact date of his arrest is unknown, but it occurred after a raid on Peleng that lasted several months, beginning in July 2024. People were subjected to polygraph tests, their phones were searched, and they were also summoned for conversations.
On December 13, 2025, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Igor was convicted in February 2025 on a number of criminal charges, including "inciting racial, national, religious or other social hatred or discord" and "creating or participating in an extremist group," and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
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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Irina worked for over 15 years at Peleng JSC, a leading design and engineering company in the optical-electronics industry. Most recently, she held the position of Category 1 Design Engineer in the Structured Cable Systems Research and Design Department, in the Production Systems Support Sector.
Irina was likely detained as part of a raid on the company that began in the summer of 2024. In March 2025, she was convicted of "calling for sanctions" and sentenced to imprisonment.
On December 13, 2025, she 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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A well-known Belarusian blogger, author of the channels "My Country is Belarus", "Lukashenko's Mustache". In June 2020, when the arrests of bloggers began, he left Belarus. In 2022, he stated that he was related to the press service of the Kalinovsky regiment in Ukraine, published photos in which he was with a weapon, in military uniform. Bespalov is currently participating in "Paspality Rushenni".
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Citizen of Estonia.
On January 16, 2024, the KGB made a decision to recognize the "Fund of Belarus Friend LTD" as an "extremist organization." The department's decision listed people who were allegedly related to the fund: Belarusians Oleg Stefanovich and Alexander Syritsa, as well as Estonian Allan Royo.
On June 21, 2025, Allan was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's Special Representative, Keith Kellogg.
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On July 4, 2024, the KGB designated the Telegram channel "ShapitoDich" an extremist group. According to the agency, Elena is involved.
Elena, a dentist, was detained in mid-May of that year and sentenced to imprisonment in February 2025, having been found guilty of “creating an extremist group” and “calling for sanctions.”
On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Pavel was detained and in January 2025 he was sentenced to imprisonment under the articles “inciting racial, national, religious or other social hatred or discord” and “insulting Lukashenko.”
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.
In 2024, Yuri was found guilty of “insulting Lukashenko.”
According to the "list of organizations and individuals involved in terrorist activity" of September 4, 2025, he was also charged with "inciting hatred and discord" and "calls for sanctions." These charges carry a sentence of imprisonment in a penal colony.
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.