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It is known that in 2020, the man joined the Coordination Council for the Brest Region. On August 26, 2020, Andrei reported that security forces came to him. On the same day, he left Belarus with his wife.
On April 8, the KGB added Andrei to the "terrorist list."
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, 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.
On March 19, 2026, he 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).
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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Vyacheslav Papsho, 39, is a Lithuanian citizen and lived in Vilnius. He likely has Belarusian roots; at least, he has long been interested in events in Belarus. He is fluent in Lithuanian and Russian and also understands Belarusian well.
In 2020, he began dedicating his videos exclusively to Belarusian topics. He supported Belarusians who were protesting, spoke about political prisoners, and criticized various government agencies. Recently, this has been the focus of much of his content.
Vyacheslav suddenly disappeared from view on July 29, 2024. Afterward, some videos disappeared from his channel, and some subscribers were removed from his channel and Telegram chat. On August 23, 2024, his channel "Zhive" (Long Live) was added to the list of extremist groups.
It recently became known that Vyacheslav went to the Republic of Belarus and was detained.
He has a Belarusian wife and a daughter.
On November 17, 2025, Vyacheslav's trials began.
On December 13, 2025, before the sentencing, Vyacheslav was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
On March 19, 2026, he 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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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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Businessman , head of the auditing company Ernst&Young.
Pavel was detained and placed in pretrial detention on charges related to a political article. The criminal case is known to relate to events that took place in 2020. In 2020, at the height of police beatings, Lashchenko issued a letter to the heads of law enforcement and government agencies , expressing doubt about the figures cited by Yermoshina and calling on everyone to reconsider and return to the rule of law.
On March 19, 2026, he 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).