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).
Trial outcome date unknown
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
She was convicted on several political charges. While in pretrial detention, she suffered a stress-related stroke, which left her almost completely blind. Despite this, Olga was sentenced to four years in prison.
Olga has a teenage daughter who was sent to a boarding school, her eldest son is in the army, and Olga also has a mother who is a Group 1 disabled person and is bedridden.
As of spring 2026,Olga is free.In Marchof that year,she was transferred from Correctional Colony No. 4 to Pretrial Detention Facility No. 1, after which news of her release emerged.As it later became known,Olgahada trialto commute her sentence to a more lenient one, according to which she was sentenced to serve the remainder of her sentence under house arrest .
Trial outcome date unknown
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
In June 2025, the KGB updated the list of those involved in the "extremist formation" "Honest People" - they added Elena Zhilochkina (Zhivoglod), Zarina Sorokina, Timofey Malakhovsky, Oleg Davydchik. The start date of the second special production is 20.08.2025.
Trial outcome 22.01.2026
8 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 900 basic values fine.
Pulmonologist with 30 years of experience. Worked at the 10th hospital of Minsk (1992-2022), headed the department.
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).
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Lidiya is originally from Mogilev and graduated from Lyceum No. 1 in 2011. She later moved to Minsk, earned a degree in economics, and worked as a sales manager. She enjoys cosplay and drawing.
She was arrested in October 2024 and found guilty in March 2025 of "calls for sanctions or other actions aimed at harming Belarus." The nature of the charges is unknown.
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.
Anna was arrested in the fall of 2024 as part of a criminal case opened under the articles "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," "calls for actions aimed at harming the national security of the Republic of Belarus," and "inciting hostility or discord." She was convicted in 2025 for donations and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
Anna worked in banking for a long time, in customer service departments; most recently, at Trade Capital Bank (TK Bank). She ran a TikTok channel about how to take out loans and choose housing.
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.
Kristina was arrested in November 2024 and later, probably in mid-2025, convicted under the articles “inciting hatred and discord” and “organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them” 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.
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).
Trial outcome 24.04.2025
18 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions (trial in absentia).
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.
Trial outcome 12.03.2025
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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.
Trial outcome 04.02.2025
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 500 basic values fine.
Lilia disappeared from all social media after October 16, 2024, when she published her last post; her Telegram account was also deleted.
In 2012, she completed her residency in surgery, worked at the 10th City Clinical Hospital of Minsk and the Nordin Medical Center, and has over 17 years of medical experience.
In December 2024, Lilia was convicted of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order" and "calls for sanctions and other actions aimed at harming national security" and, despite her positive character references and value as a specialist, was 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.
Trial outcome 31.12.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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