Vladimir was accused of leaving an offensive comment on VKontakte under a post about Lukashenko. The post contained a photo and the text of a speech about military operations in Belarus. Vladimir wrote the comment from his sister's page and phone number while visiting her. He fully admitted his guilt.
In the period from August 2020 to July 26, 2022, Alexander administered the telegram chat «Zhyve Luninets!», for which he was detained on July 27, 2022.
On November 24, 2022, by the decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the telegram chat «Zhyve Luninets!» was recognized as an extremist formation on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
The trial of Alexander took place on February 9, 2023, where he was accused under 5 articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus: Part 1 of Article 361-1, Part 1 of Article 342, part 2 of Article 367, Article 369, part 3 of Article 361.
It is known about Alexander Sumar that in 2006 he worked in the Luninetsky district police Department as a forensic expert. In recent years, he lived in Moscow (Russia).
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One of the most famous Belarusian-language bloggers in the 2000s and a former activist. Detained for participating in protests in 2020.
Ivan was detained on January 5, 2023, received 13 days of administrative arrest, and on January 18, criminal charges were brought.
04/17/2024 released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
In June 2025, it became known that Ivan was detained again, this time for a comment under Article 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Trial outcome 28.04.2023
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 25.07.2023
unknown.
Trial outcome 25.08.2025
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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Nikolai is accused of "financing terrorist activity", under which article he faces 8 to 12 years in prison.
The man's last known place of employment was the Republican Olympic Training Center for Track and Field.
On June 6, 2023, he was sentenced under Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code to 6 years in a maximum security penal colony and a large fine. Other details of the case are unknown.
On September 1, 2023, Judge V. Cherevach was to consider the appeal of the political prisoner in the Supreme Court. At the moment, the first sentence has entered into force, so when the second was issued, Vasilevich was already considered to have a previous conviction.
On September 12, 2023, another trial of Nikolai took place in the Pervomaisky District Court. This time, he was accused of "financing terrorist activity." In total, Svetlana Cherepovich sentenced him to 9 years and 6 months in a maximum security penal colony for his donations, as well as a fine of 600 basic units. The pro-government film states that he made at least 54 donations to solidarity funds.
On November 14, 2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 12.09.2023:
9.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under enhanced security conditions
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Pro-government channels posted “repentant videos”, where Pavel says that he worked in the Department of Security until 2018, was detained for transferring personal data of Department employees to the Black Book of Belarus. The data was taken from the telephone directory book.
At home he left a wife and small children (1 year and 3 years).
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For several months he was in the pre-trial detention center of the State Security Committee, then in the pre-trial detention center № 1 in Minsk, later he was transferred to the pre-trial detention center in Grodno.
Nikolay is a former customs officer, an activist of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party «Gramada». He is accused of helping those who wanted to illegally cross the Belarusian-Lithuanian border for money, as well as creating an extremist formation or participating in it.
Trial outcome 07.04.2023:
5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
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A former Ukrainian. He received Belarusian citizenship in 2010, often happens in the border area.
In the story on the channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it is claimed that he transmitted to Kuprienko (accused of espionage) data on the location of military equipment, the movement of a vehicle convoys.
Trial outcome 09.03.2023:
10 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of strict regime.
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Former military, topographer. Allegedly detained for participating in protest chats. The film, shot by the pro-government TV channel, claims that Dmitry allegedly shot a video appeal to the military and security forces in 2020, and a year later he contacted the Busly Lyatsyats organization. Also, according to the TV channel, this year Gulin monitored the chats of Brest-97, Gomel-97, Kalinkovichi, Luninets and actively left comments there.
Presumably held in the KGB pre-trial detention center.
Trial outcome 29.09.2023:
14 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony
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Truck driver. A video on a pro-government channel claims that he was "transporting ballot forms from Poland with a choice already made in favor of one alternative candidate."
After 2-3 months after the stage in the penal colony he was sent to a punishment cell, from which he never returned. He was transferred to prison regime for three years.
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For participation in the protests, the GUBOPiK detained brother and sister, Mikhail and Alexandra Aleksandrovich Razuvanov . According to GUBOPiK, Mikhail and Alexandra took part in post-election protests in 2020. Judging by the report from the security forces, a criminal case has been opened against the brother and sister.
On June 23, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, in April 2024 Mikhail was again imprisoned in pre-trial detention center-1. Perhaps this is connected with a new criminal case.
Trial outcome 31.03.2023:
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
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There were at least nine hearings in the case. There were many witnesses at the trial who testified against him. Yevgeny was accused of administering the channel and urging Belarusians to take part in protests, editing posts, etc.
Trial outcome 27.07.2023
7 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 21.11.2023
unknown.
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He was sentenced at the end of 2022 to chemistry with a referral for participating in protest actions, after which in 2024 he was convicted of fraud and sent to IK-2.
Trial outcome 30.12.2022
unknown years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 24.05.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
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The man was accused of creating and administering the telegram channel «23.34», which contained information about Belarusian judges.
Viktor was also accused of «aiding and abetting the deliberate actions of administrators and participants of a number of other destructive Telegram channels, which were aimed at inciting social hostility on the basis of a different social affiliation and which entailed serious consequences».
Trial outcome 19.01.2023:
11 years of imprisonment in a penal colony with reinforced regime.
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The man worked as a therapist in the emergency room of the city hospital of Lida. According to preliminary information, he was detained for likes and comments of materials against the current government of the Republic of Belarus.
Soon it became known that Andrei Krasnik was going to be tried again: on April 17, 2023, a hearing on the case against the political prisoner under Part 2 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code (Violence or threat against an official) and Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate the order, or active participation in them). A judge has been appointed to consider the case Vladimir Fedorovich.
Trial outcome 20.12.2022:
3,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony with reinforced regime.
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Elena has been convicted multiple times under political criminal charges, such as “insulting a government official” and “insulting Lukashenko” through comments on Telegram channels.
The first trial took place in December 2022 under the article "insulting a government official", the outcome of which is unknown. In March 2023, she was sentenced to restriction of freedom without being sent to an open-type correctional facility and a large fine for a comment with an emoji addressed to police captain Ruslan Kutsko.
In April 2024, a new criminal case was considered against Elena under the articles “insulting a government official” and “insulting Lukashenko”, the verdict for which is also unknown.
In October 2024, she was convicted of “inciting hatred or discord” for comments about Lukashenko, security forces, and participants in the war in Ukraine, and sentenced to imprisonment.
Trial outcome 21.12.2022
unknown.
Appeal 10.02.2023
unknown.
Trial outcome 10.03.2023
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 3700 rubles of compensation.
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