Renat Pelageichik was 17 years old at the time of the protests in 2020.
At just 18 years old, the young man decided to go into business: in February 2021, he registered as a sole proprietor in his hometown to engage in online retail sales.
According to social media data, the young man moved to Russia some time later. In 2024, he actively posted job postings on VKontakte. Renat was looking for Belarusians and Russians to work shifts in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Smolensk, offering positions as loaders, packers, and general laborers.
The statute of limitations on his criminal case should have expired long ago. But according to the criminal code, the statute of limitations is suspended if a person is wanted. Ruslan was put on the wanted list. And eventually, he was detained —possibly in Russia—but the circumstances are unknown.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Before his arrest, Nikita worked as a marketing assistant at the Avangard Real Estate agency.
In his free time, Nikita enjoys computer hardware, streaming, and 3D graphics. He's a keen tech enthusiast and has helped people select processors and graphics cards for graphics workflows in social media communities, explained the nuances of monitor setup, and shared his experience building computers.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Yuri was involved in the creation of websites and web services.
Besides programming, he is interested in the crypto industry and mining. He shared his experiences on relevant forums and thoroughly exposed unscrupulous courses.
Irina is originally from Mstislavl in the Mogilev region, but spent much of her life in Moscow. In 2011, she graduated from the Humanities Department of the Moscow Finance and Law Academy (MFLA) with a degree in advertising.
Irina has long worked as a content manager, editor, and media monitoring specialist. She has worked on website content creation, photo and video archives, and social media analytics.
Irina wrote on social media that she lived in a private house in the Moscow region, worked from home, and periodically traveled to Belarus to visit her parents. She was detained , presumably during one of these trips to Belarus.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Alexey, originally from Lepel, graduated from the history department of Vitebsk State University with a degree in theology. He also studied at the Minsk Theological Academy and was ordained in Vitebsk.
Together with his wife, the priest is raising five children.
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Artem is a graduate of Vitebsk School No. 4. In high school, he won a law competition organized by Polotsk State University. At that time, Artem Astratov was interviewed numerous times by state-run publications.
After graduating from high school, he enrolled in the law faculty of the Vitebsk Institute of Technical and Social Sciences. There, he engaged in academic work: his first-year paper on constitutional law won second place in a student paper competition.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Vladimir was born in Moscow and is a Russian citizen. In the mid-2000s, he moved to Belarus and settled in Zhlobin.
Afterwards, he worked in Poland for several years. He later returned to Belarus and moved to the agro-town of Shchitkovichi in the Starodorozhsky District of the Minsk Region.
Vladimir is known to have pro-Ukrainian views. It appears he was detained for his pro-Ukrainian comments.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown.
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