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A court hearing was held on October 25, 2023. In November 2023, the sentence came into force.
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Head of dormitory No. 4 of BSEU. Detained for participating in the 2020 protests. A “repentance video” appeared on pro-government Telegram channels, in which Elena says that she once went to a rally, where she took part in a mass event. Drabudko says that a relative recently called her and told her to come to the investigative committee to “repent.” But the woman did not do this. At the end of the video, the channel’s authors attached a video of Elena singing along with the previously detained teachers.
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The reason for the criminal case was a woman’s comment on Instagram with the following content: “The Belarusian leadership will not do anything against the RACISTS!!! They feed her!!!!” It was this phrase that was considered “inciting hostility.”
On March 22, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
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Marina, a seamstress by trade, was convicted in October 2023 for posting an image of Lukashenko on Odnoklassniki, which the court deemed "undermining the authority of state power." She was detained before being charged and remained under house arrest pending trial.
Detained for participating in protests in 2020 (marches and singing songs in chorus on the steps of the Philharmonic).
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The girl is a citizen of Ukraine, originally from the city of Kherson. She studied in China, graduated from the university there in 2015, and in 2016 moved to Belarus. In Belarus she worked as a translator from Chinese.
Ekaterina was detained while crossing the Belarusian border. They demanded that she give her phone for verification; she provided it to the employees along with the passwords. Belarusian security forces found that on March 30, 2022, she sent 2 videos to the chatbot of the Zerkalo editorial office. The video showed the movement of Russian military equipment near Minsk, which she herself captured.
On December 12, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
On the evening of June 28, 2024, sudden information appeared about the release of five political prisoners from Belarusian colonies. The Ukrainian authorities achieved the release of their exchange citizens as prisoners. This is how Natalya Zakharenko, Pavel Kuprienko, Lyudmila Goncharenko, Ekaterina Bryukhanova, as well as Nikolai Shvets, a defendant in the “Machulishchi case,” were released. The terms of the exchange were not disclosed. It is noted that the Vatican took part in the liberation. The released political prisoners were brought to Ukraine on June 28 - their photo from the Zhulyany airport appeared in the media.
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A Latvian citizen, Alla and a friend came to Belarus for a few days to undergo cosmetic surgery. As the women were leaving, they were detained by KGB officers. After her release, Alla recounted : " During interrogation, it was revealed that I had been taken hostage to be exchanged for a Belarusian who was in Latvia. They told me directly, 'Tell your people that the Belarusians need their man.' They wanted my relatives to contact the Latvian security services to arrange the exchange. My friend, a Russian citizen, was released on the third day, but I remained a Latvian citizen."
Alla was accused of traveling to Belarus for intelligence purposes under the guise of cosmetic surgery. According to investigators, she collected intelligence on behalf of her Latvian intelligence handlers, spied, and even recruited Belarusian servicemen for the Ukrainian army. Her trial began in the Minsk City Court on September 29, 2023. She is accused of being an agent.
On December 19, 2023, the appeal was heard.
On December 13, 2025, she was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.