Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Number of repressed: 279
Date of birth: 9 january 1978
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Responsible for all illegal actions against prisoners in penal colony No. 17. Such actions include psychological and, in some cases, physical violence, illegal sending to solitary confinement, restrictions on correspondence and receiving packages from persons in the institution.
Political prisoner Vitold Ashurok, who was given more than ten penalties on trumped-up grounds and sent to solitary confinement, from which he never left, died in this colony.
In particular, his actions clearly show disregard for the rights of prisoners, including for political reasons.

Responsible for all illegal actions against prisoners in penal colony No. 17. Such actions include psychological and, in some cases, physical violence, illegal sending to solitary confinement, restrictions on correspondence and receiving packages from persons in the institution.
Political prisoner Vitold Ashurok, who was given more than ten penalties on trumped-up grounds and sent to solitary confinement, from which he never left, died in this colony.
In particular, his actions clearly show disregard for the rights of prisoners, including for political reasons.

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Andrey Leonidovich Stepankov
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In custody: ~1456 days
Hometown: Ilich
Date of birth: 05.12.1980
Number of children: 2 children
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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A resident of the village of Ilyich, Rogachev district. Detained under Articles 130 and 369 of the Criminal Code. On September 1, 2022, a verdict was passed: the political prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to 2 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony.

On April 26, 2023, the Gomel Regional Court began hearing a new criminal case against a political prisoner. The political prisoner was transferred to Pre-trial Detention Center No. 3 .

As a result of the second trial, Andrey was sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. The trial was held behind closed doors on May 22, 2023.

On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Andrei Stepankov.

Trial outcome 01.09.2022
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 26.10.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Trial outcome 22.05.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 28.07.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Final verdict by partial addition:
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Oleg Garmazinsky
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In custody: 600 days
Hometown: Senica
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: Turma №8Turma №8, Zhodino, Sovetskaya ul. 22A, 222163
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Technician-programmer from Sennitsa. It is known from the materials of the prosecution that Garmazinsky, using the Internet and a mobile phone in the telegram channel “My Country Belarus”, on November 18, 2020 and January 18, and also on March 23, 2021, posted several offensive messages that contained negative assessments of the first person of the state . One of them concerned the situation with the Ice Hockey World Championship. He was taken into custody in the courtroom.

06/05/2023 released after the expiration of the sentence.

Trial outcome:

2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony

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In custody: ~1169 days
Hometown: Navahrudak
Date of birth: 19.07.1983
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Resident of Novogrudok. Detained for the comment “It’s time for us to take up arms.”

In January 2022, Ruslan was sentenced to three years in prison in a general regime colony.

On August 2, 2022, another trial of Ruslan Kuzmich took place under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a government official) and Art. 370 of the Criminal Code (outrage of state symbols).

Trial outcome 27.01.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Trial outcome 03.08.2022
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 11.10.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Final verdict by partial addition:
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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In custody: ~552 days
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Hometown: Lyubashevo
Date of birth: 27.08.1990
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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On September 30, 2021, he was detained in Grodno in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.

04/04/2023 released after the expiration of the sentence.

Trial outcome 01.07.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 20.09.2022
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Kirill Danilovich Suslin
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In custody: 630 days
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Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 12.01.1992
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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He was detained on September 30, 2021 in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment. From 26.12. was moved from SIZO-1. At the trial, the charge under Article 361 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus was dropped, under Art. 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, the terms of attraction have expired. As a result, Cyril was accused under the "people's" article.

06/22/2023 released after the expiration of the sentence.

Trial outcome:

2.5 years in prison.

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In custody: ~548 days
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Hometown: Slonim
Date of birth: 15.07.1985
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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was detained on September 30, 2021 in Slonim in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.

01.04.2023 released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

13.11.2022 Today, 11/13/22, Alexei called home after serving his second term in the ShIZO in a month and asked that no letters be written to him. Because it harms him.

Trial outcome 09.09.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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In custody: 731 day
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Hometown: Gornostaevichi
Date of birth: 11.09.1992
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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was detained on September 29, 2021 in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment.

09/30/2023 released after expiration of sentence.

Trial outcome 23.06.2022:

2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions

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In custody: 545 days
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Hometown: Salihorsk
Date of birth: 22.01.1991
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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He was detained on September 30, 2021 in a criminal case initiated for comments “it’s time to take out the garbage” in a public telegram chat after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in the Minsk apartment.

At the end of March 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.

Trial outcome 13.07.2022:

2 years in prison.

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In custody: 337 days
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 25.12.1983
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Convicted of outrage against the state. flag. The flag belonged to a utility company and cost 21 rubles. The accused bought and brought them a new flag.

On August 31, 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome:

1 year in prison .

According to human rights activists, Vyacheslav finished serving his sentence in September 2022.

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In custody: 660 days
Hometown: Lida
Date of birth: 29.03.1993
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Detained on August 17, 2021. Defendant in a criminal case initiated under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order).

In the spring of 2023, the punishment regime was tightened, Denis was transferred to a colony.

Trial outcome 07.03.2023:

3 years of restriction of freedom .

After the tightening of the regime - 9 months, three days of imprisonment in a colony.

Andrey Vladimirovich Runtso
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In custody: 978 days
Hometown: Chervyen'
Date of birth: 30.09.1981
Number of children: 2 children
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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detained on July 1, 2021 for bringing a ritual wreath to a policeman’s house.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in March 2024 upon expiration of his sentence.

Trial outcome 14.12.2021:

3 years in prison .

Evgeny Aleksandrovich Khoroshkevich
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In custody: 1307 days
Hometown: Farinovo
Date of birth: 08.08.1994
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: Turma №1Turma №1, Grodno, Kirova 1, 230023
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Evgeniy Khoroshkevich was detained on January 18, 2021 in Novopolotsk.

As the accused's father, Alexander, said, the problems began after his son went to observe the polling station at his place of registration in the village of Farinovo. He wrote a complaint to the prosecutor's office about a gross violation of the electoral code, in which he reported an unsealed ballot box. After that, on August 12, police officers came to Yevgeny's work and detained him. But they soon released him. On January 19, 2021, he was detained again, but this time as part of a criminal case.

At the reading of the sentence, Evgeny's parents brought to the courtroom printed color photographs of his three-month-old daughter Milana. While he was behind bars, he had a child, whom he had not yet seen. In the colony, he is registered as prone to extremism.

08/17/2024 released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 16.09.2021:

4 years in prison .

On August 31, 2022, he was transferred to a prison regime for a period of 2 years.

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In custody: ~1706 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 15.12.1972
Was in: IK-22IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
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As Shchitnikov testified during the trial, he unintentionally struck a traffic police car after his wife, who was sitting next to him, screamed: she saw a man being hit near the road. Taken by surprise, the Nissan driver struck the parked traffic police car. Shchitnikov was subsequently detained and, according to him, beaten at the Moscow District Police Department. He was taken to the Okrestina detention center with a traumatic brain injury.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the fall of 2025.

Trial outcome 07.09.2021
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal date unknown
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In custody: ~1411 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 10.08.2001
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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20-year-old mechanic Artem Sakovich was accused of participating in actions that grossly violate public order, preparing to participate in mass riots on August 10-12, 2020, and preparing to illegally manufacture and carry items whose destructive effect is based on the use of flammable substances. As part of the criminal case, Artem was detained only on June 22, 2021, when he came to the police department as a witness in another “non-political” criminal case. Before that, as it turned out, he was wanted, although he was not hiding: he lived at home, went to work.

He was released in early May 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 10.09.2021
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
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In custody: ~708 days
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 02.09.1990
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Dmitry, a deaf-mute, was convicted in September 2021 of "insulting Lukashenko," "insulting government officials," and "threatening violence against a judge." According to the prosecution, he used a computer to post a photo of Lukashenko with a negative assessment of him on a Telegram channel, published insulting messages about a government official in October 2020, and called for violence against a deputy court chairperson in February 2021.

In the courtroom, Dmitry was taken into custody and his hearing aid was confiscated.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Trial outcome 01.09.2021
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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