Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko

Sergey is originally from Kherson, Ukraine, but has lived in Belarus almost all his life. He has worked in various blue-collar jobs all his life. He has two minor children.

The man was detained in February 2023. In a pro-government video, he says that he left comments on Telegram and registered with the Plan Peramoga chatbot. He was first convicted in October 2023 for "inciting other social hatred" (Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code).

On 08.12.2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

Sergei's next trial will begin on September 27, 2024, in the Minsk City Court. He is charged under four articles - "participation in an extremist group" (Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code), "incitement of other social hatred" (Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code), "insulting a government official" (Article 369 of the Criminal Code), and "insulting Lukashenko" (Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code). Sergei faces up to five years in prison in addition to his previous term.

Dmitry Stepanov was put in jail before the trial. At first, the man was tried under administrative articles — and then a criminal case was opened for creating an extremist formation and managing it (Part 1 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus). The term extremist formation refers to the local Brest telegram chat «GOBK».

The man was convicted for leaving publications in his ok.ru profile that contained humiliating information about Lukashenko. According to the prosecution, their goal was to publicly damage the authority of the state authorities and spread knowingly false information that humiliates Lukashenko.

Anatoly pleaded guilty in full.

On January 9, 2023, the Gomel Regional Court considered the case of two Homel residents - Vladislav Yatsenko and Kirill Plakushchev. According to the investigation, one of them repeatedly posted publications in one of the social networks calling for participation in the battalion of Kastus Kalinouski, «Azov» and other formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And I also transferred 21 EUR for Kastus Kalinouski's battalion. And both guys were accused of putting cynical inscriptions and drawings on the walls of buildings. The court estimated the damage at 130 BYN.

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.

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.

Dmitry was found guilty of insulting Lukashenko and two policemen.

Andrey Fomin is 29 years old, he hails from Mogilev, but lived in Minsk. The guy graduated from the Belarusian State Academy of Arts. In the video of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was forced to say that he was the editor and author of articles for the «Vestniki» newspaper network. According to information from activists of the ByProsvet initiative, Andrey did not have access to newspaper accounts and did not know those who distribute them in Belarus.

As a result, the guy was charged for participating in the March on August 30, 2020 and transferred to the pre-trial detention center-1. Andrey fundamentally did not want to leave his country, he is writing a book, six cats are waiting for him at home.

The Belarusian state TV channel reported that Alexander transferred about 800 US dollars to BYPOL in May 2021. It is worth noting that BYPOL was recognized as an extremist organization in November 2021, meaning that at the time of the transfer, the initiative was not extremist.

According to witnesses, Alexander was indeed offered compensation for the damage through a fund associated with the president. He agreed to such compensation in exchange for his release, but things did not go according to plan. Alexander was refused, and his money (about 30 bitcoins) was confiscated. The BYPOL organization was recognized as a "terrorist formation", and a new criminal case was opened against Alexander under the article "Financing terrorist activity".

On March 15, 2024, in the Minsk City Court, Judge Elena Shilkо issued a new sentence – 9 years of imprisonment. The waves of pardons that swept across the country did not affect the political prisoner.

He was detained for hanging a white-red-white flag and the flag of Ukraine in a 19-storey building on Lesya Ukrainka Street.

After his arrest, the channel in the Zello mobile application, through which he communicated during the rally, was recognized as an extremist formation.

Observer, director, organizer of honey fairs and director of the Tsar-Med company.

Convicted for participating in protests on August 23, 2020 as a commentator

In the fall of 2024, Yuri's regime was changed and he was sent to serve his sentence in a penal colony.

In the fall of 2025, it became known that Yuri had been convicted of another criminal case and sentenced to imprisonment. The details of the case are unknown.

Lyceum student of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Detained together with a citizen of the Russian Federation Anton Lysov. He is accused of setting fire to the car of the head of the Forensic examination Committee Alexei Volkov.

Alexey was arrested on June 30, 2021, as part of a criminal investigation into an incident at a Russian Navy communications facility near Vileika.

According to the prosecution's case presented in court, Alexei and Vadim Gulevich, "dressed in camouflage and armed with firearms, entered the military facility and planted explosive devices with a blast radius of up to 11 meters." One of them failed to detonate and was defused. An examination revealed that the devices were initiated with a delayed action.

The damages were estimated at over 26,000 rubles. In December 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony and a large fine.

In August 2023, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of changing the sentence, as a result of which Alexei was transferred to a prison regime.