Valentina Nikolaevna Zenkevich
Valentina Nikolaevna Zenkevich
Number of repressed: 38
Date of birth: 8 january 1969
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Involved in the adoption of politically motivated court decisions, at least 34 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 68 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed. She handed down sentences of 12 years in prison to the editor-in-chief and general director of TUT.BY Marina Zolotova and Lyudmila Chekina. In a closed trial, 54-year-old Minsk resident Igor Popov was sentenced to indefinite compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital with strict supervision for comments on the Internet. She sentenced political prisoner Vitaly Grigol to a year and seven months in prison in the Zeltser case.

Involved in the adoption of politically motivated court decisions, at least 34 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 68 years of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed. She handed down sentences of 12 years in prison to the editor-in-chief and general director of TUT.BY Marina Zolotova and Lyudmila Chekina. In a closed trial, 54-year-old Minsk resident Igor Popov was sentenced to indefinite compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital with strict supervision for comments on the Internet. She sentenced political prisoner Vitaly Grigol to a year and seven months in prison in the Zeltser case.

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Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 19.03.1987
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On the morning of February 26, 2023, explosions occurred at the Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft DRLV A-50 at the Machulishchi airfield, it was blown up in two places. It was used to guide Russian missiles to targets in Ukraine. It was reported that the aircraft is currently undergoing repairs at the 325th aircraft repair plant, which is part of the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex in Russia.

The main defendant in the case and, as official bodies and propagandists claimed , the perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets, was released in June in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.

Nikolai Shvets, Alexander Azarov, Alla Yatsuta , Vitaly Yakutik, Evgenia Tochitskaya, Mikhail Demin and Sergei Loparov were tried in absentia.

Trial outcome 03.10.2024
25 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 1000 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
Appeal 27.12.2024
unknown (trial in absentia).
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Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 25.08.1982
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On the morning of February 26, 2023, explosions occurred at the Machulishchi airfield near a Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft DRLV A-50, it was blown up in two places. It was used to guide Russian missiles to targets in Ukraine. It was reported that the aircraft is currently undergoing repairs at the 325th aircraft repair plant, which is part of the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex in Russia.

The main defendant in the case and, as official bodies and propagandists claimed , the perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets, was released in June in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.

Nikolai Shvets, Alexander Azarov, Alla Yatsuta, Vitaly Yakutik, Evgenia Tochitskaya, Mikhail Demin and Sergei Loparev were tried in absentia.

Trial outcome 03.10.2024
15 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1000 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
Appeal 27.01.2025
unknown (trial in absentia).
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Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 22.06.1982
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On the morning of February 26, 2023, explosions occurred at the Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft DRLV A-50 at the Machulishchi airfield, it was blown up in two places. It was used to guide Russian missiles to targets in Ukraine. It was reported that the aircraft is currently undergoing repairs at the 325th aircraft repair plant, which is part of the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex in Russia.

The main defendant in the case and, as official bodies and propagandists claimed , the perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets, was released in June in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.

Nikolai Shvets, Alexander Azarov, Alla Yatsuta, Vitaly Yakutik, Evgenia Tochitskaya, Mikhail Demin and Sergei Loparov were tried in absentia.

Trial outcome 03.10.2024
15 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 1000 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
Appeal 27.12.2024
unknown (trial in absentia).
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Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 27.10.1978
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On the morning of February 26, 2023, explosions occurred at the Machulishchi airfield near a Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft DRLV A-50, it was blown up in two places. It was used to guide Russian missiles to targets in Ukraine. It was reported that the aircraft is currently undergoing repairs at the 325th aircraft repair plant, which is part of the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex in Russia.

The main defendant in the case and, as official bodies and propagandists claimed , the perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets, was released in June in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.

Nikolai Shvets, Alexander Azarov, Alla Yatsuta, Vitaly Yakutik, Evgenia Tochitskaya , Mikhail Demin and Sergei Loparov were tried in absentia.

Trial outcome 03.10.2024
15 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1000 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
Appeal 27.12.2024
unknown (trial in absentia).
Franciszak Valentinovich Vecherko
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Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 26.03.1988
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On his Facebook, Vecherko wrote that the court refused to allow him to attend via video link.

Trial outcome 20.06.2024
20 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions (trial in absentia).
Appeal 10.09.2024
unknown (trial in absentia).
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In custody: ~288 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 11.08.1982
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On July 19, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 30.04.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 19.07.2024
unknown.
Alexander Sergeevich Leonovich
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In custody: ~47 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 21.02.1991
Was in: SIZO-1SIZO-1, Minsk 2 Volodarskogo St., 220030
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According to pro-government media, he was convicted of sending the data of three of his former colleagues to one of the “extremist” Telegram channels.

On October 24, 2023, a court hearing was held on the subject of “the release of the convicted person from a sentence of imprisonment, the execution of which was suspended.”

Trial outcome 08.09.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Anastasia Anatolyevna Pilko
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In custody: ~580 days
folder Categories of cases: Machulishchi
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 27.04.1987
Number of children: 2 children
Family members: Oleg Igorevich Sychev
Was in: SIZO KGBGlavpochtamt, a/b 8, Minsk 220050
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41 year old Anastasia has worked a lot of places, but the last known place of work is the director of the printing house of LLC «‎Electronic Agent».

The film on the ONT TV channel showed how the Ukrainian terrorist Nikolai Shvets was detained on March 4 in the house of Nastya and her husband Oleg Sychev in the garden association «Berezovaya Roshcha»‎ in the village of Chertyazh (Borovlyansky Village Council).

Nastya and her husband were detained by law enforcement officers on March 3 in the same house.

According to human rights activists, both of them are now in the pre-trial detention center of the State Security Committee.

The detained couple has two juvenile children who are now with their grandmother.

Trial outcome 03.10.2024
2 years 3 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Pankevich
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In custody: 568 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 13.04.1976
Number of children: 3 children
Was in: IUOT-49IUOT-49, Shklov, Volodiozhnaya 2b, 213002
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Dmitry was found guilty that from November 25, 2020 to April 4, 2021, he left offensive comments in the telegram channel «Karateli Belarusi» towards the authorities. Investigators found at least 15 such statements, for which the man was tried.

29.05.2023 ΠŸΡ€ΠΈ поступлСнии Π² ИУОВ -49 Π³. Π¨ΠΊΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π° Π±Ρ‹Π» сразу поставлСн Π½Π° ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΡ„ΡƒΡ‡Π΅Ρ‚ с Ρ„ΠΎΡ€ΠΌΡƒΠ»ΠΈΡ€ΠΎΠ²ΠΊΠΎΠΉ "склонСн ΠΊ экстрСмизму ΠΈ дСструктивной Π΄Π΅ΡΡ‚Π΅Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΎΡΡ‚ΠΈ"

Trial outcome 15.02.2023
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 24.03.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Oksana Alexandrovna Levshova
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In custody: ~642 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 23.05.1974
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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She was sentenced to house chemistry for insulting A. Lukashenko. After that, she insulted Lukashenko again by phone, dialing 102. She has a leg disease, cannot move independently, and is disabled.

According to human rights activists, she will be released in January 2025.

Trial outcome 26.01.2023
4 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 11.07.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 10.10.2023
unknown.
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In custody: ~565 days
Hometown: Dokshicy
Date of birth: 20.04.1980
Was in: Turma β„–4Turma β„–4, Mogilev, Krupskaya 99A, 212011
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According to pro-government telegram channels, he was detained along with his wife for "financing extremist activities." Allegedly, Dmitry systematically made money transfers to the Baisol extremist fund.

On April 17, 2023, Dmitry's trial began.

Trial outcome 20.04.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 11.07.2023
unknown.
Alexander Alexandrovich Azarov
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Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 04.02.1977
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Representative of the association of former security officials BYPOL.

On the morning of February 26, 2023, explosions occurred at the Machulishchi airfield near a Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft DRLV A-50, it was blown up in two places. It was used to guide Russian missiles to targets in Ukraine. It was reported that the aircraft is currently undergoing repairs at the 325th aircraft repair plant, which is part of the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex in Russia.

The main defendant in the case and, as official bodies and propagandists claimed , the perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets, was released in June in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.

Nikolai Shvets, Alexander Azarov, Alla Yatsuta, Vitaly Yakutik, Evgenia Tochitskaya, Mikhail Demin and Sergei Loparov were tried in absentia.

On August 19, the Minsk City Court will hear another criminal case against Alexander Azarov. He is charged under Part 3 of Article 289 of the Criminal Code (act of terrorism), Part 4 of Article 309 of the Criminal Code (intentional rendering a vehicle unusable), and Part 1 of Article 356 of the Criminal Code (Treason).

Trial outcome 15.02.2024
25 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
Trial outcome 03.10.2024
25 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions (trial in absentia).
Tatiana Sergeevna Tolochko
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In custody: ~141 day
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 10.11.1984
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: SIZO-1SIZO-1, Minsk 2 Volodarskogo St., 220030
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A pediatric resuscitation doctor. Detained for participating in protests. In August 2020, the political prisoner saved teenager Timur Mitskevich from prosecution after he fell into a coma after being beaten by security forces. She signed papers stating that he could not be interrogated, but the head doctor did not sign this document.

Finished serving home detention in May 2025.

Trial outcome 30.09.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 16.12.2022
unknown.
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In custody: ~1241 day
Hometown: Vnuchki
Date of birth: 16.11.1951
Was in: Turma β„–4Turma β„–4, Mogilev, Krupskaya 99A, 212011
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Chairman of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions. The BKDP unites several independent trade unions. It includes the Free Trade Union of Belarus (SPB), the Free Trade Union of Metalworkers (SPM), the Belarusian Trade Union of Radio-Electronic Industry Workers (REP) and the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP).

On April 19, 2022, searches were conducted at Alexander's place of work and residence, equipment was seized. Yaroshuk was detained and placed in a pretrial detention center.

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 Alexander Yaroshuk.

Trial outcome 26.12.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 24.03.2023
unknown.
Regime change trial date unknown
unknown years of prison regime.
Pavel Aleksandrovich Yukhnevich
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In custody: ~1305 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 12.02.1981
Was in: IK-15IK β„–15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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Pavel was detained in March 2021 by traffic police on a highway near Minsk, where leaflets, newspapers and stickers were found in his car; according to the Investigative Committee, "thousands of copies of protest newspapers, stickers with unregistered symbols and leaflets" were seized. The department immediately after his detention called him the administrator of the Telegram channel "Atolino".

At the time of his arrest, Pavel worked for a private advertising company and was previously a video engineer on television. In 2020, he was part of the campaign staff of presidential candidate Viktor Babariko.

In January 2022, he was convicted on charges of producing and distributing protest printed materials (leaflets, stickers, newspapers), as well as participating in Sunday marches that took place in Minsk in August–September 2020.

According to human rights activists, he was released in October 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 14.01.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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