Valentina Nikolaevna Zenkevich
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Valentina Nikolaevna Zenkevich
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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Evgeniy is a former assistant prosecutor of the Pervomaisky District of Minsk. In August 2020, he initiated an investigation into the actions of people in traffic police uniforms who beat up bikers. The investigation yielded no results, and he soon resigned from the prosecutor's office.
On June 10, 2021, Yevgeny was detained and convicted of "picketing by placing a white-red-white flag on a balcony." Later, the arrest period was extended for another 15 days, and then a criminal case was opened against him for group actions that grossly violate public order. He was additionally charged under the article on "incitement of hatred."
In May 2022, Evgeny was sentenced to imprisonment, and in September of the same year he was stripped of his title.
In the winter of 2025, he was released, having served his entire sentence.
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Artem, the director of a private printing house, was detained in May 2021 and subsequently 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.
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Sergei was arrested in May 2021 on charges of "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" for his participation in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020 against the election results and violence in the country by security forces. In September 2021, he was sentenced to restricted freedom with direction and released from custody in the courtroom before the verdict came into force.
In December 2024, as part of the special proceedings in Sergei's case, an in absentia court hearing was held on the issue of "replacing the restriction of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility with imprisonment."
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Maria was arrested on September 9, 2020 and convicted for writing the words “We will not forget” at the site of the death of Alexander Taraikovsky, who was shot dead near the Pushkinskaya metro station during a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Minsk.
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Marina has been the editor-in-chief of TUT.BY since 2004 and is known for her interest in Balkan culture and her knowledge of the Bulgarian language.
In 2019, she was fined in a criminal case under the article "inaction of an official" for accessing BelTA materials; human rights activists deemed the case politically motivated.
In May 2021, she was arrested on charges of tax evasion, but the charge was later dropped.
In October 2022, the KGB added Marina to its list of persons "involved in terrorist activity." She was later also charged with "inciting hatred" and "calls for actions against national security."
The trial was held behind closed doors and lasted more than two months, with 37 hearings in total. In March 2023, she was sentenced to a lengthy prison term.
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 Ukraine.
Vladislav was convicted for writing the words “We will not forget” at the site of the death of Alexander Taraikovsky, who was shot dead near the Pushkinskaya metro station during a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Minsk.
He was released in October 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
On October 24, 2023, Vladislav was arrested for two months for violating supervision.
Igor was convicted for writing the words “We will not forget” at the site of the death of Alexander Taraikovsky, who was shot dead near the Pushkinskaya metro station during a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Minsk.
He was released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Denis was convicted for writing the words “We will not forget” at the site of the death of Alexander Taraikovsky, who was shot dead near the Pushkinskaya metro station during a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Minsk.
The political prisoner was detained again on February 15, 2022, in the "extremist chat" case, and in July 2022, he was convicted of insulting a government official on social media. The court sentenced him to one year and seven months in prison, taking into account the unserved term.
On June 10, 2023, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Maxim was convicted for writing the words “We will not forget” at the site of the death of Alexander Taraikovsky, who was shot dead near the Pushkinskaya metro station during a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Minsk.
He was released in May 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.