Margarita Nikolaevna Lantsevich
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Margarita Nikolaevna Lantsevich
Lantsevich Margarita Nikolaevna is involved in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus. Margarita Lantsevich is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Oktyabrsky District Court in Grodno, she makes politically motivated sentences against citizens who do not support the current regime in the country. As a result of its decisions, representatives of civil society of the Republic of Belarus are sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. In particular, in December 2021, she sentenced Tikhon Shlyukhtits to imprisonment for a period of 1 year and 3 months in a general regime colony for writing seven comments in a telegram chat, as well as for participating in a peaceful protest on September 6, 2020. In April 2021, Margarita Lantsevich sentenced the mother of two minor children, Anastasia Kolomeichenko, to one and a half years of restriction of freedom for a comment on Instagram. Also in January 2023, for participating in a peaceful protest in 2020, Lantsevich sentenced Anton Naumov to two and a half years of restriction of freedom and sent to an open correctional facility. Thus, Margarita Nikolaevna Lantsevich is responsible for human rights violations and undermining the rule of law, as well as for promoting repression against representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition. Her work within the judiciary is focused on maintaining the position of the existing government, rather than on enforcing the law. Lantsevich’s actions contribute to human rights violations, strengthening the power of Alexander Lukashenko and increasing politically motivated repression in the Republic of Belarus.
Lantsevich Margarita Nikolaevna is involved in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus. Margarita Lantsevich is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Oktyabrsky District Court in Grodno, she makes politically motivated sentences against citizens who do not support the current regime in the country. As a result of its decisions, representatives of civil society of the Republic of Belarus are sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. In particular, in December 2021, she sentenced Tikhon Shlyukhtits to imprisonment for a period of 1 year and 3 months in a general regime colony for writing seven comments in a telegram chat, as well as for participating in a peaceful protest on September 6, 2020. In April 2021, Margarita Lantsevich sentenced the mother of two minor children, Anastasia Kolomeichenko, to one and a half years of restriction of freedom for a comment on Instagram. Also in January 2023, for participating in a peaceful protest in 2020, Lantsevich sentenced Anton Naumov to two and a half years of restriction of freedom and sent to an open correctional facility. Thus, Margarita Nikolaevna Lantsevich is responsible for human rights violations and undermining the rule of law, as well as for promoting repression against representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition. Her work within the judiciary is focused on maintaining the position of the existing government, rather than on enforcing the law. Lantsevich’s actions contribute to human rights violations, strengthening the power of Alexander Lukashenko and increasing politically motivated repression in the Republic of Belarus.
List of repressed
- Associations
Convicted for comments in Telegram chats during protests. His participation is "proven" by his mobile phone billing records.
Diabetes appeared in prison.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Ilya was convicted for a personal message sent to Vladimir Kozlovsky, a senior police inspector at the Ministry of Internal Affairs department of the Leninsky District Administration of Grodno. According to the prosecution, in his message, he threatened to use violence against the police officer "with the aim of obstructing his lawful activities, forcing him to change the nature of these activities, and out of revenge for the performance of his official duties."
- Associations
- Activists
- Twice political prisoners
The first time, Yuri was convicted for, according to the charges, in September 2020, while walking with friends near the Molodezhnaya Hotel, during a conversation he tugged at the national flag, which eventually fell.
In November 2021, his sentence was changed and he was sent to a penal colony.
In January 2022, he was released, having fully served his sentence.
On February 15, 2022, Yuri was detained again in a criminal case opened under the article "assistance to extremist activity." He received administrative arrest, during which KGB officers visited him. As a result of the beatings, he was suspected of having broken ribs. The criminal case was not closed.
In May 2022, he was detained again in Russia due to a wanted list, and in October of the same year he was extradited to Belarus, although the extradition case was formally closed on September 26, 2022.
In January 2023, Yuri was convicted again for helping other political prisoners receive aid from foundations. At the trial, he pleaded not guilty and refused to testify.
In May 2024, his sentence was increased and he was transferred to prison until the end of his term.
- Associations
- Foreign citizens
- Associations
- Foreign citizens
Convicted for liking posts on social media. Russian citizen.
He was released at the end of September 2025, having served his entire sentence. He was immediately deported to Russia afterward.
In June 2022, Stepan was found guilty of, according to the prosecution, leaving an offensive comment on a Telegram channel addressed to a police officer.
In February 2025, a court hearing was held in absentia as part of a special proceeding to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Student. Convicted for participating in protests in Grodno in August and September 2020. A year after the start of Kirill's term, they wanted to tighten the regime and send him to a penal colony. Therefore, he was forced to leave the Republic of Belarus.
After fleeing Belarus, Kirill lived in Warsaw. In October 2023, he disappeared and stopped responding to messages on Telegram. According to MOST, Kirill was detained in Warsaw on October 10, 2023, for online fraud. The source reported that the former political prisoner contacted a group of fraudsters who were most likely stealing money from bank accounts. The preliminary version of the investigation is suicide.
On November 16, 2023, it became known that a criminal case under the article "incitement to suicide" was opened into the death of a former Belarusian political prisoner in the Warsaw detention center. Evidence is being collected.