Elena Leonidovna Drozdova
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Drozdova Elena Leonidovna is an employee of law enforcement agencies involved in politically motivated repressions.
She was biased towards women in Penal Colony No. 4, humiliated them, exerted psychological pressure on political prisoners, and threatened to send them to a punishment cell.
She refused to allow political prisoners to meet with lawyers, and if lawyers insisted, she gave orders to impose penalties on convicts, as a result of which they were sent to a punishment cell.
On her instructions, junior employees found excuses to refuse political prisoners short-term visits, explaining this by sanitary cleaning or the presence of a queue.
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Drozdova Elena Leonidovna is an employee of law enforcement agencies involved in politically motivated repressions.
She was biased towards women in Penal Colony No. 4, humiliated them, exerted psychological pressure on political prisoners, and threatened to send them to a punishment cell.
She refused to allow political prisoners to meet with lawyers, and if lawyers insisted, she gave orders to impose penalties on convicts, as a result of which they were sent to a punishment cell.
On her instructions, junior employees found excuses to refuse political prisoners short-term visits, explaining this by sanitary cleaning or the presence of a queue.
List of repressed
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Detained for participating in protests. Inna has 4 minor children.
On October 11, 2023, she was released upon expiration of her sentence.
1,5 years of imprisonment.
- Associations
Natalia was arrested in the fall of 2021 as part of the "Zeltser case" for online comments; the charges were later amended. In August 2022, she was found guilty of leaving a comment in the Telegram chats "Typical Belarus" and "Tea with Raspberry Jam," which, according to investigators, "humiliated the authority, honor, and dignity of" Lukashenko.
She was released in March 2023, having fully served her sentence as imposed by the court.
- Associations
Anesthesiologist-resuscitator at the Minsk Scientific and Practical Center for Surgery, Transplantology and Hematology.
In the “repentance” video, a 35-year-old woman says that she was detained because of comments on the Internet - she allegedly insulted police officers.
She was convicted at the end of December 2022.
She was released in May 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
A defendant in a criminal case initiated after the murder of KGB officer Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser. Before her arrest, she worked at BelTA in a management position.
She was released in the second half of April 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
- Service sector
The owner of the “Fox” printing salon in Borisov.
During her arrest, she was forced to rip off the white-red-white wallpaper from the walls. They filmed the process, which was published on July 26 in pro-government Telegram channels.
The security forces had complaints not only about the interior decoration of the premises, but also about the sign that hung at the entrance with the text: “Private property. Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Emergency Situations, Sanitation Station, KGB, Armed Forces, BRIC and other government organizations can enter only after the call.”
First, Elena was placed in a temporary detention facility, after which she was transferred to pre-trial detention center-1.
Her husband was detained along with Elena and sentenced to 14 days of administrative arrest.
They have 2 minor children.
05/04/2024 released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
- Associations
- Students
Postgraduate student and software engineer at Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. Detained for participating in protests. Victoria had 5 episodes in the accusation.
On May 12, 2023, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
- Associations
- Activists
- Lawyers
Antonina is a lawyer and a graduate of the Belarusian State University. She worked as a legal adviser, notary, and chief specialist at the Ministry of Justice. Since 2002, she has been a member of the United Civil Party, serving on its executive committee and chairing the National Committee's Legal Affairs Commission for two years. In 2012, she was elected deputy chair of the party, a position she later resigned from.
Antonina was detained on July 27, 2022, as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
According to the indictment, on August 23, 2020, she "publicly shouted slogans, loudly applauded, and stood on the roadway, thereby blocking and impeding the movement of public transport in Minsk, including the Minsktrans public transport system."
In November 2022, she was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment.
In April 2023, Antonina was released, having fully served her court-appointed sentence.
- Associations
- Activists
- Politicians
Oksana is the chairperson of the Minsk city branch of the United Civil Party. She was arrested on July 27, 2022, as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
According to the indictment, on August 23, 2020, Oksana "publicly shouted slogans, loudly applauded, and was on the roadway, thereby blocking and impeding the movement of public transport in Minsk, including the Minsktrans public transport system."
In November 2022, she was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment.
In October 2023, Oksana was released, having fully served her sentence imposed by the court.
74 year old Natalia was accused and found guilty of slander and insulting A.G. Lukashenko, as well as insulting an public officer on duty. Details of the criminal process are unknown. The court was closed.
It is only known that before the verdict of the court, the woman was on recognizance. Natalia Taran was taken into custody right in the courtroom.
3,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Convicted for comments on the BGM telegram channel.
In March 2023, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.
1 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
- Associations
- Foreign citizens
- IT staff
Epam employee.
Ekaterina returned from Lithuania, where she left in February 2022.
She was detained along with her sister Yulia Glinskaya in Minsk, where Ekaterina returned to get the cat. The detention was carried out by the GUBOPik; the girls were captured as they walked to their car. The apartment was then searched.
She was released on May 2, 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Galina was accused of having arrived from Minsk to Mogilev on February 18, 2022, where she pasted texts and images with obviously unreliable evidence at public transport stops, humiliating the honor and dignity of the head of state, coupled with an accusation of a particularly serious crime.
25.05.2024, she was released upon expiration of her sentence.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
- Associations
- Factory workers
Operator at "BOBRUISCTRICOTAZH". Accused of sabotaging the railway near Bobruisk stations, as well as setting fire to the shooting range of military unit 5527.
Before the trial, she was under recognizance not to leave.
On October 25, 2022, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
According to human rights activists, she should be released in July 2024.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to the indictment, Anna posted offensive comments about Lukashenko A.G. and other government officials and law enforcement officials in several Telegram channels throughout 2021. On July 10, 2023, Anna will be tried again under the article for "insult".
In June 2023, Kondratenko was returned from the Gomel women's penal colony IK-4 to the Mogilev prison to stand trial for a second criminal case. This time, she was charged with a comment on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus" regarding Andrei Bagrayonok, a traffic police inspector of the Svetlogorsk District Department of Internal Affairs. The post about him appeared on September 27, 2021, and Kondratenko left a comment on September 28.
Anna's second sentence was 1 year of imprisonment and a fine of 50 basic units.
By absorbing a less severe punishment with a more severe one, Kondratenko was left with the same term of 3 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony. In both criminal cases, the woman now owes the state more than 5 thousand Belarusian rubles.
The woman died six months after her release from cancer, which she had been diagnosed with in the colony in Gomel. According to former political prisoners , Anna did not receive any parcels or packages. "Her mother is elderly, retired, it was hard for her, so we thought about how to help her ourselves." Despite her serious illness, Kondratenko was not released early. Moreover, the woman was taken from the colony to a pretrial detention center again and tried again under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
The trial was held behind closed doors.
She was convicted of insulting Lukashenko.
The court also decided to send the woman to compulsory treatment for alcoholism.
According to human rights activists, she was released upon expiration of her sentence.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
