Responsible for all illegal actions against prisoners in Correctional Colony No. 1. Such actions include psychological and, in some cases, physical violence, illegal sending to solitary confinement, restrictions on correspondence and receiving parcels from persons in the institution. He exerted pressure on prisoner Ilya Baranovsky, which significantly worsened his health. It was under his leadership that Viktor Babariko was hospitalized from the colony to the city hospital on April 25, 2023. In this colony, convicts are systematically brutally beaten. Before becoming the head, he also took direct part in beating convicts, helping the former head of the colony.
Responsible for all illegal actions against prisoners in Correctional Colony No. 1. Such actions include psychological and, in some cases, physical violence, illegal sending to solitary confinement, restrictions on correspondence and receiving parcels from persons in the institution. He exerted pressure on prisoner Ilya Baranovsky, which significantly worsened his health. It was under his leadership that Viktor Babariko was hospitalized from the colony to the city hospital on April 25, 2023. In this colony, convicts are systematically brutally beaten. Before becoming the head, he also took direct part in beating convicts, helping the former head of the colony.
According to journalists, the accusation is related to the fact that the Gomel resident transferred money to help Ukraine through the BYSOL fund. After the full-scale Russian invasion, he spoke out against the war on social networks and published reports on humanitarian assistance to residents of the Chernihiv region, they note.
Yuri Tashkinov is a Gomel entrepreneur, a resident of the city technopark. In 2018, he developed a mobile application for searching for providers of various services.
On October 27, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
He worked in the store "Green" as an electrician. I was detained on November 29, 2022 right at the workplace. First he received 15 days of arrest under 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. Then a criminal case was opened. In a comment in which Vladimir condemned Russian military aggression, the investigator saw assistance to extremism.
On June 23, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict has entered into force.
Trial outcome 13.04.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
In the summer and autumn of 2021, Dmitry twice marked “Class” on posts in the “ Stop Luka ” public in Odnoklassniki, due to which the publications became visible in the feed on the Mogilev resident’s page. The posts contained information about the activities of Alexander Lukashenko, which, according to the court , was slanderous and disgracing the personality of the head of the power vertical.
According to pro-government Telegram channels, Kirill and three other guys "have been administering four TikTok accounts and two Telegram channels since 2020. The said resources published information aimed at organizing and preparing mass riots, resisting law enforcement officers with the aim of encroaching on the independence, territorial integrity, and foundations of the constitutional order of the Republic of Belarus. The guys united in a Telegram group, which was recognized as an extremist group in early November." They allegedly "had to find perpetrators to destroy infrastructure facilities and organize attacks on law enforcement officers."
On June 21, 2025, Kirill was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and was immediately taken to Lithuania.
Trial outcome 07.07.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Oleg shared his thoughts on socio-political issues with several subscribers on his channels. Since the onset of Russian aggression, several videos featuring the movement of Russian military equipment have appeared on YouTube. Oleg stopped updating his networks in September 2022.
In the summer of 2023, he was found guilty of a number of criminal charges, including "defamation of Lukashenko" and "creation of or participation in an extremist group," and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Presumably, the basis for the criminal prosecution was an obscene one-word characterization that the accused bestowed on the head of the vertical of power in comments on one of the social networks. Other details of the case are unknown, it is only known that before the trial, Yegorenkov was held in a pretrial detention center from the end of March 2023.
According to human rights activists, he was released on July 22, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Vyacheslav is a native of Ukraine. Around 2011, he moved to Gomel with his parents. Graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry of the Belarusian State Medical University in Minsk with a degree in Dentistry. Since 2017, he worked as a dental surgeon at the Bragin Central District Hospital, established himself well in the team and among patients
On September 5, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
In late October 2022, six men were detained in Minsk for allegedly hanging a stitched white-red-white flag along with the Ukrainian flag on power transmission line supports in Minsk on October 7. They were Igor Tepteyev, Yuriy Nesterenko, Viktor Grin'ko, Valery Balabeshko, Vladimir Savelyev, and Igor Tikach. The next day, Anton Motolko's Telegram channel posted a photo of the flag and the caption: "Minsk residents congratulate the Ukrainian people on the wonderful news from the Crimean bridge. Crimea is Ukraine! Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!"
Tepteyev said in a pro-government film that he has known the other defendants in the case since childhood. According to Igor, he did not think that hanging the flags would lead to criminal liability. The flag was made back in March, Igor kept it at home for a long time, and then gave it to Yuri.
According to propagandist Gladkaya, Igor's wife was forced to leave Belarus due to persecution for the events of 2020. She is now in Poland, and the man with his small children is in Belarus.
On September 14, 2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
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 Igor Tepteyev.
Trial outcome 12.06.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Lawyer-entrepreneur. Dmitry was accused of inciting other social hostility or discord.
The essence of the accusation and the circumstances of the case, except for the fact that Dmitry left comments on social networks, are still unknown to human rights activists.
On August 22, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
On January 30, 2024, a new trial of Dmitry took place. This time he was accused of libel. The verdict is unknown. On April 17, 2024, consideration of the appeal is due to take place.
Trial outcome 23.05.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 22.08.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Trial outcome 02.02.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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