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Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev
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.
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Alexander was convicted in January 2025 under the articles “insulting Lukashenko,” “inciting racial, national, religious or other social hatred or discord,” “insulting a government official,” and “creating or participating in an extremist group” and sentenced to imprisonment.
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.
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A renowned basketball referee. He was arrested for creating a basketball chat room.
He was detained in January 2024 while returning to Belarus. He is currently in pretrial detention. He is accused of "insulting Lukashenko" and "creating an extremist group" under Articles 361-1 and 368 of the Criminal Code.
Syritsa had previously believed that coming to Belarus was not associated with major risks. His wife was also detained at the border (she served a day in custody). The chat participants were summoned for questioning.
Alexander Syrytsa was one of the top basketball referees in Belarus for many years. He has been a FIBA referee since 2005. In 2019, Syrytsa and his colleagues filed a lawsuit against the basketball federation, lost, and was blacklisted. He lived in Australia, ran a business, and frequently visited Ukraine.
On January 16, the KGB designated the "Fund of Belarus Friend LTD" as an "extremist organization." It was then reported that Belarusian citizen Alexander Syritsa was associated with it.
On December 13, 2025, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
In April 2024, Vladimir was charged with "disseminating extremist materials." In May of that year, he was arrested as part of a criminal case, and in the summer, he was convicted and sentenced to prison. According to the case file, from November 2019 to 2021, he posted comments on YouTube and Instagram about Lukashenko, including "accusations of serious and especially serious crimes."
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.
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According to the court, the essence of the charge against everyone was that on August 10, 2020, people in Brest "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, and went out onto the roadway." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.
In December 2023, at least eight people were detained in Baranovichi. They are accused of participating in protests in 2020.
He was released in January 2026 .
According to the court , Andrei Timonin, Valeria Ivchina, Mikhail Pishchalo, Svetlana Kotova and Denis Kotov took part in marches in Minsk in August and September, “went out onto the roadway” and “blocked traffic.”
All defendants admitted guilt.
In January 2024, Andrei Timonin was also subjected to administrative arrest for distributing “extremist materials.”
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An employee of the EU delegation to Belarus and a preacher of the Evangelical Christian Baptist Church. According to an EU official who wished to remain anonymous, Hilo was detained by the Belarusian KGB near the EU delegation building on 24 April 2024. After being held at Okrestina, he was taken into custody and is being held in the new pre-trial detention centre in Kolyadichi.
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 Nikolai Khilo.
He was convicted for participating in a protest that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020.
According to human rights activists , he was released in May 2025, having served his entire sentence.
According to the prosecution , from August 10 to 11, 2020, then-minors Yulia Sharanova, Nikita Voytyuk, Nikolai Nikityuk, as well as Vasily Alekseyuk, Gleb Klimovich, Vitaly Varfalameev, Alexander Tysevich, and Maksim Sobolev, while on the roadway of Masherov Avenue, Kosmonavtov and Shevchenko Boulevards, and Sovetskaya Street in Brest, " shouted slogans, displayed white-red-white banners, grossly violating public order, and deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of businesses and organizations."
At the court hearing, everyone admitted their guilt completely.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2025.
It is reported that Yulia Sharanova participated in the protests at the age of 16, and Nikita Voytyuk and Nikolai Nikityuk were 17 years old.
Dmitry was detained after the Telegram chat "Atolino" was designated an "extremist group" by the KGB on August 31 and added to the corresponding list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on September 6.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs lists the names of the group's members: Pavel Ivanov, Dmitry Tikunov, Evgeniya Mostovaya (Grigorik), Pavel Belonitsky, Alexey Semenov, Yury Antonovich, Alexander Zaitsev, and Vladimir Polekh.
The prosecutor requested a 3-year prison sentence for Dmitry, but the court ultimately sentenced him to 2.5 years.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the fall of 2025.
Detained along with other young people in Baranovichi (at the end of December 2023).
And the court's press service reported the verdict (without naming names, but the circumstances fit this group of people). The essence of the charges is stated briefly: they were on the roadway in Baranovichi, shouting slogans, demonstrating white-red-white flags, "intentionally obstructing traffic and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations." The exact date of the protests is not even indicated, it is simply called "August 2020."
Thus, in 2024, 25 residents of Baranovichi were sentenced for the protests of August 2020. All were sentenced to a penal colony for a term of 1 to 3 years (the only exception was a woman with a child under 3 years old who was sentenced to a penal colony with a deferred sentence).
According to human rights activists , he will be released in June 2025.
Boris was arrested in January 2024 and convicted that spring on several criminal charges, including "insulting government officials and Lukashenko" and "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order." The court sentenced him to imprisonment.
As of the beginning of December 2025, he was in the hospital at Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 undergoing surgery .
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.
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teacher of physics and astronomy at Secondary School No. 27 in Mogilev. On June 27, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists , he was released in July 2025, having served his full sentence.
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From 2002 to 2005, he was the medical director of Globalpharma. He subsequently moved to Sanofi-Aventis (now simply Sanofi) as a director. As of 2022, the man was the head of the Genzyme department, which specializes in rare blood diseases, oncology, multiple sclerosis, and immunology. In 2023, Sergey moved to Novomedika. This is a large company that is engaged in the wholesale trade of pharmaceutical products and also has its own clinic in Minsk.
Was arrested for donations.
Sergei has a 10-year-old son.
On June 21, 2025, Sergei was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and was immediately taken to Lithuania.