Paul Ivanovich Kazakov
Paul Ivanovich Kazakov
Number of repressed: 372
Date of birth: 11 june 1977
Categories: Overseers

Responsible for all illegal actions against prisoners in Grodno Prison 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.
On July 11, 2023, political prisoner Ales Pushkin died in a hospital in Grodno. He was taken there from the territory of Prison No. 1 in Grodno. As the head of this prison, he is responsible for the conditions of detention and the untimely provision of medical care to prisoners, which led to a tragic outcome.
In particular, his actions clearly show disregard for the rights of prisoners, including for political reasons.

Responsible for all illegal actions against prisoners in Grodno Prison 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.
On July 11, 2023, political prisoner Ales Pushkin died in a hospital in Grodno. He was taken there from the territory of Prison No. 1 in Grodno. As the head of this prison, he is responsible for the conditions of detention and the untimely provision of medical care to prisoners, which led to a tragic outcome.
In particular, his actions clearly show disregard for the rights of prisoners, including for political reasons.

List of repressed

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Alesya Anatolievna Bunevich
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In custody: 760 days
folder Categories of cases: Rail guerrillas, Return to Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 08.09.1989
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Director of the Vilna printing house.

She was detained on April 4, 2022 in the case of «railway partisans», after she came from Lithuania to Belarus for the anniversary of her mother's death.

The propaganda film on «BT» shows a piece of Alesya's interrogation, where she tells how she bought Lithuanian SIM cards a few days before her trip to Belarus, shows where she hid them on the territory of the country, how she filmed everything to send to her curator in Lithuania. And also that she had to send young people when they arrived at the border. Finally, she was charged under Part 3 of Article 371 of the Criminal Code - intentional illegal crossing of the state border of the Republic of Belarus committed by an organized group.

05/03/2024 released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

14.05.2022 As of May 10, 2022, she received only three letters from her son, although dozens of letters and postcards were sent by friends and relatives.

Trial outcome 18.11.2022:

3.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.

The sentence was reduced by a year due to an amnesty.

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In custody: 1408 days
Hometown: Lida
Date of birth: 30.09.1989
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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Oleg was detained for subscribing to "destructive Telegram channels."

In a repentant video, he said he was detained for subscribing to "destructive Telegram channels" where he spread extremist information, as well as for attempting to "intimidate the police."

He was scheduled to be released in February 2026.

Trial outcome date unknown
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
Andrei Yurievich Stepanenko
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In custody: 501 day
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 08.09.1986
Was in: IK-2IK β„–2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Andrei was detained in February and was not released after administrative arrest. In April, it became known that he was released from the pre-trial detention center on bail. He was taken into custody on April 12, 2022.

06/23/2023 released after the expiration of the sentence.

Trial outcome:

1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 668 days
folder Categories of cases: Registration in the Peramoga bot
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 16.05.1994
Was in: SIZO-1SIZO-1, Minsk 2 Volodarskogo St., 220030
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Convicted for comments on social networks.

It became known that on August 11, 2023, Maxim will be retried under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus

On October 27, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.

According to human rights activists, he was released on November 2, 2023.

Trial outcome 11.08.2023:

2 years of imprisonment.

Kirill Sergeevich Kanyuk
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Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 13.01.1993
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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Previously, he was brought to administrative responsibility for participating in protests.

On June 29, 2024, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 21.03.2022:

unknown

Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~1388 days
Hometown: Starye Dorogi
Date of birth: 23.07.1994
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Detained for a comment in 2020 in the social network.

Trial outcome 05.09.2022
7 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 16.12.2022
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 692 days
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 23.10.1969
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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In the summer of 2023 he was released after the expiration of his sentence.

Trial outcome 31.01.2022:

2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

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In custody: 861 day
Hometown: Ive
Date of birth: 03.12.1966
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It is known that Vladimir was charged with 8 episodes of insults - the man left abusive comments against government officials on Odnoklassniki, and also distributed their personal information.

Nothing is known about the details of the charges under other articles.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the winter of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 21.02.2022:

2.5 years of imprisonment.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~905 days
Hometown: Navahrudak
Date of birth: 12.09.1983
Was in: IK-8IK-8, 211388, Vitebsk region, Orsha, ul. Lenina, 195A
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He was detained by Russian border guards when he tried to leave Belarus. He was handed over to the Belarusian security forces and placed in a pre-trial detention center.

At the beginning of September 2022,it became known that a trial was held in Orsha to strengthen the political prisoner regime and Dmitry was transferred to prison regime.

Dmitry’s mother died on April 13, 2023.

It recently became known that in Orsha on September 1, 2023, a trial was held under Part 1 of Art. 411 of the Criminal Code (Malicious disobedience to the requirements of the prison administration). Dmitry was added to his prison term by another 1 year and 15 days . That is, the political prisoner’s term should have ended on August 18, and he should have been released, but this did not happen due to re-arrest and trial on a new criminal case.

Trial outcome 02.03.2022
1 year 6 months 15 days of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Trial outcome 01.09.2023
1 year 15 days of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 17.10.2023
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Ilya Olegovich Goncharik
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In custody: ~1441 day
Hometown: Naroch
Date of birth: 09.01.1992
Number of children: 2 children
Was in: IUOT-24IUOT-24, 230025, Grodno, ul. Lidskaya, 29Π±
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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."

He was released in the winter of 2026, having served his sentence in full.

Trial outcome 07.02.2022
4 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 1500 rubles of compensation.
Ruslan Aleksandrovich Sadovnichy
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In custody: ~1139 days
Hometown: Kuliki
Date of birth: 25.10.1987
Was in: IK-2IK β„–2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Ruslan was accused of “feeling hatred towards the current government” and writing numerous offensive messages to police officers and their relatives.

It is known that he has a 3rd group disability due to vision impairment.

Ruslan was released from prison early after being pardoned.

Trial outcome 21.02.2022
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Trial outcome 01.02.2023
6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 18.04.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~886 days
Hometown: Lida
Date of birth: 07.06.2003
Was in: IK-15IK β„–15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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Nikita was found guilty of "desecration of state symbols." According to the prosecution, demonstrating an offensive and disdainful attitude toward the Belarusian national flag, he climbed onto the roof of a building and tore the flag from its pole, damaging the staff. He and Yaroslav Geben then took photographs with the flag and filmed a video of it being used. The prosecution claims the flag was repeatedly thrown to the ground and into the bushes.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Trial outcome 29.11.2021
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 1591 day
folder Categories of cases: Grodno protests 2020
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 02.02.1988
Was in: IK-2IK β„–2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Valentin was arrested in August 2021 as part of a criminal case opened under three criminal articles.

In January 2022, he was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony for "social media posts calling for street protests and active resistance if they were suppressed," as well as for filming a protest on August 12, 2020, on Cosmonauts Avenue in Grodno, a video of which he posted online with his own commentary.

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.

Trial outcome 05.01.2022
6 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 348 days
folder Categories of cases: Grodno protests 2020
Hometown: Bolshoe Mozheykovo
Date of birth: 06.12.1987
Was in: IUOT-39IUOT-39, Krupki-2, 222002
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Vadim was removed from the Moscow-Grodno train in Orsha on November 19, 2021, and detained in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."

In February 2022, he was convicted of participating in a protest that took place on September 6, 2020, in Grodno near the Brest supermarket and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.

He was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence.

Trial outcome 02.02.2022
1 year 4 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~825 days
Hometown: Lida
Date of birth: 01.09.1985
Was in: IK-17IK β„–17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Yaroslav was found guilty of "desecration of state symbols." According to the prosecution, demonstrating an offensive and disdainful attitude toward the Belarusian national flag, he climbed onto the roof of a building and tore the flag from its pole, damaging the staff. He and Nikita Murin then took photographs with the flag and filmed a video of it being used. The prosecution claims the flag was repeatedly thrown to the ground and into the bushes.

He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 29.11.2021
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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