Yuri Ivanovich Rutkovsky
Yuri Ivanovich Rutkovsky
Number of repressed: 25
Date of birth: 16 december 1973
Categories: Judges

Considered at least 6 complaints against sentences of politically motivated decisions of previous instances - the sentences were left unchanged.
Ignores obvious violations in politically motivated sentences.
Complaints regarding illegal decisions of previous instances are left unsatisfied.
Considered an appeal against the verdict in the case of the anarchist group “Pramen”. The verdict was left unchanged.

Considered at least 6 complaints against sentences of politically motivated decisions of previous instances - the sentences were left unchanged.
Ignores obvious violations in politically motivated sentences.
Complaints regarding illegal decisions of previous instances are left unsatisfied.
Considered an appeal against the verdict in the case of the anarchist group “Pramen”. The verdict was left unchanged.

List of repressed

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Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~493 days
Hometown: Voznesenskiy
Date of birth: 11.04.1980
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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He was released in April 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 13.06.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 15.08.2023
unknown.
Appeal 27.10.2023
unknown.
Ksenia Alexandrovna Alkenova
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In custody: 1008 days
folder Categories of cases: Donate
Hometown: Zhodzina
Date of birth: 26.10.1986
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Ksenia, an employee of the IT company Game Stream, was detained on March 11, 2023, in Minsk. According to security officials, in 2020–2021, she made nine payments to solidarity funds via Facebook donations, totaling $425. Pro-government Telegram channels published a video of the search, during which a white-red-white flag, $20,000, and office equipment were found and confiscated from Ksenia Alkenova.

In July of that year, she was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment.

On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.

Trial outcome 12.07.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 29.09.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Vyacheslav Dmitrievich Lazarev
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In custody: 945 days
folder Categories of cases: Journalistic work
Hometown: Vitebsk
Date of birth: 29.08.1976
Number of children: 1 child
Family members: Tatiana Leonidovna Pytko
Was in: IK-15IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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Journalist. Vyacheslav is accused of "assisting extremist activity."

First, Lazarev was taken to the Investigative Committee, and for almost a day his relatives did not know what would happen to him. He is currently being held in Vitebsk SIZO-2.

The court of first instance sentenced Lazarov to five and a half years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony, finding him guilty under the article on the creation of an "extremist formation" or participation in it (Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code). The Supreme Court changed the sentence to five years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.

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 Vyacheslav Lazarev.

Trial outcome 25.09.2023
5 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 21.11.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Irena Iosifovna Klevets
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In custody: ~899 days
folder Categories of cases: Black Book of Belarus
Hometown: Slonim
Date of birth: 18.08.1983
Number of children: 4 children
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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39 year old Irena is a specialist of the Minsk City Agency for State Registration and Land Cadastre, she was detained in the summer of 2022. It is known that the woman has 4 minor children. Slander was charged with four articles of the Criminal Code.

Trial outcome 28.03.2023
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 25.07.2023
unknown.
Pavel Vasilievich Podobed
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  • Journalists
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~965 days
folder Categories of cases: Journalistic work
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 13.05.1979
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Cameraman. Pavel collaborated with independent media. The journalist had previously been detained multiple times while covering political events in Belarus, including after 2020. He was detained as part of a criminal case on February 9 after a search of his home, during which mobile phones and a video camera were seized. It was later revealed that Pavel was charged under Part 1 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code.

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 Pavel Podobed.

21.02.2023 Detained on January 20, 23, placed in the Zaslavsky District Department of Internal Affairs, at 01.01. F. Skorina, 20. They detained the KGB, near the car, in the district of Zaslavl. I received the first 15 days for a repost from the Radio Liberty website from 2017.

Trial outcome 30.06.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 22.09.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~1001 day
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 25.04.1965
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On March 14, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 29.12.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 14.03.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~1007 days
folder Categories of cases: Zeltser's case
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 18.08.1996
Was in: IK-8IK-8, 211388, Vitebsk region, Orsha, ul. Lenina, 195A
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Employee of JSC MTZ.

On November 29, 2022, the appeal was heard. The verdict entered into force.

According to calculations, he was supposed to be released in the winter of 2025.

Trial outcome 01.09.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 29.11.2022
unknown.
Sergei Valerievich Kirikovich
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In custody: 1219 days
Hometown: Pinsk
Date of birth: 11.03.1987
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Before his arrest, Sergei worked at the Baranovichi branch of the Belarusian Railways, as well as at the Lida locomotive depot.

According to the case materials, between November 2020 and January 2022, he posted messages on VKontakte containing insults and threats of violence against Lukashenko. Furthermore, in February 2022, he published messages that the investigation deemed aimed at inciting ethnic and other social hatred and discord against Russian military personnel.

In the summer of 2022, Sergei was convicted on three criminal charges 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.

Trial outcome 12.08.2022
4 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 18.10.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Yuri Vladimirovich Bogdanovich
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In custody: 1366 days
folder Categories of cases: Registration in the Peramoga bot
Hometown: Polatsk
Date of birth: 29.04.1994
Was in: IK-22IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
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Yuri was detained at work on November 19, 2021. He was sentenced to 15 days in prison under an administrative offense, after which a criminal case was opened and he was transferred to a pretrial detention center.

He initially served his sentence in IK-2, and in December 2023 he was transferred to IK-22.

In August 2025, he was released , having fully served his sentence.

Trial outcome 19.04.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 05.07.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~838 days
folder Categories of cases: Zeltser's case
Hometown: Zhlobin
Date of birth: 18.09.1988
Was in: IK-22IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
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was detained on September 29, 2021 in Zhlobin in a criminal case initiated for comments on the Internet after the death of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in a Minsk apartment. Member of the BMZ strike committee.

On February 10, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 24.11.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 10.02.2023
unknown.
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