Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh

Ruslan is a Belarusian blogger who has been creating videos on social and political topics since 2020. By February 2021, his channel had more than 90,000 subscribers. On February 20, 2021, he was detained and later convicted of “insulting a government official.”

It became known that Ruslan was not released from the colony after his term expired, but was transferred to the pretrial detention center in Kolyadichi. The reasons for the new charges are still unknown.

He was released in June 2025, having served his full sentence.

Nikita, a biker, was detained and convicted in a criminal case opened after an incident on September 19, 2020, near the Europa shopping center in Minsk. At that time, unknown persons tried to detain one of the motorcyclists, and the others stood up for him.

In June 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence.

Levon, a volunteer for Viktor Babariko's headquarters, was detained on August 11, 2020, near his home on charges of participating in a protest against the results of the presidential election held on August 9, 2020, in Minsk. He was later convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order."

He was released in May 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Darya, a journalist for the Belsat TV channel, was reporting live from the courtyard of the Square of Change, where peaceful protesters gathered for a protest rally held in Minsk on November 15, 2020, under the slogan "I'm coming out." These were the last words of Raman Bondarenko, who was killed by security forces, and those gathered came to honor his memory. Darya was detained along with her colleague Ekaterina Bakhvalova during the violent dispersal of the rally and was later convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."

She was released in September 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.

Igor was detained on October 4, 2020, at the "March for the Liberation of Political Prisoners" protest and arrested for 13 days, but was never released. He was later convicted in a criminal case for "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order."

He was released in January 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Ivan was detained for participating in a protest that took place on November 1, 2020, in Minsk and sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility. In September 2021, it became known that he was convicted again, sent to 4 years of imprisonment.

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

Vladimir, the author of the YouTube channel "Slutsk for Life", was detained in May 2020 after a meeting with readers of "Country for Life" in Mogilev. He served 40 days of administrative arrest and was then taken into custody as part of a criminal case and convicted of "calls for violations of public order" and insulting an official.

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

Dmitry, the former head of the criminal investigation department of the Zavodskoy District Department of Internal Affairs of the city of Minsk, was detained and convicted of insulting a government official.

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

Artem was detained and convicted in a criminal case opened over the events of July 14, 2020, in Minsk, when people took to the streets to protest the Central Election Commission's decision not to register Viktor Babariko and Valery Tsepkalo as presidential candidates.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Artem was arrested on October 19, 2020 and sentenced to three years in prison in an open-type correctional facility for participating in protests against the election results in Minsk in August 2020. In early February 2022, Artem escaped from the correctional facility, but was later arrested again.

In April 2022, the court considered the case of Artem's transfer to a different type of correctional facility and changing the conditions of his sentence. The court ordered that he be sent to a penal colony for nine months.

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

Artem was detained on August 17, 2020 and convicted for participating in protest actions.

He was released in August 2021 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.

Gleb was detained in connection with a criminal case opened over the events of July 14, 2020, in Minsk, when people took to the streets to protest the Central Election Commission's decision not to register Viktor Babariko and Valery Tsepkalo as presidential candidates, and convicted under several criminal articles.

In November 2021, his punishment was increased and he was transferred to prison.

He was released in March 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Anatoly was arrested and convicted of resisting a protest that took place in Minsk on September 20, 2020. According to the prosecution, he hit three riot police officers while lying down.

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