Sergey Viktorovich Gurov
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Gurov Sergei Viktorovich supports the Lukashenko regime and politically motivated repressions.
He considered appeals of sentences in politically motivated cases, but did not mitigate them.
He left unchanged the sentence against Dmitry Polienko, who was convicted under Part 3 of Article 339 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to three years of restricted freedom without being sent to a correctional facility for using pepper spray to defend himself against violent acts.
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Gurov Sergei Viktorovich supports the Lukashenko regime and politically motivated repressions.
He considered appeals of sentences in politically motivated cases, but did not mitigate them.
He left unchanged the sentence against Dmitry Polienko, who was convicted under Part 3 of Article 339 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to three years of restricted freedom without being sent to a correctional facility for using pepper spray to defend himself against violent acts.
List of repressed
- Associations
- Entrepreneurs
Gomel resident Nikolai Yushchenko has had his own business for a long time. His company sells household goods and packaging.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
It is known that Dmitry's case was largely fabricated, and some of his actions were deliberately provoked by intelligence officers.
Human rights activists know that the man has been in custody since approximately December 2023. He was initially held in Minsk's Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 and then transferred to the Brest Pretrial Detention Center. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison, the first five of which will be in a penal colony.
It is known that Osiyuk lived in Bereza and has a daughter.
Judge Evgeny Pisarevich heard the case from August 28 to September 4, 2024. Viktor will also be ordered to pay 1,000 rubles in compensation for moral damages to the Logoisk police officer.
On October 7, 2025, the verdict was announced in the second trial: taking into account the first trial - 6 years of imprisonment in a maximum security prison, a fine of 600 basic units, as well as compensation for moral damages to Chemodanova - 5,000 Belarusian rubles, Karpenkov - 2,000 Belarusian rubles, and Nikitenko - 5,000 Belarusian rubles.
The investigation established that Artur Radzivanovich “on his own initiative entered into correspondence with representatives of the armed formation “K. Kalinovsky’s Regiment” via Telegram.” During the conversation, he clarified the procedure and conditions for enlisting in the regiment, and then planned the crossing of the state border of the Republic of Belarus with the Republic of Poland and the further route to Ukraine. Arriving on December 30, 2023 at the international checkpoint “Brest” to travel to Ukraine through the territory of Poland, the accused was detained by internal affairs officers.
Alenais accused of financing extremist activity as a result of large-scale arrests during the persecution by the authorities for supporting political prisoners and their families with the social food aid project INeedHelpBy.
Mother of former political prisoner Marina Glazova.
On August 27, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Father of political prisoner Nikita Zolotarev . Mikhail was detained on August 8, 2023 and sentenced to 15 days of arrest under Art. 19.11 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (distribution of extremist materials). After the first arrest, he was not released and was sentenced under the same article to another 15 days, and then to another 15.
On September 22, 2023, on the eve of his release after serving his third administrative arrest in a row, he was again found guilty of committing an offense and sent to a detention center for the fourth time.
On October 24, by decision of the KGB, the closed Telegram chat “Gomel for Nikita Zolotorev” was recognized as an “extremist formation,” and its only designated participant was the father of the political prisoner, Mikhail Lapunov.
Human rights activists learned that some time after serving administrative arrests, Mikhail was taken into custody. As of the summer of 2024, he is being held in a pre-trial detention center .
The basis for the criminal case were comments in one of the chats, recognized by security forces as extremist materials in May 2021.
According to Alexander's acquaintances abroad, in May 2023, after the criminal case had already been opened, he left for Poland, where he stayed for about a month. Then his elderly mother called him and said that an investigator had called her and threatened to search for her son. It was promised that if Kulikov returned, he would be given a punishment that did not involve imprisonment.
After some time, Kulikov decided to return to Belarus and was detained. He stopped communicating while crossing the border. Another administrative violation protocol was drawn up against him (Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and a criminal case was opened. On July 13, 2023, the Leninsky District Court of Mogilev found the Mogilev resident guilty and sentenced him to three years of imprisonment with referral to a general regime colony.
In December 2023, it became known that Kulikov was going to be tried again. This time, he is accused of three articles: participation in an extremist group (Article 361, note 1, part 3), participation in an armed group or armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state (Article 361, note 3, part 1), and undergoing training or other preparation for participation in extremist activity (Article 361, note 5). On December 22, the press service of the Moscow Regional Court reported that on December 20, Kulikov was sentenced to 4 years in prison. Together with the previous punishment, the total term of imprisonment for the man will be 4 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime.
On December 12, BT aired a propaganda film about Kulikov, who talks about his attempt to join Kastus Kalinovsky's regiment and about undergoing military training near Kiev.
In March 2024, it became known that the prosecutor appealed the sentence of political prisoner Alexander Kulikov from Mogilev, who was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. According to the court's decision, he was given an additional year and a half to his term .
On 01.07.2024, a trial was held to replace Alexander's regime and he made the decision to transfer the political prisoner to prison regime .
A former MTS employee from Brest was detained in early November 2022. In the “repentance” video, he said that in 2020-2021 he worked at MTS and had access to data. According to the security officials, Andrey handed over the data of several officials and prosecutors to the Black Book of Belarus.
A former cellmate of Tsypak told human rights activists that Andrei was severely beaten during his arrest.
Andrei's case was considered behind closed doors, so the outcome of the trial is unknown to human rights activists.
Andrei Tsypak previously played in the Brest handball club named after Meshkov. From 2020 to 2021, he worked at MTS - and at that time, according to the security forces, he transferred the data of several prosecutors and government officials to the protest initiative.
Truck driver. A video on a pro-government channel claims that he was "transporting ballot forms from Poland with a choice already made in favor of one alternative candidate."
After 2-3 months after the stage in the penal colony he was sent to a punishment cell, from which he never returned. He was transferred to prison regime for three years.
Detained together with her mother.
The apartment was searched under Article 364 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Then the article of accusation was reclassified to Part 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
He is previously accused of distributing personal data of Interior Ministry employees.
Detained together with her daughter.
The apartment was searched under Article 364 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Then the article of accusation was reclassified to Part 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
He is previously accused of distributing personal data of Interior Ministry employees.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
On March 19, 2026, she was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
- Associations
- Retirees
The woman is probably accused of solidarity with political prisoners. The exact date of the woman's arrest is unknown.
The trial of Elena Tikhonovna began on October 3 in the Minsk City Court. The case is being heard by Judge Sergei Katser.
It is known that the woman was detained in May 2021. Then Judge Tatyana Motyl fined Elena 50 basic units for "unauthorized picketing."
- Associations
- Service sector
Alesya was detained for providing financial assistance to political prisoners.
In 1992, she graduated from the Belarusian State Medical University with a degree in General Medicine. She initially worked as a physician in various hospitals, and in 2003, she completed additional training as a pediatrician. In 2006, she completed additional training as a dermatologist and cosmetologist. She holds the first qualification category. In recent cities, she has worked at the private medical centers "Sedmoe Nebo," "Mark Aesthetic," and "Medovenu."
On March 19, 2026, she was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
