Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Kovalev Stanislav Sergeyevich is an employee of law enforcement agencies involved in politically motivated repressions. Guilty of using violence and creating inappropriate conditions of detention for political prisoners on the territory of Correctional Colony No. 4 in the city of Gomel. Exerted psychological pressure on women convicted for political reasons. Gave orders to the colony's operational staff to isolate, deny medical care and cruelly treat political prisoners. Involved in drawing up reports on violations for far-fetched reasons with the aim of sending them to a punishment cell or depriving them of parcels.
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Kovalev Stanislav Sergeyevich is an employee of law enforcement agencies involved in politically motivated repressions. Guilty of using violence and creating inappropriate conditions of detention for political prisoners on the territory of Correctional Colony No. 4 in the city of Gomel. Exerted psychological pressure on women convicted for political reasons. Gave orders to the colony's operational staff to isolate, deny medical care and cruelly treat political prisoners. Involved in drawing up reports on violations for far-fetched reasons with the aim of sending them to a punishment cell or depriving them of parcels.
Alesya, a mother of two and the wife of political prisoner Maxim Sergienko, was detained in a massive security raid in January 2024 targeting relatives of political prisoners and people who sent parcels and letters to prisoners.
On February 21, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Mogilev heard Alesya's case under Decree No. 7 "On Foreign Gratuitous Aid." Under this decree, those targeted by a mass investigation conducted in late January 2024 are being tried in Belarus. At the time, KGB officers were attempting to determine who received food aid from abroad through the activities of INeedHelp, an organization designated as a so-called "extremist organization."
In July 2024, Alesya was tried for "assisting extremist activity" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
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 23.07.2024
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to propaganda legend, she “knocked on closed doors after the voting ended, and then forwarded the video to an extremist resource.”
Elena in a video on a pro-government channel says that she sent the video to a friend who lives abroad, and the further fate of the file is unknown.
Elena is originally from Mogilev, but studied in Minsk at the Faculty of Architecture of BNTU. She worked as an architect for some time, and then became an artist. She makes various jewelry and ceramic dishes, and also does calligraphy and painting.
Trial outcome 29.05.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Diana is a 34-year-old Brest resident. Works at EPAM and leads the testing team there. After the start of the war, she and her son, who is now 7 years old, went to Tbilisi. But at some point I decided to return to Belarus, although I traveled abroad from time to time.
On her Instagram there is a photo from Warsaw, which dates back to June 29, 2023, three days later a photo from Mir Castle was published. And then the girl disappeared from everywhere.
On May 3, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
Galina Krasnyanskaya is 67 years old. She comes from Babruisk, probably from a military family - social networks indicate that she was born in the "military town of Kiselevichi". Once there was a large military garrison there and the school was created specifically for the children of the military. After school, she went to Minsk to study to be a chemist at the Belarusian Technological Institute (now BSTU). But after that, Galina worked in military units, if you believe her social networks. For example, from 1981 to 1986 in unit No. 48819, based in the pro-Soviet part of Germany - the GDR. She probably moved to Sweden later. She must also have Swedish citizenship. It is unknown when the woman returned to Belarus, but not earlier than spring 2023. The date of detention is also unknown. The article under which Galina is accused most often means a donation to Belarusian volunteers or to help Ukraine.
On June 21, 2025, Galina was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and was immediately taken to Lithuania.
Catherine's trial will begin on May 15, 2024. She is being tried under three articles of the Criminal Code. The minimum punishment is 4 years in prison.
Trial outcome 22.05.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The essence of the case and the verdict were commented on by the assistant prosecutor of Brest on state television. From the video and the prosecutor’s commentary, it follows that Sankovskaya was charged with the following: in 2020 and 2021, in one telegram chat she published an image of the state flag of Belarus, and in the background there was a Nazi swastika (this was a “desecration of state symbols”), and also again in Telegram messenger published an “insulting” message about Yuri Karaev (remember that from June 2019 to the end of October 2020 Karaev was the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, after which he took the post of Assistant to the President for the Grodno region), and also in the Telegram messenger published several messages about A. Lukashenko, which were also considered “offensive.”
Trial outcome 14.12.2023:
1.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
A Latvian citizen. Her trial began in the Minsk City Court on September 29, 2023. She is accused of being an undercover agent.
On December 19, 2023, the appeal was heard.
On December 13, 2025,she was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
Trial outcome 09.10.2023
7 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the prosecution , Olga Stabrovskaya in 2021 liked and left a short comment on the Odnoklassniki social network, in which the examination “found” an insult to Alexander Lukashenko.
Olga Stabrovskaya at one time received a diploma from the only Moscow State University of Printing in the entire former Soviet Union and worked at the Orsha printing house until her retirement. Recently, the woman’s illness has worsened and she has a third group disability. Her only daughter is also sick. She, like Olga’s grandson, has a hearing disability.
Trial outcome 27.09.2023:
1 year 3 months imprisonment in a general regime colony.
Svetlana is a pensioner and cycling activist from Gomel, chairman of the regional public association “VeloGomel”. Previously, Korol worked as a teacher-organizer. In 2020, a woman joined the Gomel Coordination Council.
According to Viasna , security forces detained Korol in 2020 and conducted “preventive conversations.” At home, Svetlana has an old mother and a husband with cancer, whom she cares for.
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