Stanislav Sergeevich Kovalev
Stanislav Sergeevich Kovalev
Number of repressed: 292
Date of birth: 12 december 1984
Categories: Overseers

An accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of Belarusian citizens. Stanislav Sergeyevich Kovalev is a law enforcement officer involved in politically motivated repression.
Guilty of using violence and creating inappropriate conditions for political prisoners at Penal Colony No. 4 in Gomel. For a long time, he served as the colony's deputy warden for security and operational work. In August 2024, he became the warden of Penal Colony No. 4 and received the rank of colonel.
He exerted psychological pressure on women convicted for political reasons. He ordered the colony's operational staff to isolate, deny medical care, and cruelly treat political prisoners. He was involved in filing reports of violations on trumped-up grounds, with the aim of sending them to solitary confinement or depriving them of food parcels. He made monthly decisions on sending political prisoners to solitary confinement, including Veronika Kazak, Yulia Yurgelevich, Nastya Kukhta, Natalya Matveyeva, Nasta Loyko, Natalya Dulina, Maria Kolesnikova, Lyudmila Chekina, Olga Radionova, 70-year-old Irina Merkhel, and many others. He also ordered human rights activist Nasta Loyko to be sent to a punishment cell for the maximum sentence (after six months).

An accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of Belarusian citizens. Stanislav Sergeyevich Kovalev is a law enforcement officer involved in politically motivated repression.
Guilty of using violence and creating inappropriate conditions for political prisoners at Penal Colony No. 4 in Gomel. For a long time, he served as the colony's deputy warden for security and operational work. In August 2024, he became the warden of Penal Colony No. 4 and received the rank of colonel.
He exerted psychological pressure on women convicted for political reasons. He ordered the colony's operational staff to isolate, deny medical care, and cruelly treat political prisoners. He was involved in filing reports of violations on trumped-up grounds, with the aim of sending them to solitary confinement or depriving them of food parcels. He made monthly decisions on sending political prisoners to solitary confinement, including Veronika Kazak, Yulia Yurgelevich, Nastya Kukhta, Natalya Matveyeva, Nasta Loyko, Natalya Dulina, Maria Kolesnikova, Lyudmila Chekina, Olga Radionova, 70-year-old Irina Merkhel, and many others. He also ordered human rights activist Nasta Loyko to be sent to a punishment cell for the maximum sentence (after six months).

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Natalya Petrovich
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In custody: 610 days
Hometown: Yuzefovo
Date of birth: 27.02.1955
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Pensioner. Was detained at home for commenting.

On February 27, 2023, the woman turned 68 years old, which she met in prison.

02.08.2023 07.08.2023 пачнецца суд: 10.00, Мінскі гарадскі суд (вул. Дуніна-Марцінкевіча,1)

Trial outcome 11.08.2023:

6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

Oksana Alexandrovna Levshova
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In custody: ~642 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 23.05.1974
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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She was sentenced to house chemistry for insulting A. Lukashenko. After that, she insulted Lukashenko again by phone, dialing 102. She has a leg disease, cannot move independently, and is disabled.

According to human rights activists, she will be released in January 2025.

Trial outcome 26.01.2023
4 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 11.07.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 10.10.2023
unknown.
Natalya Albertovna Malets
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In custody: ~810 days
folder Categories of cases: Solidarity
Hometown: Turov
Date of birth: 17.10.1960
Guardian: Ksenia Maksimovich
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Natalia was first convicted in January 2023 for an online comment under the article "insulting a government official" and sentenced to one and a half years of restricted freedom, known as "house arrest."

In September of that year, Natalia was arrested again and convicted on a new criminal charge, accused of "financing extremist activity" for supporting political prisoners through money transfers.

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 Ukraine.

Trial outcome 03.01.2023
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 08.08.2024
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 18.10.2024
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~391 day
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 02.03.1979
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Elena has been convicted multiple times on politically motivated charges, including "insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko" through comments on Telegram channels.

Her first trial took place in December 2022 for "insulting a government official," the outcome of which is unknown. In March 2023, she was sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility and a large fine for a comment with an emoji addressed to police captain Ruslan Kutsko.

In April 2024, a new criminal case was heard against Elena under the articles "insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko," the verdict for which is also unknown.

In October 2024, she was convicted of "inciting hatred or discord" for comments about Lukashenko, security forces, and participants in the war in Ukraine, and sentenced to imprisonment.

Released in autumn 2025 .

Trial outcome 21.12.2022
unknown.
Appeal 10.02.2023
unknown.
Trial outcome 10.03.2023
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 3700 rubles of compensation.
Trial outcome 24.04.2024
unknown.
Trial outcome 21.10.2024
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 17.12.2024
the sentence was upheld.
Tatyana Sergeevna Kurilina
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In custody: 1209 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 05.06.1973
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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According to the investigation, from August 20, 2020, to February 20, 2022, Tatyana used Telegram channels to call on chat participants to commit violent acts against government officials and law enforcement agencies. She also collected, systematized, and disseminated information about the victims' private lives without their consent, including prosecutors and judges, allegedly harming their rights and legitimate interests. Some of the messages concerned Lukashenko.

According to Baipol, Tatyana was lured by Belarusian intelligence services: a young man convinced her to return to Belarus, promising to resolve all issues, after which she was detained by the KGB in August 2022.

In March 2023, Tatyana was convicted on a number of charges, including "inciting other social hatred and discord" and "insult," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large compensation payment to the "victims."

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 30.03.2023
4 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine, 23500 rubles of compensation.
Appeal 20.06.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Alexandra Maratovna Rybchik
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In custody: ~642 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 16.06.1993
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Alexandra works as a manager at the logistics company Trans Solutions. The reason for the arrest was her photographs on Tinder, where she stands on the road with a white-red-white flag during one of the protest marches in 2020. The publication about the arrest appeared in one of the unofficial telegram channels of security forces. A “repentance” video was shot with the girl, where she confirms her participation in the protests. At first she was placed in a temporary detention facility, then a criminal case was opened against her.

On April 21, 2023, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 27.01.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Larisa Fyodorovna Shchiryakova
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In custody: ~1010 days
folder Categories of cases: Journalistic work
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 13.04.1973
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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In 2021, she publicly announced that she was leaving journalism. She explained her departure by saying that she had already had enough of being persecuted for working without accreditation. According to police reports, the courts punished the journalist with administrative fines more than forty times, including for covering post-election protests. Only one day was not assigned, since Shchiryakova was raising a minor son alone.

This year, in September, after the arrest of her former colleague in the journalistic field, Yevgeny Merkis, Shchiryakova raised the issue of the journalist’s detention in a pre-trial detention facility in her posts on social networks, and posted messages on her social network pages about solidarity actions with Yevgeny that were being held abroad.

After Larisa was detained, her son was taken to a shelter straight from school.

According to the case materials, Larisa Shchyryakova allegedly posted information on the Internet that discredited the Republic of Belarus. She is also accused of "collecting, creating, processing, storing and transmitting information for" Viasna" and "Belsat".

On the 11th of April 2025 it became clear that the 52nd anniversary of the Belarusian Regime Promymusov moved to the territory of Lithuania. There are people and citizens of the European countries. Larysa Shchyrakova was summoned.

Trial outcome 31.08.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Elena Alexandrovna Efremenko
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In custody: ~668 days
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 08.10.1977
Number of children: 2 children
Was in: Turma №1Turma №1, Grodno, Kirova 1, 230023
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Citizen of the Russian Federation. Elena has two minor daughters (born in 2014 and 2015).

Before the trial, she was held in pretrial detention for 8 months .

In March 2023, it became known about Elena's serious condition in IK-4, where she was serving her sentence. "For example, when Elena was once in a very serious condition, she was not given medical care, although everything was extremely bad. She had a temperature of almost 40, she was delirious, then she started having problems with her joints, an abscess. But then she was not even assigned to the medical unit, the prisoners themselves took her there," said one of the former prisoners.

She was released on October 29, 2024, having served her entire sentence .

Elena was deported from Belarus.

Trial outcome 04.11.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 10.01.2023
2 years 9 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Natalia Pavlovna Antonova
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In custody: ~571 day
folder Categories of cases: Raid January 23-24, 2024, Grodno protests 2020
Hometown: Suhinichi
Date of birth: 12.06.1960
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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She was arrested for participating in the 2020 protests in Grodno along with Lyudmila Mazurkevich. Natalia was ultimately sentenced to restricted freedom without a referral. In January 2024, Natalia was detained during a security forces raid on relatives of political prisoners and supporters. Natalia was never released and was sentenced to imprisonment.

Natalia was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison. She received credit for time served in a correctional facility (eight months), as well as time spent in pretrial detention. After four months in prison, Natalia was released, having served her sentence in full.

Trial outcome 17.03.2023
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 04.10.2024
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 03.01.2025
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~579 days
Hometown: Novoelnya
Date of birth: 14.08.1986
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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It is known that Tatyana is free, but the sentence for political crimes, as well as the release date, are unknown due to the closed judicial system in Belarus.

Trial outcome 03.02.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Former political prisoners
Request letters Bank of letters 11
In custody: ~799 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war campaigns, Donate
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 29.11.1994
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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As it became known from the court ruling, Anastasia, after the start of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, moved from Belarus to Poland. While in a neighboring country, she tried to donate $16.71 from her Belarusian bank account via Internet banking to the Kalinovsky regiment, but the transaction did not go through.

Later, the political prisoner decided to return to Belarus, where she was detained. It should be noted that at the time of the transfer of funds by Anastasia, the Kalinovsky regiment was not recognized as an "extremist formation."

Trial outcome 14.06.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 15.08.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
Request letters Bank of letters 4
In custody: ~871 day
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 20.03.1993
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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According to human rights activists, she will be released in November 2024, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 21.10.2022
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 03.01.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
Request letters Bank of letters 11
In custody: ~1192 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war actions
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 19.12.1978
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Ekaterina was arrested in early September 2022 along with her husband for hanging a white-red-white flag and a Ukrainian flag on the facade of a multi-story building in Minsk on charges of hooliganism.

Two weeks after their arrest, the Ministry of Internal Affairs designated the Zello channel through which the Minsk residents coordinated the protest as an extremist group.

In April 2023, Ekaterina was found guilty of "creating or participating in an extremist group" and "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 06.04.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 19.09.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~831 day
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war actions
Hometown: Vilyeyka
Date of birth: 26.06.1987
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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She was detained for hanging a white-red-white flag and the flag of Ukraine in a 19-storey building on Lesya Ukrainka Street.

After her arrest, the channel in the Zello mobile application, through which she communicated during the rally, was recognized as an extremist formation.

On September 19, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 06.04.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 19.09.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~898 days
Hometown: Dzerzhinsk
Date of birth: 08.04.1968
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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According to the charge, she left offensive comments and made threats against 50 officials: judges, prosecutors, employees of internal affairs bodies, state security, investigative bodies, members of precinct election commissions.

It is known that the prosecutor asked for two years of imprisonment for the 54 year old woman, but judge Dmitry Korsyuk imposed a harsher punishment - three years in a penal colony.

Trial outcome 26.09.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 02.12.2022
the sentence was upheld.
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