Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev
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Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev
Responsible for all illegal actions against prisoners in Correctional Colony No. 1. Such actions include psychological and, in some cases, physical violence, illegal sending to solitary confinement, restrictions on correspondence and receiving parcels from persons in the institution. He exerted pressure on prisoner Ilya Baranovsky, which significantly worsened his health. It was under his leadership that Viktor Babariko was hospitalized from the colony to the city hospital on April 25, 2023. In this colony, convicts are systematically brutally beaten. Before becoming the head, he also took direct part in beating convicts, helping the former head of the colony.
Responsible for all illegal actions against prisoners in Correctional Colony No. 1. Such actions include psychological and, in some cases, physical violence, illegal sending to solitary confinement, restrictions on correspondence and receiving parcels from persons in the institution. He exerted pressure on prisoner Ilya Baranovsky, which significantly worsened his health. It was under his leadership that Viktor Babariko was hospitalized from the colony to the city hospital on April 25, 2023. In this colony, convicts are systematically brutally beaten. Before becoming the head, he also took direct part in beating convicts, helping the former head of the colony.
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Igor, a consultant for Radio Liberty and administrator of the "Belarus of the Brain" Telegram channel, was arrested on June 25, 2020, on charges of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order." However, he was later convicted of "organizing mass riots" as part of the Tikhanovsky criminal case.
According to human rights activists, the defendants in the case are required to pay compensation in the amount of 29 million rubles.
On September 11, 2025, it was announced that 52 political prisoners of the Belarusian regime had been forcibly transferred to Lithuania. Among them were citizens of European countries. Igor Losik was among those released.
Alexander was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against falsifications in the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
He was released in August 2024, having fully served his sentence.
| 17.06.2021 | He refused to give evidence and explanations during the investigation and in court. |
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Evgeny was arrested in November 2020 and convicted in a criminal case brought for blocking railway tracks and hanging scarecrows in Brest.
In the winter of 2024, he was transferred to prison regime.
In July 2025, he was released , having served his entire sentence.
Svyatoslav was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against the falsification of the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
According to human rights activists , he was released on January 28, 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Timur was detained in a criminal case opened after the protests on August 10, 2020 in Brest against election fraud. Returning from work, he was shot with rubber bullets five times. The investigator explained the measure of restraint by the lack of Belarusian citizenship, although Timur has lived in the country with a residence permit for about 23 years. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots", and according to the case materials, the total damage amounted to more than 27 thousand Belarusian rubles.
In June 2023, human rights activists learned that Timur spent more than 100 days in a punishment cell, after which he was transferred to a punishment cell, and then to prison regime.
In July 2024, he was re-convicted for “malicious disobedience to the colony administration.”
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 Timur Rizapur.
Maxim was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest against the falsification of the presidential elections. During the protest, he was wounded in the leg by a rubber bullet. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots". According to the case materials, the total damage amounted to about 24 thousand Belarusian rubles.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2024.
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The author of the video blogs "People's Reporter" and "Youtube Deputies", as well as the press secretary of the initiative group of presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, was detained and convicted for participating in the events of May 29, 2020 in Grodno, as well as for allegedly insulting Mogilev OMON officer Vitaly Avtushenko.
In December 2021, Alexander was transferred to prison regime.
In December 2022, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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Ruslan, a member of presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's initiative group from Mozyr, was arrested on August 19, 2020, one day after completing a 10-day administrative arrest for participating in an unsanctioned mass event. During his initial arrest, BT and ONT television channels aired reports claiming he was making "hedgehogs" to block police vehicles, but the video showed a different person.
Ruslan was later convicted in the case of “mass riots.”
According to human rights activists, he will be released in May 2025, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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Vadim was arrested in November 2020 on charges of making Molotov cocktails and attempting to set fire to the Tabakerka kiosk. He was convicted under the article "Illegal actions in relation to firearms, ammunition and explosives."
In May 2024, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Evgeniy was arrested and convicted for participating in protests that took place in Zhlobin from August 9 to 13, 2020, which was recorded by a store surveillance camera. He initially admitted his guilt, but later claimed that he did so under pressure. In court, Evgeniy denied his guilt.
In May 2022, he was transferred to prison regime.
According to human rights activists, Evgeny was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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Vadim was detained on September 27, 2020, during a protest in Grodno and convicted of “violence against a police officer.”
He was released in November 2022 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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The Russian citizen was detained on October 27, 2020 and convicted of “participation in group actions that grossly violate public order.”
In the summer of 2022, Alexander was transported from Belarus to Russia.
On June 16, 2023, he was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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Yan was arrested and convicted for participating in protests that took place in Minsk from August 9 to 11 and September 13, 2020. According to the case materials, he planned to participate in the protests, discussing routes and actions in case of detention in the Telegram chat "Chas X". The investigation claimed that an attack on police officers was being prepared.
He was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Vladislav is a volunteer at Viktor Babariko's headquarters. In July 2020, he was detained for participating in solidarity protests, after which he served an administrative arrest at Okrestina. He was detained for the second time on August 14, 2020, on charges of "mass riots."
In Novopolotsk colony No. 1, Vladislav was regularly placed in a punishment cell, and from autumn 2022 to March 2023 he was kept in a PKT.
In March 2023, he was transferred to prison regime.
Vladislav's mother is a pensioner and a 3rd group disabled person.
He was released in February 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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Pavel was detained in November 2020 on suspicion of hacking the Minsk City Executive Committee network. He was later convicted on six counts, including "computer crimes" and "preparing for mass riots." The case was heard behind closed doors.
In April 2022, the Minsk City Court considered the appeal and reduced the sentence by six months.
On 06.02.2023, he was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.