Stanislav Sergeevich Kovalev

On September 11, 2023, the State Security Committee reported in a propaganda film that it had detained six people in Belarus on charges of collaborating with the "Security Service of Ukraine" and "preparing terrorist attacks." In the video, some of them appear beaten, some are led around in chains during investigative actions, and one of the detainees was filmed in a KGB pretrial detention center. As a result, three people, including Valentina, were charged under six articles of the Criminal Code at once, including "Treason" and "agent activity."

Valentina, according to pro-government media, together with Nikolai Losovsky, was picking up a package containing weapons and explosives, which had to be buried in the Mozyr district. They did not manage to complete the task, as they were detained.

She was detained at least six months ago. Judging by the charges, she could have left comments on Telegram - at least, she did not actively comment on anything on other social networks.

Anastasia's trial will begin on October 31 in the Minsk City Court. She is charged under three articles: "slander against Lukashenko" (Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code), "calls for sanctions" (Part 3 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code), and "incitement of hatred" (Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code). The girl faces four to twelve years in prison.

She worked as a programmer in the Minsk office of Exadel. This is a large IT company from the USA, which employs several thousand people.

On November 27, 2023, Oksana was brought to administrative responsibility under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. She was later placed in pretrial detention center No. 7.

In the summer of 2024, the spouses were convicted of "treason" (Part 1 of Article 356 of the Criminal Code). Dmitry was sentenced to twelve years in prison, and Oksana to eight years. The essence of the charges is unknown.

Detained for reposting from social networks and participating in protests in 2020.

She worked as a nurse at the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Children's Oncology, Hematology and Immunology.

Elena Toporkova is 54 years old. She graduated from the Belarusian State Polytechnical Academy (now BNTU).

Elena was likely detained during a raid on those in solidarity with political prisoners that took place at the end of January 2024.

People caught in the raid on those in solidarity with political prisoners, which took place from January 23 to 24, say that the number of those who were subject to criminal cases may be much higher than human rights activists know. Completely non-public people simply made transfers or sent parcels to political prisoners from their own funds.

She was detained for helping political prisoners on January 23, 2024, after which Elena was released, but was detained again in April of the same year and placed in a pre-trial detention center.

Natalia Davydko is 58 years old. She comes from the village of Koren in the Logoisk district of the Minsk region. After school, she graduated from the Minsk Radiotechnical Institute (now BSUIR) and went to work as a programmer.

Most recently, before her arrest, Natalia worked for the Solbeg company. After the war began, the company moved a significant portion of its employees abroad, but judging by social networks, Natalia remained in Belarus.

Individual entrepreneur Elena was detained and accused of "inciting ethnic hatred" and "cynical attitude towards the victims of the terrorist attack." At the end of March, she wrote in one of the Telegram channels: "In the Russian Federation, they only see the victims in Crocus City, and they do not see the victims of the Russian bombing of Ukraine."

Her case was mentioned by Gomel prosecutor Vladislav Zhurakovsky, who stated that a criminal case had been opened against her "under the extremism article" for "insulting the Russian people" on "opposition Ukrainian Internet resources." She was also convicted under the article "assistance to extremist activity."

It also became known that Elena's health deteriorated in the pretrial detention center. She was assigned "bed rest," which allows her to lie on the bed for several hours a day. She often visited doctors, and sometimes she was also prescribed injections.

Alina was convicted in July 2024 under the articles "participation in an armed group or armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state" and "financing the activities of an extremist group."

Human rights activists are unaware of the sentence or the nature of the charges, but in Belarus, the first article is typically used for prosecution for supporting Ukraine in the war. For such a donation, she could have been sentenced to five to ten years in a penal colony.

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. At first, she worked as a doctor in various hospitals, and in 2003, she completed her studies to become a pediatrician. In 2006, she also completed her studies to become a dermatologist and cosmetologist. She has the first qualification category. In recent cities, she worked in private medical centers "Sedmoe Nebo", "Mark Estetik" and "Medovenyu".

29-year-old native of the Mogilev region. Victoria studied at Nesvizh Pedagogical College. For the last ten years I have worked in communication shops, at a gas station, and in a store.

On May 15, 2023, ONT released the propaganda film “Killer Package” of Death: Who and How Wanted to Commit a Terrorist Attack on Victory Day,” which told the details of the case. It was reported there that allegedly the KGB, on the eve of Victory Day on May 9, 2023, “prevented a terrorist attack under the supervision of Kiev." They said that the explosives were in electric stoves, which were sent to the detainees via parcels. The organizer of the action was named 23-year-old Belarusian Valery Vodin, who fought in Ukraine.

The video said that parcels with electric stoves containing explosives were delivered to the Minsk SDEK point in Kamennaya Gorka on March 21, 2023 from Kyiv via Italy. Victoria Volchek confirmed during interrogation that she received the parcel - Valery Vodin asked her to receive the parcel. BSU student Anna Savochkina and her mother Tatyana Rusak took the tile from Volchek and buried it in the cemetery in Kolodishchi. The second tile was picked up by dental technician Andrei Grigoriev and taken to the gardening partnership "Avtoremontnik 124" near Olekhnovichi.

On May 15, 2023, ONT released the propaganda film “Killer Package” of Death: Who and How Wanted to Commit a Terrorist Attack on Victory Day,” which told the details of the case. It was reported there that allegedly the KGB, on the eve of Victory Day on May 9, 2023, “prevented a terrorist attack under the supervision of Kiev." They said that the explosives were in electric stoves, which were sent to the detainees via parcels. The organizer of the action was named 23-year-old Belarusian Valery Vodin, who fought in Ukraine.

The video said that parcels with electric stoves containing explosives were delivered to the Minsk SDEK point in Kamennaya Gorka on March 21, 2023 from Kyiv via Italy. 29-year-old Victoria Volchek confirmed during interrogation that she received the parcel - Valery Vodin asked her to receive the parcel. BSU student Anna Savochkina and her mother Tatyana Rusak took the tile from Volchek and buried it in the cemetery in Kolodishchi. The second tile was picked up by dental technician Andrei Grigoriev and taken to the gardening partnership "Avtoremontnik 124" near Olekhnovichi.