Elena was convicted in December 2024 of "insulting Lukashenko" and "insulting a government official" 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 05.12.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the prosecution , Daneiko joined the Coordination Council in August 2020 and "as its member, took active steps to achieve the goals of the unconstitutional seizure of state power." "According to the case materials, the accused, with the direct participation of the enterprise's employees, developed and carried out a scheme of illegal activity, in which he used the business entity as a tool to avoid the licensing procedure. The amount of income obtained through criminal means exceeded 200 thousand rubles."
In 2020, Daneiko was a member of the Coordination Council, and in September 2021, he was attacked by pro-government media for his ties to democratic forces. The economist later left the country, first living in Kiev and now in Vilnius. He works as the administrative director of the BEROC Economic Research Center.
In Belarus, he was also known as a business lecturer, a member of the supervisory boards of the companies Milavitsa, Farmland and Gomselmash. He was a member of various authoritative business organizations, including the public advisory council for the development of entrepreneurship under the Ministry of Economy of Belarus.
Tatyana Mishina is 57 years old. She is originally from the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, but moved to Belarus a long time ago and has citizenship. She lives with her family in Novopolotsk.
The date of Tatyana's arrest is unknown, as is the nature of the charges , but recently those who helped political prisoners have been tried under this article. The verdict is unknown.
Trial outcome 18.12.2024
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
The owner of an agro-estate from the village of Chizhi. According to her friends, the woman has not been socially active since 2020. She was only involved in the agro-estate. But in 2020, the woman was in Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's initiative group and served 15 days of administrative arrest. For the past 2 years, she has actually been under the control of the local police officer.
Trial outcome 05.03.2025
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Andrei Solovei is a famous Belarusian football player. In 2021, he was recognized as the best football player in Belarus.
Pavel and his wife were convicted of participating in one of the post-election protests in 2020. Before the trial, they were released on their own recognizance.
Trial outcome 19.11.2024
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Vladimir Arkadyevich Astapenko served as Belarus' Ambassador to Argentina until 2020. He resigned on the day of Alexander Lukashenko's inauguration, September 23, 2020, stating that he believed "in a better future for the Belarusian people." Soon after, Lukashenko signed a decree dismissing Astapenko and stripping him of his diplomatic rank "due to committing an offense incompatible with serving in the diplomatic service." Ostapenko did not agree with this wording of the reason for his dismissal and tried to change it through the court, but to no avail. Vladimir was forced to leave Belarus.
He then joined Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's team and now works in the United Transitional Cabinet. Special proceedings were initiated against the former ambassador on December 21, 2022.
Trial outcome 17.02.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 500 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
Armen Arzumanyan is 44 years old. He is originally from Azerbaijan, but has lived in Belarus almost his entire life and holds Belarusian citizenship. Armen competed on "The X Factor" first in 2018 in Ukraine and then in 2021 in Belarus. However, his main business is selling gifts. For over 15 years, Armen has owned gift shops, most recently Podari Minsk. In his spare time, he rescues homeless animals.
He is accused of “calling for sanctions” and “slandering Lukashenko.”
On December 4, 2025 , he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 20.12.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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