Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize
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Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize
The Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus for the Mogilev Region. Correctional Colony No. 2 in Babruisk. Head of the Operational-Regime Unit, Major.
Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize is an accomplice to the repressions in the Babruisk colony, guilty of using violence and creating harsh conditions for political prisoners: placing them in a punishment cell upon arrival, refusing to give them parcels, and prohibiting them from communicating with other prisoners. He greeted new arrivals with the words: "You have ended up in the 'reddest' colony in the world."
He is known for his cruelty and strict control of the regime, personally conducting inspections and punishing for the slightest violations, accompanying this with abuse and bullying. He gave propaganda lectures to political prisoners. In 2023, he introduced new restrictions on the mailing of books and medical supplies.
At the beginning of 2024, he resigned and went to Germany under the repatriation program for descendants of German colonists (Spätaussiedler). According to BELPOL, he lives under the name Dimitri Schönwiese in Schwerin. At least 50 political prisoners remain in Colony No. 2. The German authorities have been notified of his involvement in the repressions.
The Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus for the Mogilev Region. Correctional Colony No. 2 in Babruisk. Head of the Operational-Regime Unit, Major.
Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize is an accomplice to the repressions in the Babruisk colony, guilty of using violence and creating harsh conditions for political prisoners: placing them in a punishment cell upon arrival, refusing to give them parcels, and prohibiting them from communicating with other prisoners. He greeted new arrivals with the words: "You have ended up in the 'reddest' colony in the world."
He is known for his cruelty and strict control of the regime, personally conducting inspections and punishing for the slightest violations, accompanying this with abuse and bullying. He gave propaganda lectures to political prisoners. In 2023, he introduced new restrictions on the mailing of books and medical supplies.
At the beginning of 2024, he resigned and went to Germany under the repatriation program for descendants of German colonists (Spätaussiedler). According to BELPOL, he lives under the name Dimitri Schönwiese in Schwerin. At least 50 political prisoners remain in Colony No. 2. The German authorities have been notified of his involvement in the repressions.
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He was detained in connection with a case of mass riots and accused of participating in Telegram channels of a "radical orientation."
In April 2022, Yuri was transferred to prison regime.
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The social media moderator for "Country for Life" disappeared on the evening of June 4, 2020. Only a few days later, it was revealed that he had been sentenced to 15 days in jail and transferred to a temporary detention facility in Minsk. He was charged with "organizing mass riots."
In the fall of 2022, Dmitry was transferred to prison regime.
According to human rights activists, the defendants in the case are required to pay compensation in the amount of 29 million rubles.
In 2025, Dmitry was convicted under Article 411.
He was a suspect under Part 1 of Article 342 before the trial. He was ultimately convicted under Articles 328 and 329 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Convicted for donations.
On November 14, 2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
He was pardoned on May 8, 2025.
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- Detained under 18 years
It is known that the boy had successfully competed in district intellectual games competitions among schoolchildren. Oleg was 16 years old at the time of his arrest. He was beaten for six hours while being transported to the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (GUBOP) building. There, after he asked, "Why are they interrogating me without a lawyer present?", he was beaten again.
He finished school in a pre-trial detention facility.
One of Five detained members of the closed chat "Sayuz Belarusiana Natsianalnaga Shchyta" (The Belarusian National Movement), whose detention the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported in early November 2022. The Ministry of Internal Affairs had designated the chat an extremist group a week earlier. The ministry reported that a criminal case had been opened against the detainees under the article on the creation of an extremist group. The group had united in a Telegram group, which was designated an extremist group in early November. They allegedly "were supposed to find perpetrators to destroy infrastructure and organize attacks on law enforcement."
During his imprisonment, Oleg spent 129 days in solitary confinement. He was first placed there on the second day after arriving at the adult prison colony. He was constantly denied visits and parcels.
He was released in June 2025, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
Orthodox Christian, Bachelor of Theology.
Security forces came to his workplace and a search was conducted at his place of residence.
In early November 2024, he was released , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
According to the prosecution, at the end of October 2022, in a group supporting the current government, the 64 year old chairman of one of the garage-building cooperatives of Gomel, Alexander Rumko, incited hostility against police officers and glorified collaborators. The Homel resident posted all his comments, including slandering Lukashenka, on a social network ok.ru .
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Maxim, a member of the independent trade union Grodno Azot, was arrested on January 10, 2023, and later convicted for participating in protests in Grodno in 2020, as well as for reposting them on social media. He also allegedly insulted Lukashenko on Telegram channels, government officials, and police officers, while also sharing the information with the Belsat television channel.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Detained for comments on social networks.
On July 14, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
In a video published by security forces , Stepan reports that he was detained for distributing extremist materials and insulting police officers on the Internet.
01/24/2024 released after expiration of sentence.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
On February 10, 2023, the first trial took place under Articles 369 and 364 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus; the appeal hearing was on April 7, 2023.
On October 16, 2023, a new trial was held under Articles 369 and 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus; no appeal was filed.
He was released in mid- February 2024, under preventive supervision.
He was detained for a chat-roulette conversation with Yuri Komar.
During the conversation, he asked Ukrainians for weapons, and to Komar's question: «Are you going to kill supporters of the current government?»; he answered: «Yes».
Dmitry was detained together with a friend — white-red-white flags were put on their heads, and then they were forced to wash the floor with these flags.
An appeal hearing was held on September 19, 2023. The verdict came into force.
Evgeny Vasilevsky was detained almost a year ago in Moscow, from March 25 to April 7, 2022, he was sentenced to administrative arrest under Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (violation of the procedure for organizing or holding mass events).
The essence of the accusation is still unknown. Probably, we are talking about the transfer of personal data of security forces to protest chats.
In the fall of 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.