Stanislav Sergeevich Kovalev

Mother of political prisoner blogger Olga Tokarczuk (was released in June 2022 after serving her sentence). She was detained as a result of a massive raid by security forces on January 23-24, 2024 on relatives of political prisoners and people who sent parcels and letters to political prisoners.

Natalia was detained during a massive raid by security forces on January 23–24, 2024, aimed at relatives of political prisoners and people expressing solidarity with them. She was convicted in a criminal case opened under the article “assistance to extremist activity.”

She was detained as a result of a massive raid by security forces on January 23-24, 2024 on relatives of political prisoners and people who sent parcels and letters to political prisoners.

On February 21, 2024, in the Pinsk District Court, Judge Andrey Bychilo considered the case under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (Distribution of information products included in the republican list of extremist materials, as well as the production, publication, storage or transportation for the purpose of distributing such information products).

Apparently, a criminal case was opened after this.

He was detained along with his entire family (husband, daughter, son) on suspicion of “treason.” The daughter was apparently later released. The details of the case are unknown.

She worked as a nurse at Gomel City Clinical Hospital No. 3. Larisa Prokhorova is a completely non-public person. She was born in 1975 in Grabovka, where she lived all her life.

Participants in a closed process have non-disclosure agreements. It is known from an unofficial source that the criminal case concerns photographing various objects on the territory of Belarus, and the persons involved in the case were monitored by special services for some time before their arrest.

The Prokhorov family lived for a long time in the village of Grabovka, Gomel region. At the time of their arrest, they lived in the village of Uza, Gomel region, where they moved two years ago.

In 2016, Nadezhda graduated from the Minsk State Linguistic University with a degree in foreign language teaching. She worked as a translator for over a year and then moved to IT, where she worked in testing. In November 2023, Nadezhda was detained.

Detained for donations. Was awarded in the category “Best Graduate of BSU” 2018. After her arrest, Ksenia was kept in the KGB pre-trial detention center for several months, after which she was transferred to pre-trial detention center-1, and then to pre-trial detention center-3.

On June 4, 2024, Ksenia’s appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.

Larisa, an English tutor, was arrested in late August 2023. She was initially convicted under an administrative case for “distribution, production and storage of extremist materials,” but later a criminal case was opened, in which she was convicted of “assisting extremist activity.”

Anna was detained on December 18, 2023. After 72 hours, she was still not released. Preliminary, a criminal case was opened for insulting Lukashenko and a police officer.

Anna was convicted of several criminal charges, including "assistance to extremist activity," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine. The trial was held behind closed doors.

Presumably, one of the reasons for the persecution was her solidarity with political prisoners - it is known that Anna actively wrote letters to them.

It is known that the woman was detained when she returned from Italy.

On March 15, 2024, the appeal was considered.

It is known that Nadezhda has two adult daughters and a minor son with disabilities.

On March 1, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.

Presumably detained for giving interviews to foreign media.

It is known that Ekaterina was detained at the beginning of summer in one nightie, in which she was kept in a pre-trial detention center until the first transfer from her relatives.

At the beginning of April 2024, Belsat sources gave the editors a letter from Ekaterina. On a piece of toilet paper, she described her horrific detention and subsequent imprisonment:

“I fell from the second floor of the bed, my head on a wooden bench. They took a picture, but they haven’t reported the result for more than a month.”

“They put it on the flag, beat the whole office. They said it was for my interviews, the channel and for my fiery appeals.”

On July 16, 2024, the appeal was considered.

Programmer at SamSolutions.

On September 15, 2023, the appeal was heard.

In the summer of 2025, she suffered from pneumonia and was hospitalized in the medical unit.

A former accountant at the Vavilov Minsk Electrotechnical Plant . The trial began on May 19 and was held behind closed doors, so little information about the charges is available. It is known that Anna was fired from her job following the "People's Ultimatum" in 2020, and then sued the company for wrongful dismissal.

Anna's youngest child was only 5 months old when she was detained.

Zhanna was detained on May 11, 2023, right at School No. 63, where she came to meet her child's teacher. In October of the same year, she was convicted on several criminal charges, including "inciting hatred."

According to media reports, during the 2020 protests, police detained her on administrative charges.