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unknown years of restriction of freedom without direction
unknown years of restriction of freedom without direction
unknown years of restriction of freedom without direction
unknown years of restriction of freedom without direction
unknown years of restriction of freedom without direction
In April of this year, it became known about the detention of three men in Zhlobin in 2020. Among them is an employee of the BMZ, who in the video of the security forces called on everyone who participated in the protests to voluntarily come and surrender to the authorities. As I found out “daily”, this person turned out to be Zhlobin resident Evgeniy Sizov. It became possible to find out that he is an employee of BMZ from a message on social networks where Evgeniy’s colleagues congratulate him on his birthday. At the time of 2018, he worked as a wire drawer at StPTs-2.
unknown years of restriction of freedom without direction
2 years of restriction of freedom without direction
unknown years of restriction of freedom without direction
Evgeny was convicted in the summer of 2024 under the articles "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and "calls for actions aimed at harming the national security of the Republic of Belarus" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
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.
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Yuri was detained on the eve of the "Unified Voting Day" in February 2024. He was identified as the administrator of the Kirov Telegram channel, created in 2020, where he allegedly called on people to take to the streets, left offensive comments about security forces, registered with the "Plan Peramoga" group, and sent photos of homemade weapons to an anonymous chatbot.
On February 23, 2024, Yuri was tried on an administrative charge of "propaganda or dissemination of Nazi symbols" (Part 2, Article 19.10 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus). In June of that year, he was convicted of "insulting a government official." The details of the case are unknown.
On September 30, 2024, the Mogilev Regional Court heard his case behind closed doors under the articles "mass riots" and "inciting racial, national, religious, or other social hatred or discord." Details of the case and the court's decision are also unknown.
Even before entering prison, Yuri had a third-degree disability. His primary diagnosis was bilateral polysegmental pulmonary embolism. This is a blockage of the blood vessels in the lungs, which affects blood circulation and heart function. He also has diabetes, heart and vascular disease, leg problems, a herniated disc, and other chronic conditions.
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.
unknown years of restriction of freedom without direction