Kateryna was detained after a "solidarity raid" in late January 2024 on charges of supporting political prisoners and their families—she sent packages and made money transfers to prisoners in pretrial detention. Prior to this, she had been convicted at least twice on political administrative charges after crossing the border; it is unknown whether she lived abroad. She studied at the University of Warsaw and lived in Poland for a long time.
In the fall of 2024, Ekaterina was convicted of "assisting extremist activity" 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 16.09.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
In 2024, she was added to the Russian wanted list.
According to the court schedule, the caseon replacingthe restrictionof freedomwithimprisonmentin a penal colony was heardon November 27, 2024 in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Minsk.
Trial outcome 21.03.2024
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 27.11.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
From 2002 to 2005, he was the medical director of Globalpharma. He subsequently moved to Sanofi-Aventis (now simply Sanofi) as a director. As of 2022, the man was the head of the Genzyme department, which specializes in rare blood diseases, oncology, multiple sclerosis, and immunology. In 2023, Sergey moved to Novomedika. This is a large company that is engaged in the wholesale trade of pharmaceutical products and also has its own clinic in Minsk.
On June 21, 2025, Sergei was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and was immediately taken to Lithuania.
54-year-old Sergei is accused of facilitating extremist activities. He is invited to return to Belarus and come to the department of the Investigative Committee for the Grodno region.
The man is accused of participating in protests and writing comments in protest chats. A number of photos and videos from the protests were found on Vitaly's phone, which GUBOP officers claim were his.
In 2024, he was added to the Russian wanted list. He also went through a trial to change his regime.
Trial outcome 02.05.2024
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
The Investigative Committee began the process of special proceedings against the ex-director of the Grodno children's hospice Olga Velichko. “Special proceedings are proceedings in a criminal case against an accused who is outside the Republic of Belarus and is avoiding appearing before the body conducting the criminal proceedings.” That is, special proceedings are actually the first step towards trials in absentia of those who are abroad, recently legalized in Belarus. In July 2022, Alexander Lukashenko signed a law on amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code, which allow Belarusians who are abroad to be tried in absentia and even sentenced to death.
Trial outcome 02.08.2024
9 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
Appeal 29.10.2024
unknown.
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