Political persecutions

The reason for Vasily's detention was photos from post-election protests that were on the guy's open Instagram page.

Igor is a former officer of the Almaz special forces unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a captain at the time of his dismissal. He is credited with participating in the brutal dispersal of protesters at the intersection of Pushkin and Pritytskogo streets (Pushkinskaya metro station) in Minsk in 2020. At that time, a group of armed security forces in full gear left the Almaz base and headed towards Pushkinskaya, simultaneously shooting point-blank at civilians.

According to available information, Igor decided to leave the service after receiving an order to detain Maria Kolesnikova, who was kidnapped on the street in Minsk in September 2020.

Since the beginning of the war, which began in February 2022, Igor defended Ukraine, fought in the "Sakhashchik detachment" as part of the 79th separate airborne assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During the battles, he was seriously wounded, after which he underwent rehabilitation and fully recovered.

In June 2023, he was convicted in absentia on politically motivated terrorism charges and a number of criminal charges. He was given a long prison term, the first five years of which were to be in prison. He was also stripped of his military rank.

According to the indictment, from July 2020 to January 2022, an "organized criminal group" allegedly preparing extremist crimes operated in Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other countries. It included radical military personnel, security officials, athletes and businessmen who sought to seize power illegally. This case is related to the attempted arson of the house of MP Oleg Gaidukevich in June 2021 and the "organization of mass riots."

Until 2008, Denis served in the 8th Directorate of the Security Department, ensuring the security of diplomatic missions, consulates of foreign states and facilities of primary national importance in the Republic of Belarus.

In June 2023, he was convicted in absentia on politically motivated terrorism charges and a number of criminal charges. He was given a long prison term, the first five years of which were to be in prison. He was also stripped of his military rank.

According to the indictment, from July 2020 to January 2022, an "organized criminal group" allegedly preparing extremist crimes operated in Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other countries. It included radical military personnel, security officials, athletes and businessmen who sought to seize power illegally. This case is related to the attempted arson of the house of MP Oleg Gaidukevich in June 2021 and the "organization of mass riots."

Vadim is a businessman, founder and deputy commander of the Pagonya regiment, and has been outside of Belarus since 2020. In June 2023, he was convicted in absentia on charges of politically motivated terrorism and numerous criminal offenses. He was sentenced to a long prison term and a fine, and stripped of all his military ranks.

According to the indictment, from July 2020 to January 2022, an "organized criminal group operated in Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other countries with the goal of committing extremist crimes. It included radical individuals, including former and current military personnel, law enforcement officers, athletes and businessmen, who sought to seize power illegally." The case involves charges of attempting to set fire to the home of MP Oleg Gaidukevich in June 2021 and "organizing mass riots."

For the second time, as part of a special proceeding, Vadim was convicted in December of the same year under articles on “inciting hatred and discord,” “slander and insult of Lukashenko,” and “insulting a government official.”

In December 2024, it became known that a new special case had been opened against Vadim on four more criminal charges, including “creation of an extremist group” and “undergoing training to participate in extremist activity.”

41-year-old former individual entrepreneur, employee of the Peugeot car dealership in Minsk. He was involved in the case of an attack on the house of deputy O. Gaidukevich. Little is known about his fate. At some point, the man disappeared from the list of accused. KGB officers wiretapped him before his arrest. I was forced to leave the Republic of Belarus.

In October 2022, the entire Koryakin family was detained: musician brothers Dmitry and Vladimir, their mother Olga and father Yuri. The detention of Yuri and his wife became known only on January 20, 2023. Previously, only the detention of the brothers was reported. Yuri had a stroke in the TDF, and now he is at home. The rest of the family members are kept in the pre-trial detention center on Volodarsky. Presumably, the trial of all four will take place at the end of January.

In October 2022, the entire Karyakin family was detained: brothers-musicians Dmitry and Vladimir, their mother Olga and father Yuri.

Olga's detention became known only on January 20, 2023. Earlier it was reported only about the detention of the brothers.

According to the indictment , on November 22, 2022, friends ( Daria and Ekaterina) ripped the state flag from the facade of this building while being near the hostel building of the Minsk Komarovsky Market. Then defiantly waved them walking along the street. Belomorskaya, after which they threw him to the ground.

At the same time, their actions were filmed on a mobile phone camera, and photos and video files were posted in a group on a social network, which publicly humiliated the state symbols.

During the court session, the girls admitted their guilt in full and sincerely repented.

Convicted for participating in protests in 2020. The court order states that Anna wrote a confession. But at the time of writing the statement, the security forces had enough evidence of her participation in the protests, namely photographs from the phone. Therefore, the court recognized the confession as a sincere confession.

Convicted for participating in 2020 protests.

According to the prosecutor , the Brest resident was accused of writing several insulting comments about government officials, including police officers, in the Telegram messenger in 2021.

In October 2022, a “repentant video” was released with him, from which it was clear that a criminal case was opened against the man for comments on Vkontakte about Alexander Lukashenko. As a result, the Kobrin court found him guilty of publicly insulting the President of Belarus.

Convicted for participating in 2020 protests. Until the trial, he was held in custody in SIZO-1

Kristina was the director of the Millefeuil beauty salon. Before the trial, she was under house arrest.

According to the materials of the prosecution , Vecherkina violated public order, went out onto the carriageway of the streets, including Pobediteley Avenue, publicly demonstrated the V sign as a protest symbol with her fingers, and disrupted public transport. In the case, there are several episodes of Kristina's participation in protest marches. The court also satisfied the civil claim of Minsktrans for the amount of 47,716 rubles. The car and computer equipment remained under arrest until the issue with the civil lawsuit was resolved.

Political activist, co-chair of the unregistered party Belarusian Christian Democracy and member of the Coordinating Council for organizing the process of overcoming the political crisis.