On the morning of February 26, 2023, explosions occurred at the Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft DRLV A-50 at the Machulishchi airfield, it was blown up in two places. It was used to guide Russian missiles to targets in Ukraine. It was reported that the aircraft is currently undergoing repairs at the 325th aircraft repair plant, which is part of the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex in Russia.
The main defendant in the case and, as official bodies and propagandists claimed , the perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets, was released in June in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.
Nikolai Shvets, Alexander Azarov, Alla Yatsuta, Vitaly Yakutik, Evgenia Tochitskaya, Mikhail Demin and Sergei Loparov were tried in absentia.
Trial outcome 03.10.2024
15 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 1000 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
On the morning of February 26, 2023, explosions occurred at the Machulishchi airfield near a Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft DRLV A-50, it was blown up in two places. It was used to guide Russian missiles to targets in Ukraine. It was reported that the aircraft is currently undergoing repairs at the 325th aircraft repair plant, which is part of the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex in Russia.
The main defendant in the case and, as official bodies and propagandists claimed , the perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets, was released in June in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.
Nikolai Shvets, Alexander Azarov, Alla Yatsuta, Vitaly Yakutik, Evgenia Tochitskaya , Mikhail Demin and Sergei Loparov were tried in absentia.
Trial outcome 03.10.2024
15 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1000 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
Alexei was detained in April 2024 and later convicted of “insulting and slandering Lukashenko.”
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.
Trial outcome 20.08.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Director of the Materik chain of construction stores. Alexander was detained in August 2024 for participating in the 2020 protests. A video of him was published on a pro-government Telegram channel. It is not reported under what article Opolko was detained or what his status is.
In the police video, the man states his position and says he was arrested for “participating in unauthorized marches” in 2020.
Trial outcome 26.12.2024
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Deputy Director General of the Scientific and Technical Center "Experimental Technologies", associated with Integral. The company is engaged in robotics and also makes drones for various purposes, including aircraft-type ones.
Pro-government channels claimed that Stanislav was detained for participating in protests.
Trial outcome 15.07.2024:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
Milana Melnik and her mother Natalia Ganiberzina were convicted of “active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order.”
46-year-old Natalia is from Lida and is a hairdresser by profession. Her 25-year-old daughter Milana graduated from Minsk State Linguistic University and worked as an English teacher in the capital, and now teaches online. Probably both women live in Grodno.
It is unknown what sentence the family received. Judging by social networks, at least for Milana it is not associated with imprisonment: she continues to maintain her page. But there hasn’t been a single post on her mother’s account since September 2023.
Trial outcome 22.05.2024:
unknown years of restriction of freedom without direction
Yervand was accused of "repeatedly uttering offensive language" toward Lukashenko while intoxicated in a company car and in the presence of Department of Security officers. According to the Vitebsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, Yervand fully admitted his guilt during the trial. In August 2024, the court sentenced him to imprisonment.
In February 2025, a court hearing was held against the political prisoner for "malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional facility" — a charge often applied to prisoners who refuse to cooperate with prison administration.
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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