A former police officer and blogger who started his channel in the spring of 2020. As Maxim himself reported, he lived in hiding until 2022, after which he managed to leave Belarus for Poland. At the end of 2022, Maxim joined Kalinovsky's regiment under the call sign "Hawking." In 2023, Shabutsky submitted a resignation letter for personal reasons.
In September 2025, it became known that a special case had been opened against Maxim; he was charged under 18 articles of the Criminal Code.
Trial outcome date unknown
19 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 3500 basic values fine (trial in absentia).
Svetlana worked as an insurance agent for many years.
She is an Orthodox believer.
In her free time, the Gomel native enjoys cooking, especially baking. She is a member of various culinary communities and has attended culinary master classes.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
In 2009, Yana graduated from the Faculty of Geography at BSU and initially worked as a deputy director at a tourism center in a city in the Minsk region. But then she found a vacancy in IT and spent over eight years as an HR manager at the sports analytics company InStat Sports Co.
In 2023, Yana decided to change careers and transitioned to QA testing. For the past two years, she worked as a QA engineer at Sequoia, a startup focused on men's sexual health. There, she conducted all types of mobile app testing.
It is known that Yana has a husband and a small child.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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