Political prisoners

Vadim Bogdanov worked as a taxi driver in Russia for a time. However, according to job postings , he later switched to IT and began working as a software tester. In 2024, he moved to Poland. The last reports of him in Poland date back to the second half of 2025.

He was detained at the end of last year upon returning from abroad and placed in pre-trial detention.

At the end of April, local public activists were detained: BCD member Ales Masyuk and BPF Party members Pavel Sevastyan and Viktor Marchik. The Slonim residents were detained as part of a group criminal case involving the activities of the Belarusian Council of Culture. Arrests related to this case also took place in other Belarusian cities. It is known that the Slonim activists participated in several cultural gatherings, which, in the notoriously disrupted legal environment in Belarus, are now considered participation in the activities of an extremist group.

Ales Masyuk, Pavel Sevastyan, and Viktor Marchik have been repeatedly persecuted by the authorities in previous years. They have faced numerous administrative and criminal charges, as well as various provocations.

At the end of April, local public activists were detained : BCD member Ales Masyuk and BPF Party members Pavel Sevastyan and Viktor Marchik. The Slonim residents were detained as part of a group criminal case concerning the activities of the Belarusian Council of Culture. Arrests related to this case also took place in other Belarusian cities. It is known that the Slonim activists participated in several cultural gatherings, which, in the notoriously disrupted legal environment in Belarus, are now considered participation in the activities of an extremist group.

Ales Masyuk, Pavel Sevastyan, and Viktor Marchik have been repeatedly persecuted by the authorities in previous years. They have faced numerous administrative and criminal charges, as well as various provocations.

At the end of April, local public activists were detained : BKHDA member Masyuk, and BPF Party members Pavel Sevastyan and Viktor Marchik. The Slonim residents were detained as part of a group criminal case concerning the activities of the Belarusian Council of Culture. Arrests related to this case also took place in other Belarusian cities. It is known that the Slonim activists participated in several cultural gatherings, which, in the notoriously disrupted legal environment in Belarus, are now considered participation in the activities of an extremist group.

Ales Masyuk, Pavel Sevastyan, and Viktor Marchik have been repeatedly persecuted by the authorities in previous years. They have faced numerous administrative and criminal charges, as well as various provocations.

Since 2011, he worked as a teacher at the branch of the Gomel State School of Olympic Reserve.

Yuri Treshchinsky worked as a sound engineer at the Belarusian Television and Radio Company for over twenty years.

After the 2020 presidential elections, Yuri signed a petition against violence by security forces and later left for Poland.

Treshchinsky was arrested on November 15, 2025, immediately after returning to Minsk from abroad. Initially, the former sound engineer was jailed in Okrestina Prison for 15 days on administrative charges, but he was never released.

A criminal case was opened against the man and he was transferred to Minsk Pretrial Detention Center No. 1, and on the eve of the trial he was transferred to Gomel.

Citizen of the Russian Federation.

Avdevich studied at the Belarusian State Technological University. After graduating, he enlisted in the special forces. After his military service, in 2016, Avdevich worked at Damonte, a company that manufactures various PVC and aluminum products.

The court's verdict is unknown, but Avdevich is most likely currently serving his sentence in a penal colony.

Member of the Council of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus (FPB).

He worked for the Special Communications State Unitary Enterprise. He was accused of internet data theft. According to his fellow inmates, the case is politically motivated.

In 2005, Sergei founded Promsnab LLC in Smolensk, Russia. The company purchased various metal products in Belarus and then resold them to Russian companies. In mid-May 2024, Promsnab's transport was unexpectedly detained in Belarus. The Borisov Interdistrict Department of the Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee opened a criminal case against Sergei Poko under Part 3 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code (tax evasion). The owner of this profitable business was sent to pretrial detention.

Since Sergei owned a property in his native Zhodino, the Financial Investigation Department considered it an unregistered "permanent establishment" of a Russian company in Belarus. Based on this fact, investigators included the company's entire revenue for 13 years in the Belarusian tax base. In October 2024, auditors issued a colossal bill: over 2.8 million Belarusian rubles in additional charges and penalties. The company's lawyers cited a 1995 intergovernmental agreement on the avoidance of double taxation, as the property was used exclusively for procurement and could not legally be considered a representative office.

In November 2024, investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee for the Smolensk Region, together with the Belarusian Financial Investigation Department, conducted a search of Promsnab's office. The company's assets were seized.

Following the lawyers' publications in January 2025, nothing was heard about the businessman's fate for almost a year and a half. Only on July 6, 2026, did his name resurface in the Ministry of Internal Affairs' updated lists.

There is no information whether Poko compensated the damages, and therefore the article was dropped, or the charges were simply reclassified, or whether the tax charges were tried separately.

However, Sergei Poko was convicted under a whole host of political offenses. The final verdict included charges of "inciting hatred" (Part 1 of Article 130), "calls for actions detrimental to national security" (Part 3 of Article 361), and participation in protests (Part 1 of Article 342). A charge of large-scale bribery was also added (Part 3 of Article 431 of the Criminal Code).

The minimum sentence for corruption charges alone is five years in prison, but given the political implications, the sentence could be much longer. Sergei Poko has been recognized as a political prisoner.

She was arrested in March 2026.

According to preliminary information, she may be accused of organizing illegal migration.