Political prisoners

According to the KGB, Yevhen Gruk and Viktor Yaskich were convicted under Article 289 of the Criminal Code (act of terrorism) and Article 295 of the Criminal Code (illegal actions involving firearms, ammunition, and explosives). Their arrest was announced in early April 2024 in a report on ONT. According to the propagandists, security forces detained at least 12 people, including Gruk and Yaskich, accused of smuggling explosives and planning terrorist attacks. According to the reporter, Gruk was an informant for the SBU: he photographed military equipment and transmitted its coordinates. Gruk was then ordered to retrieve explosives from a hiding place. Yaskich drove him to the hiding place. Subsequently, the two were to distribute the explosives from the hiding place to new hiding places. The report does not explain the rationale behind this action. Yevhen's wife, Lidiya Gruk, was also detained, but her fate is unknown. The authors of the story said that four young children remained in the family.

An employee of the Peleng company. He worked as a legal adviser in the Bureau of Customs, Licensing, and Export Control.

The last time he was online on social media was in November 2024.

Tatyana graduated from the Minsk Radiotechnical Institute (now BSUIR ) and has an adult daughter and son. She enjoys spending time at her dacha , gardening , and hiking in the forest , and she travels throughout Belarus.

Tatyana was tried in the Minsk City Court under two articles of the Criminal Code: Part 3 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code (calls for sanctions and other actions aimed at causing harm to Belarus) and Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code (assistance to extremist activity). Under these articles, she could only have been sentenced to a prison colony. The verdict came into force in early May.

At the end of July, the famous jewelry brand Belaruskicry was designated an "extremist organization" in Belarus, and its information products were designated "extremist materials." The team suspended its activities. On July 27, propagandists detailed the allegations against the brand and reported the arrest of one of the team members, Yegor Buzhilov, who had traveled to Belarus. Additionally, six other individuals in Belarus were allegedly connected to Belaruskicry and are accused of economic crimes.

According to the propagandists, production director Yegor Buzhilov was detained after arriving in Belarus. The report featured footage of Buzhilov behind bars. The video is dated July 29. According to the propagandists, Buzhilov is accused, among other things, of "financing extremism" (Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code).

Yegor coordinated the production of Bielaruskicry jewelry—pendants, earrings, and charms. He was accused of giving one of the pieces to Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.

Former journalist for Naviny.by.

Previously, Pavel worked for various independent publications. During the 2020 protests, he was detained and charged with administrative offences in connection with his professional activities. In the fall of 2021, Pavel Dobrovolsky left Belarus. He traveled extensively across various countries, reporting.

However, as has now becomeknown , he has been held in a pretrial detention facility in Belarus since January 2025. The circumstances of his criminal prosecution suggest that Pavel's previous activities related to the exercise of his right to free expression and dissemination of information are the reason for his detention.

In October 2025, it became known that Pavel was accused of treason.

In December 2024, pro-government media posted an audio recording of Olga, who is accused of participating in the "White Wings of Baranovichi" chat. When the KGB declared the "White Wings of Baranovichi" chat - a very small and long-inactive district chat - an extremist group, Olga was named among the participants. Olga was contacted through an unprotected account. It was linked to the girl's own number. Most likely, Olga was held in a pre-trial detention center before the trial.

Olga plays drums and was a drummer in amateur music groups as a student. She and her husband enjoy traveling.

On July 31, 2024, she was detained under an administrative article, after which, apparently, a criminal case was opened.

It is known that before his arrest, Dmitry lived in Minsk and worked as a programmer. He also periodically taught programming at the Belarusian State University in the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. Before his arrest, Dmitry did not work anywhere, since he became "unreliable" for the university, and many IT companies left Belarus, so there was no work for him with his high qualifications. He did not want to leave, because at that time he was caring for his elderly mother. During the investigation of Dmitry, she died.

43-year-old Evgeny was sentenced for sociological research on COVID-19 in Belarus.

Earlier, the Investigative Committee reported details of the prosecution of Krasnyansky. The agency claimed that the man prepared a study for one of the foreign organizations containing "deliberately false information about the country's health policy in terms of measures taken to combat coronavirus infection." It is known that two women were detained along with Yevgeny Krasnyansky: Minsk residents aged 37 and 43. They allegedly conducted a sociological study on the presence of advantages among citizens in the development of the country through integration with the countries of the European Union. In order to arrive at the desired result, the women allegedly interviewed representatives of the focus group who had "a deliberately negative attitude towards the existing political system and constitutional order in the state." The sentences for the women are unknown.