Mozyr activist and blogger Polina Zyl. As Nasha Niva learned, the girl was charged with participating in protests and being involved in an "extremist group." She is awaiting trial in a pretrial detention center.
Her boyfriend Maksim Shukanov was arrested along with her. There was no information about his release, most likely he is also in the pretrial detention center.
Polina is 31 years old. She is originally from Yelsk, studied in Mozyr. In 2020, the girl supported the protests, even got arrested for a day. Then Polina went into hiding, but remained in the country. Both Zyl and Shukanov were wanted, but did not want to leave Belarus.
Trial outcome date unknown
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
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Viktor was born in the Russian Federation, but has Belarusian citizenship. He lived in Ratomka.
The Linkedin page indicates that since 2018, Viktor has worked as a senior communications engineer at customs. This is probably what the criminal case against the man for "abuse of power or official authority" is connected to.
Trial outcome 03.03.2025
10 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 500 basic values fine.
Appeal date unknown
the sentence was upheld.
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Danila is a student at the Francisk Skorina Gomel State University. On October 18, 2024, in the Novobelitsky District Court of Gomel, he and his mother Elena Chibisova were convicted under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (rape distribution of extremist materials). The outcome of that court hearing is unknown. After that, a criminal case was opened.
Trial outcome 03.03.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
He was detained in early September 2024 and received two terms under administrative article 19.1. He spent about a month in the Okrestina temporary detention facility, after which a criminal case was opened for insulting Lukashenko A. and he was transferred to pretrial detention center No. 1.
Sergei Terekhovich is 42 years old. He was born and has lived his entire life in Grodno. Until the end of 2016, he served as a senior technician in border unit 2141, which serviced the Bruzgi checkpoint on the Belarusian-Polish border.
The service ended with an incomprehensible incident at the border - Sergei independently opened the barrier and allowed "citizen Terekhovych" to leave the checkpoint.
After 2016, Terekhovych started his own business. Sergey became the director of the company "Seviri Service", which provided funeral services. He also has the status of an individual entrepreneur, the scope of whose activities is designated "Postal and courier activities".
Trial outcome 10.03.2025
10 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 21.03.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Elena Bodyako is 29 years old. She is originally from Glubokoe. In 2019, she graduated from the Minsk State Linguistic University. Later, she worked as an English teacher in various private schools - Step by Step, Kidslab and others.
She was sentenced to imprisonment. An appeal hearing was held in early April 2025, and the verdict was upheld.
Trial outcome 12.02.2025
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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Father Nikolai, 47, was detained along with his wife Elena, 46, and their son Nikita, 24, for participating in the 2020 protest.
Trial outcome 03.02.2025
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
After his arrest, he was convicted under an administrative offense and has not been released since. He is currently in pretrial detention, charged for comments he made on social media.
Before his arrest, he lived and worked in Europe.
Trial outcome 15.08.2025
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 600 basic values fine.
Appeal 14.10.2025
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Yuri was probably detained at the end of September 2024. At that time, he was convicted under Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (dissemination of extremist materials). After 15 days, a trial was held again under the same article, so, most likely, he was sentenced to arrest twice, after which he was detained again as part of a criminal case.
According to social networks, Yuriy's wife is Ukrainian. It is known that Yuriy worked in construction for some time, but there is no information about his last place of work.
Trial outcome 25.02.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Igor is the administrator of the popular public page "Overheard Deep," with an audience of over 26,000. In August 2024, he was convicted of "distributing extremist materials," and a month later, the Vitebsk Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption arrested him and recorded a "repentance video."
In February 2025, Igor was found guilty of "active participation in actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restricted freedom with direction.
It is known about Alexander that he is from Petrikov, where he was engaged in entrepreneurial activity in the field of trade in food products, drinks and tobacco, and owned the Saleman store.
In October 2020, the man joined the nationwide strike called by Svetlana Tikhanovskaya — and even recorded a video message about it. One of the state propaganda newspapers mockingly quoted his words from the video.
Trial outcome 12.02.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Judging by social networks, the girl has a husband and a minor child.
Since 2017, Protaschik has worked at Peleng. Most recently, she was a 5th-category inspector of optical components and devices in the optical and space production quality control bureau. She was involved in checking the quality of optical products.
It is not known exactly when she was detained - Karina's last activity on social networks was more than 7 months ago. Around the same time, in July 2024, a raid on Peleng employees took place. The raid was related to the Belpol investigation, which was based on documents leaked from the enterprise. Peleng employees were taken to a polygraph, and some were fired. There have been no reports of criminal cases resulting from the raid to this day.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 800 basic values fine.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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