Political prisoners

Lieutenant Colonel, former Deputy Chief of the Zhodino City Department of Internal Affairs for ideological work and personnel support.

In 2020, he and four other former employees of the Zhodino City Department of Internal Affairs recorded an appeal to their colleagues who worked in the Zhodino police during the protests, and to all law enforcement officers in Belarus. In his appeal, Doroshko asks police officers to treat people the same way they would treat their loved ones. "Don't create unnecessary panic in the city, we live here and raise children, we should be ashamed of our behavior in the city," Andrei says in the video.

According to media reports , all five were detained in early February 2024.

Former deputy head of the Zhodino GOVD, headed the criminal police and retired in 2008 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Afterwards, he was the director of the Zhodino city center of culture and entertainment.

In 2020, he and four other former employees of the Zhodino City Department of Internal Affairs recorded an appeal to colleagues who worked in the Zhodino police during the protests and to all law enforcement officers in Belarus.

Vyacheslav says in his address that he understands that the employees serve in very difficult conditions, but calls on them to perform "their official duty the way you would like it to be performed [in relation to] you and your loved ones. Then you will be able to look the people in the eye now, during your service, and later, while on a well-deserved rest."

According to media reports , all five were detained in early February 2024.

Police lieutenant colonel, former deputy head of the department of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, who served for a long time as the head of the criminal police of the Zhodino City Department of Internal Affairs. In 2012, he resigned, and in 2014, he became an entrepreneur.

Igor says that they served for the idea of protecting people and fighting crime. He is outraged that security forces beat people, noting that "there are a small number of provocateurs, but you can isolate them with your own forces, and not act as punishers and oppose yourselves to our calm, hard-working people." He calls on the security forces to remember that they swore an oath to the people. "We hope for your understanding and your officer's honor," the man concludes.

In 2020, he and four other former employees of the Zhodino City Department of Internal Affairs recorded an appeal to colleagues who worked in the Zhodino police during the protests and to all law enforcement officers in Belarus.

According to media reports , all five were detained in early February 2024.

It is known that the KGB considers Yana to be involved in the “Urban Garden Maris Mar” project, which was recognized as an “extremist formation.”

He was detained in November 2024 in Zhodino.

At the same time, the website of the initiative "Letter. Bel" and its pages on social networks were recognized as "extremist materials." A month later , the KGB recognized the initiative as an "extremist formation ." According to the agency, Aleksandr Mazur , as well as Pavel Korenyukhin and Aleksandr Lykshin, are related to "Letter . Bel." The men are currently in ST -8 , accused under Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code (Creation of an extremist formation or participation in it).

He was detained in November 2024 in Zhodino.

At the same time, the website of the initiative "Letter. Bel" and its pages on social networks were recognized as "extremist materials." A month later, the KGB recognized the initiative as an "extremist formation ." According to the agency, Aleksandr Mazur , as well as Pavel Korenyukhin and Aleksandr Lykshin, are related to "Letter . Bel." The men are currently in ST -8 , accused under Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code (Creation of an extremist formation or participation in it).

Until recently, Alexander Korzyuk headed the Finance Department for Housing and Utilities, Transport, and Communications at the Ministry of Finance. He has never given a public interview. It is only known that he is a good chess player.

The trial was held behind closed doors.

According to former political prisoners who served time with Alexander in the same penal colony, he was registered as prone to extremism and deprived of parcels and visits from his family. He pleaded not guilty.

Lieutenant Colonel of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.

The trial lasted three months behind closed doors.

Little is known about this case and Samsonov himself. Until the fall of 2020, Dmitry worked in the Main Directorate of Military Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He served in the secret unit 15738. This department, among other things, has access to materials obtained by the KGB, including wiretaps.

It is known that Dmitry was detained in 2020 and held in custody until the trial. His trial lasted from October 4 in closed mode, as the case materials contained information containing classified information.

Victoria was arrested in October 2024 in connection with the "yard chats" case.

On October 29, 2024, the KGB recognized the courtyard coalition "Orden", which includes the courtyard chats "Zlye Kogtiki", "Sukharevo", "Senica2.0", "Solidarity", "Volnyya Vauki", "Navagrudskiya Partisans", "VILIYA", "Skromnye Matryoshka", and "Sosedi", as an "extremist formation".

According to the agency, those involved in these initiatives include Irina Yakovleva, Natalia Doronina, Diana Gavrilova, Ukrainian citizen Ivan Omelyan, Olga Nekhaychik, Konstantin Kirilenko, Yelizaveta Plitnik, Natalia Guzhova, Irina Smolyarova, Stanislav Botvin, and Natalia Lantukh. A few days later, mass arrests in this case took place across Belarus.

Alexander ended up in court after participating in a chat roulette. He and a friend became interlocutors of the provocateur "Conversations with Palych" and during the conversation, being drunk, they spoke about the events in "Crocus City Hall", expressed support for Ukraine and allowed themselves to give a Nazi salute.

During the arrest, security forces severely beat Alexander. The man was convicted under administrative articles 5 times in a row and probably served at least 75 days of arrest. At the same time, he was given some days simply for having a Ukrainian pennant on the table and shouting "Glory to Ukraine" during a broadcast on chat roulette.

But after 24 hours he was not released. A criminal case was opened against him.

44-year-old Ivanovo resident Alexander Dorogupets was accused of transferring at least 11 thousand rubles in cash and cryptocurrency to “extremist groups,” including the Kalinovsky Regiment.

During the investigation of the criminal case, the man “voluntarily transferred” 600 thousand US dollars to the Cherven boarding school for disabled children with special psychophysical development needs, the Ivenets boarding school for disabled children with special physical development needs, and the Republican Center for the Organization of Medical Response.

On April 2, 2025, ONT aired another propaganda story, "Shadows. The Price of Terror," which told about the persecution of people for donations and those detained for financing organizations recognized by the authorities as "extremist" or "terrorist." The film showed several convicted people and those still awaiting trial. According to the story, Alexander was convicted, among other things, for donations to the Kalinovsky Regiment, BySol, and various information resources. The propagandists name 18 donations for a total of no less than three thousand euros.

Musician. Worked in a puppet theater in Brest.

He was first convicted in the Brest Regional Court on December 19, 2024.

In October 2025, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Yegor and he had been transferred to a pretrial detention facility.

Pavel Vabishchevich and Andrei Zinenko, as stated in the ONT propaganda film, were detained on the night of August 26-27, 2023, on the railway in the Stolbtsy district near the oil depot and the Sinyava stopping point.

A propaganda film in the fall of 2023 claimed that they were detained for attempting to plant an explosive device on a railway in the Stolbtsy district, "which was supposed to go off on command from an SBU supervisor." The propagandists said that Vabishchevich came to the attention of the security forces when an informant reported him to a KGB chatbot, saying that he was photographing railway tracks and trains at the Orsha train station.

Pavel Vabishchevich and Andrei Zinenko, as stated in the ONT propaganda film, were detained on the night of August 26-27, 2023, on the railway in the Stolbtsy district near the oil depot and the Sinyava stopping point.

A propaganda film in the fall of 2023 claimed that they were detained for attempting to plant an explosive device on a railway in the Stolbtsy district, "which was supposed to go off on command from an SBU supervisor."

Andrei Zinenko, 40, is a former colleague of Vabishchevich who "worked in a senior position and received a high salary," state media emphasize. Such an emphasis on "high salary" is not uncommon in Lukashenko propaganda. Zinenko in the footage looks beaten.