Political prisoners

Sergei was arrested for his solidarity with the repressed.

Yunchits is 50 years old and was born in the village of Podvosye in the Zhitkovichi district. He has been involved in business since the 1990s. According to Zerkalo, the man managed the family company Yuniko-Dental, which supplies dental materials, instruments, and equipment, until 2023.

Gleb Dudko is known in the musical environment not only of Gomel, but also far beyond its borders. Combining his talents as a musician and programmer, he launched at least two music IT startups.

Gleb’s father Oleg Dudko is a famous opera singer in Gomel and a former soloist of the Philharmonic.

In 2018, Gleb, together with programmer Maxim Grinevich, launched the ConcertMaster project. The idea of the project is to create a program that could automatically accompany vocalists .

Gleb was detained in March 2024 in Dobrush and sentenced to arrest for “distributing extremist materials .” After this, the man was transferred to a pre-trial detention center.

From Gleb Dudko’s publications on social networks, it can be understood that in 2022 he condemned military aggression against Ukraine. What exactly served as the basis for the political persecution of the Gomel resident is unknown.

It is reported that the man works in secondary school No. 1. In a “repentance video” on a provlat channel, he “admits” to leaving offensive comments about police officers and Lukashenko.

Marina Alekseenko is 40 years old. She is from Minsk, graduated from the Minsk State Linguistic University in 2008. After that, she worked as a translator, but in 2012 she got a job at the elite five-star Minsk hotel Crowne Plaza. In two years, she went from assistant sales manager to head of sales and marketing.

Detained as a result of a massive raid by security forces on January 23-24, 2024 on relatives of political prisoners and people who sent parcels and letters to political prisoners.

worked as the chief bibliographer of the research department of book science of the National Library of Belarus until November 2021. Then she went into IT.

Ruslan Zubkov is 26 years old. According to social networks, he has lived and worked in Poland in recent years.

In December 2023, Zubkov was added to the list of members of the extremist group "Russia is Evil". This is a small Telegram chat with 135 members, where only three people are currently active. In February 2024, Ruslan was put on the wanted list in Belarus and Russia - this means that at that time he was still at large.

It is also unknown when Ruslan was detained. He was first tried in June 2024 for "insulting Lukashenko" in the Kamenets District Court. The verdict is unknown.

Detained as a result of a massive raid by security forces on January 23-24, 2024 on relatives of political prisoners and people who sent parcels and letters to political prisoners.

Irina was tried as a "Person who committed a socially dangerous act." This means that, according to the court's decision, compulsory medical measures were to be applied to her. Her trial took place on September 18 and 23, 2024. Her whereabouts are unknown.

On August 23, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

Kirovsk resident Yuri Averkov was detained on the eve of the "Single Voting Day" in February 2024. Propagandists then announced that Averkov was the administrator of a Kirovsk Telegram channel that he created in 2020, where he "called on people to take to the streets." As part of the story on the Telegram channel of the Bobruisk state media holding, it was then claimed that Averkov left offensive comments about security forces on the Internet, registered with the "Plan Peramoga", and also allegedly sent photos of homemade weapons to an anonymous chat bot.

It is known that the day before the “Single Voting Day”, on February 23, Yuri Averkov was tried on an administrative charge for “propaganda or public display, production, distribution of Nazi symbols or paraphernalia” (Part 2 of Article 19.10 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus).

The court hearing for “insulting a government official” (Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus) took place on June 11. The court’s decision is unknown.

On September 30, the Mogilev Regional Court will begin to consider the criminal case under Part 3 of Article 293 (Mass riots), as well as Part 1 of Article 130 (Incitement of racial, national, religious or other social hatred or discord) in a closed session.

On June 15, 2023, he was convicted under Art. 205 (Theft) to 2 years and 6 months in prison.

On June 14, 2024, the trial of a criminal case under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order ). Vyacheslav and eight other people are being judged on it .

By adding up the sentences in this and the previous criminal case, he was finally sentenced to 3 years of maximum security imprisonment.

Anatoly Volodko is 56 years old. He is a resident of Minsk. The man has a wife, an adult daughter and a son who will soon turn eighteen. Volodko worked as a programmer at Top Soft for over 20 years. It is engaged in the creation of the Galaxy product ecosystem, which is necessary for the digitalization of business. The company's central office is located in Russia, where Anatoly worked part of the time.

The exact date of the man's arrest is unknown, but it was probably January 15 or 16, 2024. After all, on January 17, he and his wife were convicted of "petty hooliganism" - he was sentenced to 15 days, while the sentence for his wife is unknown. According to the testimony of security officials, Anatoly Volodko "was in a public place and, out of hooligan motives, was shouting loudly, using obscene language, waving his arms and behaving aggressively." The man did not admit his guilt and said that he was detained in his own home in the middle of the day. He did not do any of the things that the witnesses said.
According to cellmate Anatoly Volodko, he refused to pay "donations" that KGB officers threatened to offer to those who made donations. In general, the man did not admit his guilt. Anatoly's cellmate claims that this served as the reason for further prosecution - administrative and criminal.

On August 27, 2024, Anatoly had his appeal heard and the verdict came into force.

Vladimir was convicted in the summer of 2024 under the article "Insulting a Government Official" and sentenced to imprisonment.