On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Former political prisonersPardoned
Alexander Nikolaevich Trotsenko
- Dissidentby since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by Dissidentby
- Viasna since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by the Viasna Human Rights Centre
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Sentences
Trial outcome 26.09.2024
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal 10.12.2024
unknown.Involved in repression
Yuri Pavlovich Urban
MoreJudges17 october 2026
- Place:
- Vitebsk Regional Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 26.09.2024
Alexey Valerievich Lazarenko
MoreOthersOverseers29 june 1975
- Place:
- IK-15
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from ~12.02.2024 to 20.03.2026
- Hometown:
- Polatsk
- Birthday:
- 19.12.1971
- Was held in:
- IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
- Health problems:
- Arterial hypertension, Diabetes mellitus
- Articles:
- Promoting extremist activitiesPromotion of extremist activity committed repeatedly or by a group of persons
- Marks:
- Control of a person's financial transactions, restrictions on crossing the Belarusian border, a 5-year ban on military service and public office after the conviction is expunged, etc.
Timeline
- 2024
~12.02.2024
Transfer
SIZO-2 — In custody
26.09.2024
Trial outcome 26.09.2024
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Vitebsk Regional Court
10.12.2024
Appeal 10.12.2024
unknown, Supreme Court
~28.12.2024
Transfer
IK-15 — In custody
- 2026
20.03.2026
Status change
Pardoned