Former political prisonersReleasedForced emigration

Andrey Dmitrievich Popov

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Andrey was first detained and wounded on August 9, 2020. After spending three days in the Zhodino temporary detention facility, he was released. However, on September 1, 2020, he was detained again in a criminal case and later convicted of participating in "mass riots."

He was released in April 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Sentences

Trial outcome 16.02.2021

5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, approximately 1220 rubles of compensation.

Involved in repression

Olga Viktorovna Dindilevich

State prosecutors3 december 1991

Place:: court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 16.02.2021

Angela Evgenievna Kostyukevich

Judges15 august 1986

Place:: court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 16.02.2021

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

Overseers20 april 1978

Place:: SIZO-1
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov

Overseers19 march 1977

Place:: Turma №8
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich

Overseers23 may 1983

Place:: Turma №8
Type:: Correctional officer

Alexey Valerievich Lazarenko

OthersOverseers29 june 1975

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

Ivan Leonidovich Ignatenko

Overseers25 april 1984

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Alesya Petrovna Brinevets

Overseers22 january 1980

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Ilya Nikolaevich Kislyakov

Overseers25 december 1994

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Artem Viktorovich Veselov

OverseersOthers7 august 1984

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

Denis Aleksandrovich Kovalev

Overseers17 october 2026

Place:: IK-15
Type:: Correctional officer

In custody:
Case categories:: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:: Minsk
Birthday:: 28.03.1997
Was held in:: IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
Articles:
Groups:: Creative people

Timeline

2020
01.09.2020
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
~15.12.2020
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody
2021
~01.02.2021
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
16.02.2021
Trial outcome 16.02.2021
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, approximately 1220 rubles of compensation, court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
~04.04.2021
Transfer
Turma №8 — In custody