Political prisoners

Artsem Nikolaevich Sakov

Dissidentby since
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Artem is a former border guard, a member of the initiative group to nominate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya for president, and one of the videographers of the YouTube channel "Country for Life". He took part in a picket to collect signatures in Grodno on May 29, 2020. He was later detained and convicted of "organizing mass riots".

In November 2022, he was transferred to prison regime.

According to human rights activists, the defendants in the "case" are required to pay compensation in the amount of 29 million rubles.

Sentences

Trial outcome 14.12.2021
16 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 01.06.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Trial outcome 06.10.2022
approximately 29000000 rubles of compensation.
Regime change trial 09.11.2022
3 years of prison regime.

Once the sentence takes effect, you can only write letters to the prisoner. Under Art. 85 of the Penal Code of Belarus, convicts cannot receive money transfers from anyone other than close relatives. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, support the family directly if this option is available on the prisoner's page.

Involved in repression

Denis Alexandrovich Mikushev
Denis Alexandrovich Mikushev
State prosecutors21 march 1980
Place:
SIZO-3
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
14.12.2021
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Nikolay Ivanovich Dolia
Nikolay Ivanovich Dolia
Judges7 march 1979
Place:
SIZO-3
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
14.12.2021
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Alexander Nikolaevich Cockroaches
Alexander Nikolaevich Cockroaches
Judges17 october 2026
Place:
Shklovsky District Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
09.11.2022
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Anatoly Anatolevich Kapustin
Anatoly Anatolevich Kapustin
Judges17 october 2026
Place:
court of the Soviet district of Gomel
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
06.10.2022
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Overseers21 january 1980
Place:
IVS Okrestina
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Overseers9 january 1978
Place:
IK-17
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Co-defendants

Who else is held in IK-17

Artsem Nikolaevich Sakov
In custody:
Case categories:
The Tikhanovsky case
Hometown:
Korma
Birthday:
25.08.1994
Mailing address:
IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Groups:
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Timeline

  1. 2020
  2. 31.05.2020

    Transfer

    IVS Grodno — In custody

  3. 02.06.2020

    Transfer

    IVS Okrestina — In custody

  4. ~10.06.2020

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 — In custody

  5. 2021
  6. 16.05.2021

    Transfer

    SIZO-3 — In custody

  7. 14.12.2021

    Trial outcome 14.12.2021

    16 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, SIZO-3