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
Dmitry Vladimirovich Barsukou
- 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 23.12.2024
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.Involved in repression
Elena Igorevna Kurganova
MoreJudges17 october 2026
- Place:
- Minsk Regional Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 23.12.2024
- In custody:
- from 06.02.2025 to 20.03.2026
- Hometown:
- Borisov
- Birthday:
- 30.10.2002
- Was held in:
- IUOT-43, 212003, Mogilev, ul. Cheliuskentsev, 76A
- 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
23.12.2024
Trial outcome 23.12.2024
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, Minsk Regional Court
~23.12.2024
Status change
Released pending appeal
- 2025
06.02.2025
Transfer
IUOT-43 — Penal labor facility
- 2026
20.03.2026
Status change
Pardoned