Former political prisonersReleased

Yahor Andreyevich Zenchanka

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Egor, an entrepreneur and showman, has organized and hosted numerous public events in Gomel. These include "The Best Graduation," the closing of the motorcycle season in Polesie, concerts by Elena Vaenga and Lev Leshchenko, and the Gomel City Day celebration.

He was detained in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and in the spring of 2024, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Gomel in 2020.

He was released in January 2026, having fully served his sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 30.04.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 19.07.2024
the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Oksana Victorovna Shevyakova
Oksana Victorovna Shevyakova
Judges18 october 2026
Place:
court of Zheleznodorozhny district of Gomel
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
30.04.2024
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Sergey Aleksandrovich Solovsky
Sergey Aleksandrovich Solovsky
Judges1 august 1985
Place:
Gomel Regional Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
19.07.2024
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Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev
Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev
Overseers26 september 1981
Place:
IK-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Yahor Andreyevich Zenchanka
In custody:
Case categories:
Protests Gomel 2020
Hometown:
Gomel
Was held in:
IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
Articles:
Groups:
EntrepreneursCreative people

Timeline

  1. 2024
  2. 03.03.2024

    Transfer

    SIZO-3 — In custody

  3. 30.04.2024

    Trial outcome 30.04.2024

    2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, court of Zheleznodorozhny district of Gomel

  4. 19.07.2024

    Appeal 19.07.2024

    the sentence was upheld, Gomel Regional Court

  5. ~02.08.2024

    Transfer

    IK-1 — In custody

  6. 2026
  7. 20.01.2026

    Status change

    Released