Persecuted for political reasonsForced emigration

Elena Mikalayeuna Zhyvahlod (Zhylachkina)

Head of the "Honest People" initiative. The special proceedings were initiated by the Investigative Committee in agreement with the Prosecutor General of Belarus on December 27, 2023, and on February 22 the case was transferred to court. Pavel Marinich, Pavel Liber, and Alexander Dobrovolsky were convicted in this case.

In June 2025, the KGB updated the list of those involved in the "extremist formation" "Honest People" - they added Elena Zhilochkina (Zhivoglod), Zarina Sorokina, Timofey Malakhovsky, Oleg Davydchik. The start date of the second special production is 20.08.2025.

Sentences

Trial outcome 18.03.2024
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
Trial outcome 22.01.2026
10 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1500 basic values fine.

Involved in repression

Dmitriy Gennadievich Lukashevich
Dmitriy Gennadievich Lukashevich
Judges28 september 1982
Place:
court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
18.03.2024
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Co-defendants

Elena Mikalayeuna Zhyvahlod (Zhylachkina)
Birthday:
14.03.1991
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Timeline

  1. 2020
  2. ~05.10.2020

    Status change

    Forced emigration

  3. 2024
  4. 18.03.2024

    Trial outcome 18.03.2024

    4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia), court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk

  5. 2026
  6. 22.01.2026

    Trial outcome 22.01.2026

    10 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1500 basic values fine, Vitebsk Regional Court