Since 2018, he has been working as a sole proprietor, running his own small lumber business and making custom cabinets. He also worked part-time as a taxi driver in Minsk.
In the local chat, Ilya regularly reported broken traffic lights and downed road signs, offered ideas for improving traffic, and asked for traffic controllers to be stationed at problematic intersections.
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.
~08.09.2025
Transfer
SIZO-3 — In custody
~24.04.2026
Trial outcome date unknown
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Gomel Regional Court
08.06.2026
Transfer
IK-1 — In custody
