Former political prisonersPardoned

Maxim Valerievich Sandracula

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

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).

Sentences

Trial outcome 14.11.2024
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 14.01.2025
unknown.

Involved in repression

Vladimir Vladimirovich Poznyak
Vladimir Vladimirovich Poznyak
Judges22 june 1979
Place:
court of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
14.11.2024
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Vitaly Edwardovich Kulesh
Vitaly Edwardovich Kulesh
Judges4 november 1969
Place:
Grodno Regional Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
14.01.2025
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Paul Ivanovich Kazakov
Paul Ivanovich Kazakov
Overseers11 june 1977
Place:
Turma №1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Maxim Valerievich Sandracula
In custody:
Hometown:
Hrodna
Birthday:
31.12.1978
Was held in:
IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2024
  2. 28.06.2024

    Transfer

    Turma №1 — In custody

  3. 14.11.2024

    Trial outcome 14.11.2024

    3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, court of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno

  4. 2025
  5. 14.01.2025

    Appeal 14.01.2025

    unknown, Grodno Regional Court

  6. ~10.02.2025

    Transfer

    IK-2 — In custody

  7. 2026
  8. 20.03.2026

    Status change

    Pardoned