Former political prisonersForced displacement

Nikolay Nikolaevich Sidorov

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Nikolai was arrested on December 20, 2024, and in March 2025, he was convicted under the article “organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them” and sentenced to imprisonment.

On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.

Sentences

Trial outcome 05.03.2025

2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Alla Alexandrovna Skuratovich

Judges18 october 1980

Place:: court of the Frunzensky district of Minsk
Type:: Court of First Instance
Date:: 05.03.2025

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

Overseers20 april 1978

Place:: SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
Type:: Head of the correctional facility

In custody:
Case categories:: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:: Minsk
Birthday:: 08.03.1981
Articles:

Timeline

2024
20.12.2024
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
2025
05.03.2025
Trial outcome 05.03.2025
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, court of the Frunzensky district of Minsk
28.04.2025
Transfer
SIZO-2 — In custody
~01.06.2025
Status change
In custody
13.12.2025
Status change
Forced displacement