Oleg Loiko, an evangelical pastor from the Khoyniki district, is accused of transmitting information about the movement of Russian military equipment through Belarus.
48-year-old Oleg Loiko is the pastor of an evangelical Christian church in the village of Nebytov in the Khoyniki District. Last December, he was arrested for 10 days for "spreading extremism."
The pastor spent many years rehabilitating people with drug addictions through the "Return" mission. Thanks to his work, hundreds of people have returned to normal lives. He has previously received numerous glowing reviews from state media.
A church minister was sentenced to three and a half years in a maximum-security prison for providing information about the movement of Russian military equipment to the Belarusian Gayun monitoring project. The trial was held behind closed doors.
Pastor Oleg does not admit that he committed crimes and considers his conscience clear before God.
He was re-sentenced in October 2025.
In the colony, Oleg's heart condition worsened, and intervertebral hernias made it very difficult for him to walk.
