Former political prisonersReleased

Oleg Leonidovich Bolotov

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Convicted for liking posts on social media. Russian citizen.

He was released at the end of September 2025, having served his entire sentence. He was immediately deported to Russia afterward.

Sentences

Trial outcome 27.12.2022
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Margarita Nikolaevna Lantsevich
Margarita Nikolaevna Lantsevich
Judges16 september 1991
Place:
court of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
27.12.2022
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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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Oleg Leonidovich Bolotov
In custody:
Hometown:
Hrodna
Was held in:
IK №3
Articles:
Groups:
Foreign citizens

Timeline

  1. 2022
  2. 24.04.2022

    Transfer

    Turma №1 — In custody

  3. 27.12.2022

    Trial outcome 27.12.2022

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

  4. 2023
  5. 27.01.2023

    Transfer

    IK-3 — In custody

  6. 2025
  7. ~26.09.2025

    Status change

    Released

  8. 26.09.2025

    Status change

    Deportation