Former political prisonersPardoned

Volha Viktarauna Kalpakova

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Olga was arrested in April 2025 and found guilty in August of that year of several criminal charges, including "insulting a government official." She was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony and ordered to pay a large fine.

She was released on March 20, 2026, as part of a pardon following another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole.

Sentences

Trial outcome 01.08.2025
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine.
Appeal date unknown
the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Olga Semyonovna Seryakova
Olga Semyonovna Seryakova
Judges29 august 1976
Place:
court of the Bobruisk district and the city of Bobruisk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
01.08.2025
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Alena Dzmitryyeuna Pyrkh
Alena Dzmitryyeuna Pyrkh
Overseers4 january 1978
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Aliaksandr Mikalayevich Kuzniatsou (Dzhasau)
Aliaksandr Mikalayevich Kuzniatsou (Dzhasau)
Overseers21 march 1991
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Mikita Piatrovich Aliokhin
Mikita Piatrovich Aliokhin
Overseers24 august 1988
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Ihar Viktaravich Chorny
Ihar Viktaravich Chorny
Overseers9 april 1989
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Natallia Siarheyeuna Aliokhina
Natallia Siarheyeuna Aliokhina
Overseers7 april 1989
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Alena Leanidauna Drazdova
Alena Leanidauna Drazdova
Overseers3 april 1978
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Yauhen Siarheyevich Drazdou
Yauhen Siarheyevich Drazdou
Overseers29 june 1999
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Stanislav Sergeevich Kovalev
Stanislav Sergeevich Kovalev
Overseers12 december 1984
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Alena Piatrouna Lukomskaia
Alena Piatrouna Lukomskaia
Overseers27 july 1976
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Aleh Anatolyevich Bely
Aleh Anatolyevich Bely
Overseers9 august 1976
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Yaraslau Aliakseyevich Hancharou
Yaraslau Aliakseyevich Hancharou
Overseers4 september 1998
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Dzmitry Leanidavich Shkaruba
Dzmitry Leanidavich Shkaruba
Overseers27 september 1981
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Aliaksei Alehavich Ziuzin
Aliaksei Alehavich Ziuzin
Overseers19 february 1998
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Vadzim Viktaravich Alejnikau
Vadzim Viktaravich Alejnikau
Overseers24 january 1976
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Andrei Valiantsinavich Siutsou
Andrei Valiantsinavich Siutsou
Overseers12 february 1988
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Natallia Parkhomenka
Natallia Parkhomenka
Overseers17 october 2026
Place:
IK-4
Type:
Correctional officer
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Volha Viktarauna Kalpakova
In custody:
Hometown:
Kirawsk
Birthday:
13.12.1979
Was held in:
IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Timeline

  1. 2025

  2. 24.04.2025

    Transfer

    SIZO-5 — In custody

  3. 01.08.2025

    Trial outcome 01.08.2025

    2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine, court of the Bobruisk district and the city of Bobruisk

  4. ~18.09.2025

    Appeal date unknown

    the sentence was upheld

  5. 04.10.2025

    Transfer

    IK-4 — In custody

  6. 2026

  7. 20.03.2026

    Status change

    Pardoned