Former political prisonersReleased

Ruslan Mikhailovich Linnik

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Ruslan is a Belarusian blogger who has been creating videos on social and political topics since 2020. By February 2021, his channel had more than 90,000 subscribers. On February 20, 2021, he was detained and later convicted of “insulting a government official.”

It became known that Ruslan was not released from the colony after his term expired, but was transferred to the pretrial detention center in Kolyadichi. The reasons for the new charges are still unknown.

He was released in June 2025, having served his full sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 17.09.2021
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 19.11.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Trial outcome 19.06.2025
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Eugene Viktorovich Seryakov
Eugene Viktorovich Seryakov
State prosecutors7 september 1981
Place:
court of the Moscow district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
17.09.2021
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Yuri Viktorovich Mashketov
Yuri Viktorovich Mashketov
Judges19 may 1988
Place:
court of the Moscow district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
17.09.2021
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Elena Nikolaevna Ananich
Elena Nikolaevna Ananich
Judges18 october 2026
Place:
Minsk City Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
19.11.2021
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Eugene Viktorovich Pisarevich
Eugene Viktorovich Pisarevich
Judges14 may 1990
Place:
Minsk City Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
19.06.2025
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Overseers21 january 1980
Place:
IVS Okrestina
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Overseers9 january 1978
Place:
IK-17
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Ruslan Mikhailovich Linnik
In custody:
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
28.12.1982
Number of children:
1
Was held in:
SIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
Articles:
Groups:
BloggersParents of minorsCreative people
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2021
  2. ~20.02.2021

    Transfer

    IVS Vitebsk — In custody

  3. ~22.02.2021

    Transfer

    IVS Okrestina — In custody

  4. ~01.03.2021

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 — In custody

  5. 17.09.2021

    Trial outcome 17.09.2021

    4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, court of the Moscow district of Minsk

  6. 19.11.2021

    Appeal 19.11.2021

    the sentence was upheld, Minsk City Court