Former political prisonersForced displacement

Sergey Petrovich Pavlovitsky

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Sergei was arrested in January 2024 and convicted in October of that year of "financing extremist activity." He was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

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 01.10.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 10.12.2024
the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Elena Nikolaevna Ananich
Elena Nikolaevna Ananich
Judges17 october 2026
Place:
Minsk City Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
01.10.2024
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Andrey Viktorovich Kovalchuk
Andrey Viktorovich Kovalchuk
Judges17 october 2026
Place:
Supreme Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
10.12.2024
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Alexey Valerievich Lazarenko
Alexey Valerievich Lazarenko
OthersOverseers29 june 1975
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Ivan Leonidovich Ignatenko
Ivan Leonidovich Ignatenko
Overseers25 april 1984
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Correctional officer
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Alesya Petrovna Brinevets
Alesya Petrovna Brinevets
Overseers22 january 1980
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Correctional officer
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Ilya Nikolaevich Kislyakov
Ilya Nikolaevich Kislyakov
Overseers25 december 1994
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Correctional officer
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Artem Viktorovich Veselov
Artem Viktorovich Veselov
OverseersOthers7 august 1984
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Correctional officer
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Denis Aleksandrovich Kovalev
Denis Aleksandrovich Kovalev
Overseers17 october 2026
Place:
IK-15
Type:
Correctional officer
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Sergey Petrovich Pavlovitsky
In custody:
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Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
05.10.1979
Was held in:
IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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Timeline

  1. 2024

  2. 31.01.2024

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody

  3. 01.10.2024

    Trial outcome 01.10.2024

    3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court

  4. ~02.12.2024

    Transfer

    Turma №4 — In custody

  5. 10.12.2024

    Appeal 10.12.2024

    the sentence was upheld, Supreme Court

  6. 29.12.2024

    Transfer

    IK-15 — In custody