Former political prisonersReleased

Viktor Evgenievich Borushko

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Viktor was detained on October 18, 2020, after the "Partisan March" protest. Upon seeing security forces, he attempted to flee, but was knocked down and fell along with a riot police officer, who sustained a fracture. Viktor was severely beaten and hospitalized. At trial, he testified to torture but was convicted of allegedly tripping a riot police officer, pleading not guilty.

In the summer of 2021, he was convicted again under the article on "malicious disobedience to the demands of the correctional facility administration." This article applies to prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration and for fictitious violations. As a result, his total prison sentence was seven years.

In December 2023, Viktor's conditions of detention were tightened and he was transferred to a prison regime.

In December 2025 , he was released, having fully served his sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 27.01.2021
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Trial outcome 12.07.2021
2 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Regime change trial 15.12.2023
3 years of prison regime.

Involved in repression

Alexander Sergeevich Romanovich
Alexander Sergeevich Romanovich
State prosecutors17 june 1986
Place:
court of Leninsky district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
27.01.2021
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Marina Svyatoslavovna Zapasnik
Marina Svyatoslavovna Zapasnik
Judges28 march 1981
Place:
court of Leninsky district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
27.01.2021
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Olga Victorovna Kravchenko
Olga Victorovna Kravchenko
Judges2 may 1991
Place:
court of Oktyabrsky district of Mogilev
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
12.07.2021
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Elena Mikhailovna Vorobyova
Elena Mikhailovna Vorobyova
Judges17 october 2026
Place:
Gorki district court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
15.12.2023
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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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Paul Ivanovich Kazakov
Paul Ivanovich Kazakov
Overseers11 june 1977
Place:
Turma №1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Overseers19 march 1977
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Overseers23 may 1983
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Correctional officer
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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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Viktor Evgenievich Borushko
In custody:
Case categories:
Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:
Pervomayskaya
Birthday:
30.03.1988
Was held in:
Turma №1, Grodno, Kirova 1, 230023
Articles:
Groups:
Entrepreneurs
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2020
  2. 18.10.2020

    Transfer

    Emergency hospital — In custody

  3. ~30.10.2020

    Transfer

    Turma №8 — In custody

  4. ~28.12.2020

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 — In custody

  5. 2021
  6. 27.01.2021

    Trial outcome 27.01.2021

    5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, court of Leninsky district of Minsk

  7. ~17.04.2021

    Transfer

    IK-15 — In custody