Political prisoners

Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Borodiy

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Citizen of Ukraine.

Details of the persecution of the Ukrainian gamekeeper became known from a propaganda film on September 11, 2023, which was shown on all state channels at once. In it, Vyacheslav was led on a chain during the investigation. The State Security Committee reported that it had detained six people in Belarus on charges of collaborating with the "Security Service of Ukraine" and "preparing terrorist attacks." In the video, some of them look beaten, some are led on chains during the investigation, and one of the detainees was filmed in the KGB pre-trial detention center. As a result, three people were charged under six articles of the Criminal Code at once, including "Treason" and "agent activity."

Ukrainian ranger Vyacheslav Borodiy was detained on September 1, 2023, in the Yelsky district of Belarus, bordering the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. It is known that Vyacheslav was born in the Zhytomyr region, lived in Mozyr for some time, and then returned to Ukraine and worked as a ranger, raising three children. The film said that after the start of a full-scale war, Borodiy allegedly underwent training at the training center of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and that "since March 2023, in addition to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, he began to cooperate with the Security Service of Ukraine."

Sentences

Trial outcome 02.12.2024
10 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 550 basic values fine.
Appeal 25.02.2025
unknown.

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Involved in repression

Eugene Vasilevich Shershnev
Eugene Vasilevich Shershnev
Judges20 july 1987
Place:
Gomel Regional Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
02.12.2024
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Maksim Yurievich Filatov
Maksim Yurievich Filatov
Judges23 august 1979
Place:
Supreme Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
25.02.2025
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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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Co-defendants

Who else is held in IK-17

Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Borodiy
In custody:
Case categories:
Anti-war actions
Birthday:
26.10.1978
Number of children:
3
Mailing address:
IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
Articles:
Groups:
Foreign citizensParents of minors
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Timeline

  1. 2023
  2. 01.09.2023

    Transfer

    SIZO KGB — In custody

  3. 2024
  4. 10.10.2024

    Transfer

    SIZO-3 — In custody

  5. 02.12.2024

    Trial outcome 02.12.2024

    10 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 550 basic values fine, Gomel Regional Court

  6. 2025
  7. 25.02.2025

    Appeal 25.02.2025

    unknown, Supreme Court

  8. ~12.03.2025

    Transfer

    IK-17 — In custody