3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
After finishing school, he entered the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at BSU. Since 2005, he has been working in IT.
At the end of 2021, Solozhentsev moved to Warsaw. There he opened an individual entrepreneurship and got a job at RunMyLease, where he holds the position of Tech lead.
Sergey's main hobby is ballroom dancing. In 2024, he and his partner won two gold and one silver at dance competitions in Poland in the 40+ category.
Then Sergei returned to Belarus. It is not known when exactly this happened, but the last time he contacted was at the end of October 2024. The trial of the IT specialist took place in the Grodno Regional Court. Judging by the fact that after the trial Solozhentsev never appeared online, he was sentenced to a term in a penal colony.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
A 39-year-old Gomel resident. He is a programmer. Khamenkov's last job on Linkedin is listed as Expert Software Development. He did not want to relocate in 2022.
According to the ONT film , Khamenkov is accused of "financing extremist activity." He made transfers in cryptocurrency. It is reported that he was detained at the end of 2024, while the guy is behind bars, his grandmother died.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
A 40-year-old programmer from Mogilev. In 2013, he graduated from the Belarusian-Russian University, studying to be an engineer. He specializes in working with the Magento platform, which is used to create online stores and organize online trading. He has a young daughter and a wife.
Igor Goltsov transferred about $50 to the Zerkalo YouTube channel via Patreon. This happened in 2023.
Trial outcome 14.05.2025
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 20.06.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
According to pro-government media, he is accused of financing terrorist activities in exchange for a donation of 50 USD to the Kalinovsky Regiment in 2023.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
It is known that in Poland Oreshko worked as a human resources specialist — he looked for people to employ. He came to Belarus periodically. It is not known when he returned last, but he was detained several months ago.
Аreshko is currently in a pre-trial detention facility.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 27.09.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
As an individual entrepreneur, he was engaged in the repair and maintenance of computer equipment.
Trial outcome 22.10.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 03.01.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Sergey Skibinsky is 41 years old. He is a designer. Previously, he was the director of the design agency poligraf.bу, which existed until 2020. Sergey also has an individual entrepreneurship in the field of design, makes his own illustrations and projects.
Sergei will be tried for "assisting extremism" and participating in protests.
Trial outcome 18.10.2024
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 31.01.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Vitaly is a programmer. He worked at the Mogilev Metallurgical Plant and administered the company's website, in a specialized design bureau, as a software engineer at the Center for City Information Systems of Mogilev.
The man's hobby is photography. He takes photos both on film and on digital cameras. Alexey regularly films various city events and shares photos on social networks. He also loves to travel, both in Belarus and abroad.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Maxim graduated from the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics with a degree in network engineering. He began his career at the Minsk Electromechanical Plant, then worked as a programmer at IBA and Netland. In 2022, he took the position of system architect at A1.
He was detained and convicted in August 2024 under the articles “financing extremist activity” and “financing or other material support for war.”
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Alina was convicted in July 2024 under the articles "participation in an armed group or armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state" and "financing the activities of an extremist group."
Human rights activists are unaware of the sentence or the nature of the charges, but in Belarus, the first article is typically used for prosecution for supporting Ukraine in the war. For such a donation, she could have been sentenced to five to ten years in a penal colony.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Graduated from the Philology Department of BSU. Volunteered at the II European Games. Worked at Currency.com, spent almost a year in Georgia, working in remote support. Then returned to Belarus. He is interested in languages, historical reconstruction, and heavy music.
Trial outcome 18.07.2024
unknown.
Appeal 20.09.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Ilya has been working for the IT company iTechArt for over twelve years. This is a large company with over one and a half thousand employees. Ilya is a Senior software engineer. Gumbar has two well-known hobbies - sports tourism and trail running. Trail running is running long distances across rough terrain, often impassable forests or high mountains (within the route, the altitude differences can reach thousands of meters). He ranks second in Belarus among men in this discipline according to the UTMB rating.
On September 3, 2024, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 08.07.2024
5 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 03.09.2024
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
38-year-old illustrator. She quit her job at PL in a large IT company. Her colleagues were shocked and tried to talk her out of it — she decided to go home. She said she already had a certificate from the KGB about the donation paid in multiples for 2020. She was tired of being homeless. She was detained at the border. According to the prosecution's version of events, which was voiced by the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office, in 2021-2022, Natalia Levaya transferred cash and cryptocurrency in the total amount of at least four thousand and four hundred rubles (today this is about 1,275 euros) to bank accounts and virtual wallets "used by representatives of extremist groups, including armed ones, for example, the Kalinovsky Regiment". In addition, she was fined 1,000 basic units - almost the same amount that Natalia donated to initiatives and funds. This is the punishment requested by the state prosecution at the trial. The trial was held behind closed doors.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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