All persecuted

Writer and journalist Sasha Filipenko was forced to leave for Europe in 2020. Some of his publications have been translated into many languages and were on bestseller lists. The writer is engaged in promoting the Belarusian issue and has repeatedly appeared in Western media.

In November 2023, a search was conducted in the house of Sasha Filipenko's parents, his father, Alexander, was detained. Later, the Pervomaisky District Court of Minsk arrested him for 13 days.

In February 2024, Filipenko said that a criminal case had been opened against him, and that “two other cases were in the process of being opened.”

Alexander shared that the decision to open a criminal case against him states : "...through literature and other Internet resources, he insulted three professional groups... including patriotically minded citizens, which led to mass protests in Belarus...".

Deputy Chairman of the United Civil Party. The politician was detained on May 13, 2021. He was taken from work by police officers. Vladimir Shantsev was found guilty of allegedly participating in an unauthorized mass event near the Mogilev Regional Court on May 12, where the criminal case of Pavel Severinets and other activists was being tried. After 15 days of administrative arrest, he was released from the temporary detention facility.

At the end of February 2025, a criminal case was opened in absentia against Vladimir for participating in the program "Palitbomond" (broadcasts from 09/20/2023 and 10/08/2024) on the YouTube channel "6tv Bielarus", which was recognized as an "extremist formation" by the decision of the KGB Chairman on 11/29/2023.

It is known that in 2020, the man joined the Coordination Council for the Brest Region. On August 26, 2020, Andrei reported that security forces came to him. On the same day, he left Belarus with his wife.

On April 8, the KGB added Andrei to the "terrorist list."

On December 10, 2024, the Investigative Committee launched a special case against five members of Kalinovsky's regiment: Artem Bigel, Vyacheslav Granovskiy, Ignatiy Kireyev, Anastasia Makhomet, and Yan Melnikov. They are charged under articles on the creation of a criminal organization, organizing the activities of a terrorist organization, calls for causing harm to national security, participation in an armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state, and others.

They were found guilty under a number of articles of the Criminal Code, including "act of terrorism" and "organizing the activities of a terrorist organization." The defendants in the case were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 12 to 20 years.

In addition, the Kalinovites were given fines ranging from 500 to 3,500 base units (from 21,000 to 147,000 rubles).

On December 10, 2024, the Investigative Committee launched a special case against five members of Kalinovsky's regiment: Artem Bigel, Vyacheslav Granovskiy, Ignatiy Kireyev, Anastasia Makhomet, and Yan Melnikov. They are charged under articles on the creation of a criminal organization, organizing the activities of a terrorist organization, calls for causing harm to national security, participation in an armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state, and others.

They were found guilty under a number of articles of the Criminal Code, including "act of terrorism" and "organizing the activities of a terrorist organization." The defendants in the case were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 12 to 20 years.

In addition, the Kalinovites were given fines ranging from 500 to 3,500 base units (from 21,000 to 147,000 rubles).

On December 10, the Investigative Committee launched a special case against five members of Kalinovsky's regiment: Artem Bigel, Vyacheslav Granovskiy, Ignatiy Kireyev, Anastasia Makhomet, and Yan Melnikov. They are charged under articles on the creation of a criminal organization, organizing the activities of a terrorist organization, calls for causing harm to national security, participation in an armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state, and others.

They were found guilty under a number of articles of the Criminal Code, including "act of terrorism" and "organizing the activities of a terrorist organization." The defendants in the case were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 12 to 20 years.

On December 10, 2024, the Investigative Committee launched a special case against five members of Kalinovsky's regiment: Artem Bigel, Vyacheslav Granovskiy, Ignatiy Kireyev, Anastasia Makhomet, and Yan Melnikov. They are charged under articles on the creation of a criminal organization, organizing the activities of a terrorist organization, calls for causing harm to national security, participation in an armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state, and others.

They were found guilty under a number of articles of the Criminal Code, including "act of terrorism" and "organizing the activities of a terrorist organization." The defendants in the case were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 12 to 20 years.

On December 10, 2024, the Investigative Committee launched a special case against five members of Kalinovsky's regiment: Artem Bigel, Vyacheslav Granovskiy, Ignatiy Kireyev, Anastasia Makhomet, and Yan Melnikov. They are charged under articles on the creation of a criminal organization, organizing the activities of a terrorist organization, calls for causing harm to national security, participation in an armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state, and others.

They were found guilty under a number of articles of the Criminal Code, including "act of terrorism" and "organizing the activities of a terrorist organization." The defendants in the case were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 12 to 20 years.

A well-known Belarusian blogger, author of the channels "My Country is Belarus", "Lukashenko's Mustache". In June 2020, when the arrests of bloggers began, he left Belarus. In 2022, he stated that he was related to the press service of the Kalinovsky regiment in Ukraine, published photos in which he was with a weapon, in military uniform. Bespalov is currently participating in "Paspality Rushenni".

Economist and Administrative Director of the BEROC Research Centre.

The case against Pavel Daneiko began on December 23, 2024, and special proceedings against him began on October 8. According to the prosecution, Daneiko joined the Coordination Council in August 2020 and "as its member, took active steps to achieve the goals of the unconstitutional seizure of state power."

According to the prosecution , Daneiko joined the Coordination Council in August 2020 and "as its member, took active steps to achieve the goals of the unconstitutional seizure of state power." "According to the case materials, the accused, with the direct participation of the enterprise's employees, developed and carried out a scheme of illegal activity, in which he used the business entity as a tool to avoid the licensing procedure. The amount of income obtained through criminal means exceeded 200 thousand rubles."

In 2020, Daneiko was a member of the Coordination Council, and in September 2021, he was attacked by pro-government media for his ties to democratic forces. The economist later left the country, first living in Kiev and now in Vilnius. He works as the administrative director of the BEROC Economic Research Center.

In Belarus, he was also known as a business lecturer, a member of the supervisory boards of the companies Milavitsa, Farmland and Gomselmash. He was a member of various authoritative business organizations, including the public advisory council for the development of entrepreneurship under the Ministry of Economy of Belarus.

Vladimir Arkadyevich Astapenko served as Belarus' Ambassador to Argentina until 2020. He resigned on the day of Alexander Lukashenko's inauguration, September 23, 2020, stating that he believed "in a better future for the Belarusian people." Soon after, Lukashenko signed a decree dismissing Astapenko and stripping him of his diplomatic rank "due to committing an offense incompatible with serving in the diplomatic service." Ostapenko did not agree with this wording of the reason for his dismissal and tried to change it through the court, but to no avail. Vladimir was forced to leave Belarus.

He then joined Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's team and now works in the United Transitional Cabinet. Special proceedings were initiated against the former ambassador on December 21, 2022.

Pavel Mikhailovich Marinich is the head of Malanka Media. The special proceedings were initiated by the Investigative Committee in agreement with the Prosecutor General of Belarus on December 27, 2023, and on February 22 the case was transferred to court. Pavel Liber, Alexander Dobrovolsky, and Alena Zhivoglod were convicted in this case.

Head of the "Honest People" initiative. The special proceedings were initiated by the Investigative Committee in agreement with the Prosecutor General of Belarus on December 27, 2023, and on February 22 the case was transferred to court. Pavel Marinich, Pavel Liber, and Alexander Dobrovolsky were convicted in this case.

Pavel Ivanovich Liber created the voting platform "Voice". The special proceedings were initiated by the Investigative Committee in agreement with the Prosecutor General of Belarus on December 27, 2023, and on February 22 the case was transferred to court. Pavel Marinich, Alexander Dobrovolsky, and Alena Zhivoglod were convicted in this case.