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The reason for the criminal case was a woman’s comment on Instagram with the following content: “The Belarusian leadership will not do anything against the RACISTS!!! They feed her!!!!” It was this phrase that was considered “inciting hostility.”
On March 22, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
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A Latvian citizen. Her trial began in the Minsk City Court on September 29, 2023. She is accused of being an undercover agent.
On December 19, 2023, the appeal was heard.
On December 13, 2025, she was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and taken to Lithuania.
Sergei Mitskovich was accused of writing a comment on March 20, 2022 with the word “cattle” and mentioning Gaidukevich and Voskresensky. The message was written under a video where Oleg Gaidukevich, Yuriy Voskresensky, Grigory Azaryonok and some other pro-government activists went to the Ukrainian embassy in Minsk on March 20, 2022 and held what they called “an event against Nazi power in Ukraine.”
In this case, from the beginning of August 2023, Sergei was kept under house arrest (until trial).
2 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
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In the “repentance video,” the detainee says that he is a first-year student at the Belarusian State Pedagogical University and allegedly “administered a nationalist chat of Belarusians and Ukrainians,” where cruelty against the Russian military was published.
The guy also “admits to distributing Nazi and extremist materials.”
09/08/2023 convicted under Article 19.11. for reposting from telegrams of the NEXTA channel. On September 11, 2023, he was convicted under Article 19.11. for reposting from the telegrams of the Belarus brain channel. On September 19, 2023, he was convicted under Article 19.11. Part 2. for 10 days for repeated reposting from the telegrams of the Belarus Brain channel. On September 29, 2023, he was sentenced to 14 days under Article 19.11. Part 2 for reposting from the telegram channel "Belarus of the Brain".
On October 15, 2023, charges were brought under Article 368 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus
| 20.09.2023 | 19.09.2023 осужден по статье 19.11. ч.2. на 10 суток за повторный репост из телеграмм канала "Беларусь головного мозга" судья Климук М.А. |
Information about the detention of the girl appeared in pro-government channels, "repentant" videos were recorded, where the detainees were accused of disloyal attitude towards Lukashenka and a negative attitude towards the Russian military.
Unknown years of restriction of probation
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According to pro-government Telegram channels, Valentin was detained on June 9, 2023, for "eight comments on the topic of Russian aggression with insults to Russian citizens," by which he allegedly "attempted to incite ethnic hatred." It is also reported that insults were left against Lukashenko.
Before his arrest, Valentin Shtermer was the director of Avangardbiznesresurs LLC and was the founder of commercial firms in Russia.
The court found Stormer guilty of joining an extremist group for the purpose of committing an extremist crime.
On 01.12.2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
He came to the colony after a stroke. "Valentin spoke very slowly, and walked with difficulty - when we walked from work, he always lagged behind, because he could not keep up. Plus, in the winter, he slipped and fell. He had either a broken arm or a dislocation," said a political prisoner from his unit.
Valentin died in early 2025.
The exact date of death is unknown. There is also no certainty whether Shtermer died in the colony or was taken to a hospital - a prison or civilian one. In the realities of Lukashenko's dictatorship, all such information is hidden.
According to journalists, the accusation is related to the fact that the Gomel resident transferred money to help Ukraine through the BYSOL fund. After the full-scale Russian invasion, he spoke out against the war on social networks and published reports on humanitarian assistance to residents of the Chernihiv region, they note.
Yuri Tashkinov is a Gomel entrepreneur, a resident of the city technopark. In 2018, he developed a mobile application for searching for providers of various services.
On October 27, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
A businessman from Mogilev, his home was searched. A regional state television channel claimed that Tychinsky "was a supporter of Ukrainian Nazi groups" and that he "drove with Ukrainian nationalist symbols in his car." The latter refers to the official flag of Ukraine.
As a result, a criminal case was opened against Vladimir. He is accused of filming the movement of Russian military Z-type equipment on his mobile phone in April 2022 and sending the video to media outlets, which the authorities deemed "extremist."
On October 24, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists , he was released in the spring of 2025, having served his full sentence.
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Oleg shared his thoughts on socio-political issues with several subscribers on his channels. Since the onset of Russian aggression, several videos featuring the movement of Russian military equipment have appeared on YouTube. Oleg stopped updating his networks in September 2022.
In the summer of 2023, he was found guilty of a number of criminal charges, including "defamation of Lukashenko" and "creation of or participation in an extremist group," and 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, Keith Kellogg, and taken to Ukraine.
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Dmitry was charged under three articles of the Criminal Code for Telegram comments about Alexander Lukashenko, Natalia Kachanova, and Russians. State television aired a video about the verdict. In it, the prosecutor explains the essence of the charge: that the comment about Russians constituted an "ethnic insult."
He was scheduled to be released on November 23 , 2025 .
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Mikhail Stolyarchuk was convicted under Article 358-1 of the Criminal Code (intelligence activities). He is a Ukrainian citizen. His nephew, Dmitry Gudik, was also charged in the case. According to the prosecution, they had been collecting data on military equipment and facilities in Belarus on behalf of the Security Service of Ukraine since 2018. Igor Dirko was also detained with them, but instead of being prosecuted, he was deported from Belarus.
Worked as a bus driver on Belarus-Ukraine routes.
He was pardoned on November 22, 2025, along with 31 other Ukrainian citizens. According to Lukashenko's press service, this occurred as part of "agreements reached" with US President Donald Trump and "at the request of the Ukrainian side in order to create conditions for resolving the armed conflict in the neighboring state." The released citizens were immediately handed over to the Ukrainian side.
He was engaged in making wooden toys. He led a group on VKontakte, which included artisans.
In 2020, he began writing critical messages about the situation with the presidential elections in Belarus in a group with about 6 thousand participants. Renamed the group to “Belarus without rudeness.” After 2021, activity in the group decreased, but with the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine, Dmitry began to speak out against the war in it. The group was eventually recognized as an “extremist formation.”
On April 4, 2023, Dmitry was detained and sent to serve 15 days of arrest, which he had been sentenced to earlier. However, after his arrest he was not released.
On February 16, 2024, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
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Andrey and his wife are Ukrainians, both from Chernihiv. The couple moved to Belarus after getting married: it was his wife's wish, as her parents lived there.
The family had been living in Vitebsk for 10 years. Andrei worked as an electrician at the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee. He was also detained at work.
In the pro-government film "Gaspar Didn't Get in Touch" on the ONT television channel, aired on April 5, 2023, Andrei was accused of being an agent for Ukraine.
As the film reports , Shmai regularly sent information via the Signal messenger to Ukraine to his younger brother, Ruslan, who serves in the Chernihiv operational directorate "North" and is the deputy commander for operational affairs.
On December 13, 2025, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and taken to Ukraine.
20 year old Vladislav was accused of taking photos and videos of military equipment, military personnel, as well as a military airfield in Bobruisk from February 24 to February 25, 2022.
Then Vladislav forwarded at least 9 video files and photos to a telegram channel recognized as extremist in the Republic of Belarus.
According to pro-government telegram channels, four people were detained - they are called a "sleeper cell of extremists" who had "external connections" with Belarusian volunteers fighting in Ukraine. Among them is Igor.
All of them are from Gomel and, judging by their posts on social networks, have been friends for a long time, participating together in an international game of Beer Pong in Gomel.
After the brutal detention, the friends were forced to record a “repentance video” and say that they created a chat where they corresponded with each other, and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, they allegedly insulted Lukashenko several times in correspondence, and also wrote “wrong” comments. Another accusation is that the guys “had external connections” with Belarusian volunteers who are fighting for Ukraine. Apparently, this was the basis for initiating a criminal case under the article “promoting extremist activities.”
On May 10, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.