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Evgeny Vasilevsky was detained almost a year ago in Moscow, from March 25 to April 7, 2022, he was sentenced to administrative arrest under Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (violation of the procedure for organizing or holding mass events).
The essence of the accusation is still unknown. Probably, we are talking about the transfer of personal data of security forces to protest chats.
In the fall of 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
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Former police officer Alexander Sazonov and Yevgeny Vasilevsky were detained almost a year ago, on February 27, 2022, in Minsk, and on March 1, both were punished with administrative arrest under Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (violation of the procedure for organizing or holding mass events).
The Pervomaisky District Court of Minsk sentenced Sazonov to 13 days of arrest for participating in a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Vasilevsky to 15 days.
The essence of the accusation is still unknown. It is likely that it concerns the transfer of personal data of security officials to protest chats.
According to human rights activists , he was released on September 9, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
According to pro-government channels, Vitaly, succumbing to a provocation, spoke in a roulette chat in support of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, and also predicted Russia's defeat in the war.
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Anesthesiologist-resuscitator of Lyuban Central District Hospital.
In chat-roulette, having succumbed to provocation, he spoke out in support of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, and also predicted Russia's defeat in the war.
Graduate student of Mogilev State University named after A. A. Kuleshov.
In a chatroulette, a man answered the «Zhive Belarus!» with «Zhive vechna!» (Translation: «Long live Belarus» with «Long live forever»). He also confessed his support for Ukraine, predicted Russia's loss in the war and expressed the hope that after that a revolution could begin in Belarus.
*According to the decree of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus dated November 10, 2022, the phrase «Zhive Belarus!» in conjunction with the raised open palm was added to the list of extremist or Nazi symbols.
On January 9, 2023, the Gomel Regional Court considered the case of two Gomel residents, Vladislav Yatsenko and Kirill Plakushchev. According to the investigation, one of them repeatedly posted on one of the social networks publications calling for participation in the Kastus Kalinovsky battalion, "Azov" and other formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He also transferred 21 euros for the Kastus Kalinovsky battalion. Both guys were also accused of making cynical inscriptions and drawings on the walls of buildings. The court assessed the damage at 130 rubles.
According to human rights activists , he was released on May 7, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
On January 9, 2023, the Gomel Regional Court heard the case of two Gomel residents, Vladislav Yatsenko and Kirill Plakushchev. According to the investigation, one of them repeatedly posted messages on a social media platform calling for participation in Kastus Kalinovsky's battalion, Azov, and other units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He also transferred 21 euros to Kastus Kalinovsky's battalion. Both men were also accused of spray-painting cynical graffiti and drawings on the walls of buildings. The court assessed damages at 130 rubles.
On December 13, 2025, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
In the video of the security forces, the man says that he works as a software engineer in an educational institution - according to his social networks, this is the Belarusian National Technical University.
According to what the security forces say, he published his opinions about the situation in Ukraine in the comments. Judging by the published screenshots, there is nothing radical there. For example, a man says that many Belarusians support Ukraine, and the dead Russian soldiers are occupiers in a foreign land, so they are not very sorry.
Dmitry Solovyanchik worked as a courier for Kuprienko's company. A story on a pro-government channel claims that he also filmed a video of the movement of military equipment and passed it on to Kupriyenko, "not knowing what they were for him."
Elena has been convicted multiple times on politically motivated charges, including "insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko" through comments on Telegram channels.
Her first trial took place in December 2022 for "insulting a government official," the outcome of which is unknown. In March 2023, she was sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility and a large fine for a comment with an emoji addressed to police captain Ruslan Kutsko.
In April 2024, a new criminal case was heard against Elena under the articles "insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko," the verdict for which is also unknown.
In October 2024, she was convicted of "inciting hatred or discord" for comments about Lukashenko, security forces, and participants in the war in Ukraine, and sentenced to imprisonment.
Released in autumn 2025 .
According to the materials of the prosecution, Bobkov, in February 2022, posted a publication on social networks with a video recording of the movement of vehicles of paramilitary Russian units moving through the territory of the Republic of Belarus, indicating their location. Then, using a mobile phone, he sent it to telegram channels, including those recognized by the court as extremist formations.
Before the trial, Bobkov was at large, under surety. Artyom was taken into custody in the courtroom.
He was detained for "meeting columns with military equipment of the RF Armed Forces on the highway and showing them the middle finger," and was also subscribed to "extremist materials" on social networks.
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A Ukrainian citizen born in Chernihiv. Zakharenko is also charged in the case with Larisa Krupa. The women are charged with failure to report a crime (Part 2 of Article 406 of the Criminal Code) and espionage (Article 358 of the Criminal Code). The trial will be held behind closed doors.
Natalia traveled to Belarus in the second half of 2022. She helped Ukrainians who were stuck in Belarus and unable to leave the country on their own. She traveled to Belarus in her own car. Zakharenko helped evacuate approximately 30 people from Belarus.
During another trip to Belarus, the woman disappeared. She stopped communicating on July 17, 2023.
It is known that, in addition to the prison term, the court ordered the confiscation of Natalia's minibus.
Her friend, Larisa Krupa, a Belarusian from Mozyr, was fined 100 basic units (4,000 Belarusian rubles) for "failure to report a crime."
The circumstances of the charges are unknown, as are the details of the trial - the court was closed.
On May 24, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
On the evening of June 28, 2024, news broke of the release of five political prisoners from Belarusian prison colonies. Ukrainian authorities secured the release of their citizens in a prisoner exchange. Natalia Zakharenko, Pavlo Kupriyenko, Lyudmila Goncharenko, Kateryna Bryukhanova, and Mykola Shvets, a defendant in the "Machulishchi case," were released. The terms of the exchange were not disclosed. The Vatican was reported to have participated in the release. The released political prisoners were brought to Ukraine on June 28; their photo from Zhulyany Airport was published in the media.
He was convicted because Zhodino policeman Nikolai Baranovsky considered himself insulted by his comment on social networks. At the trial, Dmitry Ivanov admitted his guilt and apologized to the policeman. He paid compensation for moral damage in the amount of one thousand rubles before the trial. Ivanov could not sit during the trial because of pain in his kidneys. Dmitry was released in the courtroom. The prosecutor asked the court to sentence the accused to two years in prison. On the day of the verdict, the man had a son.
Disagreeing with the punishment imposed due to its leniency, the Cherikov District Prosecutor filed an appeal. By decision of the Criminal Cases Panel of the Mogilev Regional Court, Ivanov was given a more severe punishment.
According to human rights activists , he was released on February 25, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
As it became known from the court ruling, Anastasia, after the start of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, moved from Belarus to Poland. While in a neighboring country, she tried to donate $16.71 from her Belarusian bank account via Internet banking to the Kalinovsky regiment, but the transaction did not go through.
Later, the political prisoner decided to return to Belarus, where she was detained. It should be noted that at the time of the transfer of funds by Anastasia, the Kalinovsky regiment was not recognized as an "extremist formation."