In 2025, singer Roman Yurkov received a letter of gratitude from Lukashenko for supporting his candidacy in the last election. Just a month later, security forces detained the artist after they discovered comments he had written in 2020.
Roman was tried in September 2025 in the Minsk City Court. There were several hearings, and pro-government singers, the Gruzdeva sisters, spoke in his defense.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Marina previously worked as an entrepreneur, selling flooring. Her business closed in 2015, after which she moved to another company that did the same.
The woman is known as a lover of Belarusian culture and took part in events of the Belarusian Language Society and a folk dance club.
Most likely, the matter is connected with Alexandra’s participation in protest chats.
On March 19, 2026, she was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Trial outcome 09.09.2025
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Margarita is originally from Lida. In 2018, she graduated from the Faculty of History at BSU with a degree in Museum Studies and the Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage.
In 2020, Margarita registered the company "VM-TORG" in Smolensk. Its business is wholesale trade in furniture, household goods, hardware, cutlery, and other metal products.
In recent years, the girl has been living in Samokhvalovichi near Minsk.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Alexander Rusakovich holds a PhD in economics and the title of associate professor. He served as head of the cooperation sector at the Republican Scientific Unitary Enterprise "Institute for System Research in the Agro-Industrial Complex of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus." He also taught at the Belarusian State Technical University.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Alexandra graduated from Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. She works as an English teacher in various schools and child development centers in Mogilev. She holds a first-category teaching qualification.
The woman is known as a lover of Belarusian culture and took part in events of the Belarusian Language Society and a folk dance club.
Most likely, the matter is connected with Alexandra’s participation in protest chats.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Trial outcome date unknown
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
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