Bank manager. Has 15 years of experience in managing regional divisions of banks.
Last place of work: RRB bank.
Trial outcome date unknown
4 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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Journalist Kirill Poznyak was detained on September 4, the day the YouTube channel Platforma 375 was recognized as an “extremist group.” In 2021–2022, the channel held several debates between pro-government propagandists and their opponents who were forced to leave the country. Kirill Poznyak was one of the debate hosts. In his opening remarks, he stated that debates are needed to create a “dialogue platform so that opponents can at least hear each other,” as well as to “raise the level and culture of debates and discussions,” and for the disputing parties to have the opportunity to “broadcast not only to their own audience, but also to the audience of undecided people and to the public of opponents.”
The channel, as well as its TikTok accounts, were included in the “List of organizations, formations, and individual entrepreneurs involved in extremist activity” on September 11.
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3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
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Valentina was a long-time member of the left-wing "Fair World" party.In 2017, she was fined 15 basic units for participating in an administrative case against her for participating in a "non-parasite" protest.
The prosecutor requested a 7-year prison sentence for Valentina.
Trial outcome 24.07.2026
7 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
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1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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According to the KGB, Yevhen Gruk and Viktor Yaskichwere convicted under Article 289 of the Criminal Code (act of terrorism) and Article 295 of the Criminal Code (illegal actions involving firearms, ammunition, and explosives). Their arrest was announced in early April 2024 in a report on ONT. According to the propagandists, security forces detained at least 12 people, including Gruk and Yaskich, accused of smuggling explosives and planning terrorist attacks. According to the reporter, Gruk was an informant for the SBU: he photographed military equipment and transmitted its coordinates. Gruk was then ordered to retrieve explosives from a hiding place. Yaskich drove him to the hiding place. Subsequently, the two were to distribute the explosives from the hiding place to new hiding places. The report does not explain the rationale behind this action. Yevhen's wife, Lidiya Gruk, was also detained, but her fate is unknown. The authors of the story said that four young children remained in the family.
Trial outcome date unknown
24 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
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An employee of the Peleng company. He worked as a legal adviser in the Bureau of Customs, Licensing, and Export Control.
The last time he was online on social media was in November 2024.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
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Tatyana graduated fromthe MinskRadiotechnicalInstitute(nowBSUIR) and has an adult daughter and son.She enjoysspendingtime ather dacha,gardening, and hikingin the forest, and she travelsthroughout Belarus.
Tatyana was tried in the Minsk City Court under two articles of the Criminal Code: Part 3 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code (calls for sanctions and other actions aimed at causing harm to Belarus) and Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code (assistance to extremist activity). Under these articles, she could only have been sentenced to a prison colony. The verdict came into force in early May.
Trial outcome date unknown
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 500 basic values fine.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
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At the end of July, the famous jewelry brand Belaruskicry was designated an "extremist organization" in Belarus, and its information products were designated "extremist materials." The team suspended its activities. On July 27, propagandists detailed the allegations against the brand and reported the arrest of one of the team members, Yegor Buzhilov, who had traveled to Belarus. Additionally, six other individuals in Belarus were allegedly connected to Belaruskicry and are accused of economic crimes.
According to the propagandists, production director Yegor Buzhilov was detained after arriving in Belarus. The report featured footage of Buzhilov behind bars. The video is dated July 29. According to the propagandists, Buzhilov is accused, among other things, of "financing extremism" (Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code).
Yegor coordinated the production of Bielaruskicry jewelry—pendants, earrings, and charms. He was accused of giving one of the pieces to Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.
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Dmitry was found guilty in May 2025 under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and sentenced to restricted freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 21.05.2025
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Previously, Pavel worked for various independent publications. During the 2020 protests, he was detained and charged with administrative offences in connection with his professional activities. In the fall of 2021, Pavel Dobrovolsky left Belarus. He traveled extensively across various countries, reporting.
However, as has now becomeknown , he has been held in a pretrial detention facility in Belarus since January 2025. The circumstances of his criminal prosecution suggest that Pavel's previous activities related to the exercise of his right to free expression and dissemination of information are the reason for his detention.
In October 2025, it became known that Pavel was accused of treason.
Trial outcome date unknown
9 years of imprisonment in colony in strict regime conditions.
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In December 2024, pro-government media posted an audio recording of Olga, who is accused of participating in the "White Wings of Baranovichi" chat. When the KGB declared the "White Wings of Baranovichi" chat - a very small and long-inactive district chat - an extremist group, Olga was named among the participants. Olga was contacted through an unprotected account. It was linked to the girl's own number. Most likely, Olga was held in a pre-trial detention center before the trial.
Olga plays drums and was a drummer in amateur music groups as a student. She and her husband enjoy traveling.
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On July 31, 2024, she was detained under an administrative article, after which, apparently, a criminal case was opened.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown.
Appeal date unknown
unknown.
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