On September 11, 2023, the State Security Committee reported in a propaganda film that it had detained six people in Belarus on charges of collaborating with the "Security Service of Ukraine" and "preparing terrorist attacks." In the video, some of them appear beaten, some are led around in chains during investigative actions, and one of the detainees was filmed in a KGB pretrial detention center. As a result, three people, including Valentina, were charged under six articles of the Criminal Code at once, including "Treason" and "agent activity."
Valentina, according to pro-government media, together with Nikolai Losovsky, was picking up a package containing weapons and explosives, which had to be buried in the Mozyr district. They did not manage to complete the task, as they were detained.
Trial outcome 02.12.2024
9 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 550 basic values fine.
Appeal 25.02.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On September 11, 2023, the State Security Committee reported in a propaganda film that it had detained six people in Belarus on charges of collaborating with the "Security Service of Ukraine" and "preparing terrorist attacks." In the video, some of them appear beaten, some are led around in chains during investigative actions, and one of the detainees was filmed in a KGB pretrial detention center. As a result, three people, including Nikolai, were charged under six articles of the Criminal Code at once, including "Treason" and "agent activity."
Nikolai, according to pro-government media, checked caches on orders from Ukrainian special services and also carried out other tasks for money.
Trial outcome 02.12.2024
10 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 550 basic values fine.
Appeal 25.02.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Details of the persecution of the Ukrainian gamekeeper became known from a propaganda film on September 11, 2023, which was shown on all state channels at once. In it, Vyacheslav was led on a chain during the investigation. The State Security Committee reported that it had detained six people in Belarus on charges of collaborating with the "Security Service of Ukraine" and "preparing terrorist attacks." In the video, some of them look beaten, some are led on chains during the investigation, and one of the detainees was filmed in the KGB pre-trial detention center. As a result, three people were charged under six articles of the Criminal Code at once, including "Treason" and "agent activity."
Ukrainian ranger Vyacheslav Borodiy was detained on September 1, 2023, in the Yelsky district of Belarus, bordering the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. It is known that Vyacheslav was born in the Zhytomyr region, lived in Mozyr for some time, and then returned to Ukraine and worked as a ranger, raising three children. The film said that after the start of a full-scale war, Borodiy allegedly underwent training at the training center of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and that "since March 2023, in addition to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, he began to cooperate with the Security Service of Ukraine."
Trial outcome 02.12.2024
10 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 550 basic values fine.
Appeal 25.02.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Gennady actively reposted political publications that suggested he supported the "Russian world." In 2020, he actively reposted messages criticizing Lukashenko's regime. And when Russian troops launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine, Korneevets switched to reposting Russian military propaganda, forgetting about Belarus. However, he did not delete his previous posts criticizing Lukashenko's regime.
Korneevets's social media page has reportedly not been updated since May 2024. On June 13, he was tried in Kalinkovichi, accused of distributing "extremist" materials. A criminal case was likely opened against him at the same time.
Trial outcome 21.10.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 13.12.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Evgeniy is a former IT manager from Mogilev. After the 2006 elections and several years of political activism, he was expelled from the history department of Mogilev University. He graduated from the history department in Poznan and worked as a manager at an IT company, supplying dairy products. In 2013, Evgeniy returned to Belarus, immediately got married, and then went to work. While he had previously focused primarily on public and academic activities (in the student ethnographic society and the oral history archive), he has now gone into business.
And since the beginning of 2017, he has taken on a new occupation: at the request of clients, he has recorded interviews with their village grandparents and edited documentaries.
Evgeniya has a wife and two small children waiting for her at home.
Trial outcome 12.06.2025
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 500 basic values fine.
Appeal 11.09.2025
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On November 27, 2023, and again on December 11, 2023, Dmitrywas arrested and convicted under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution, production, storage, and transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activity or promoting such activity). Judges: Artem Podolyanets and Nikolai Kmita.
He was held in the temporary detention facility of the Baranovichi District Department of Internal Affairs. A criminal case was subsequently opened, and he was transferred to Pretrial Detention Center No. 7 in Brest. His wife, Oksana Viktorovna Molochko, was also convicted. They were sentenced to 12 and 8 years for "treason," but in fact, for photographing a train with military equipment on the platform, without any espionage intent.
Before his arrest, he was engaged in handicrafts and was self-employed.
Trial outcome 24.06.2024
12 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 27.09.2024
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On November 27, 2023, Oksana was charged with administrative offences under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offences. She was later placed in Pre-trial Detention Centre No. 7.
In the summer of 2024, the couple was convicted of "treason" (Part 1 of Article 356 of the Criminal Code). They were sentenced to 12 and 8 years in prison for "treason," but in fact, for photographing a train with military equipment on the platform without any espionage intent.
Trial outcome date unknown
8 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 27.09.2024
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 24.12.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Mikhail is originally from Borisov, but lived in Minsk. He studied at BSU to become a manager. It is known that Mikhail played poker under the nickname Rattly. He was noted for participating in numerous championships. Among them is the championship of Belarus.
Mikhail's trial began on October 17 in the Minsk City Court. The charges against him probably arose because of his support for Ukraine. He is charged under Part 2 of Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code (Assistance or other material support for war). The penalty for this article is five to ten years in prison.
Trial outcome 28.10.2024
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 14.01.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
According to the court, the essence of the charge against everyone was that on August 10, 2020, people in Brest "shouted slogans, whistled, clapped their hands, demonstrated white-red-white banners, and went out onto the roadway." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.
Trial outcome 07.10.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 17.12.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
And, as follows from the court's press release , Article 342 was charged to Navtsena for participating in the protests that took place in Pinsk from August 9 to 10, 2020. In addition, he was accused of writing offensive online comments in 2022 about A. Lukashenko, about a certain "official holding a responsible position", and also of writing "inciting hatred" comments about security forces in 2022. "Discrediting Belarus" also happened on the Internet: in November 2022, the man "posted a negative comment that formed a negative image of martial law" in Belarus.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 17.12.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On February 15, 2024, a "counter-terrorism operation" was declared in the Lelchitsy District of the Gomel Region on the border with Ukraine. Residents were asked to "remain calm and comply with the orders of law enforcement officers." The KGB claimed to have detained members of a "sabotage and reconnaissance group" that included citizens of Ukraine and Belarus. The exact number of detainees has not been reported.
After his arrest, Sergei was diagnosed with cancer in pretrial detention.
Trial outcome 23.10.2024
20 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 700 basic values fine.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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