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.
Ukrainian citizen Lidiya Gruk was detained in the Malorita district of Belarus. A propaganda film by the Belarusian state-run ONT channel claims that Lidiya and her husband, Yevgeny, were photographing border facilities. According to the film's creators, the couple was charged with "terrorism." The "terrorism" charges were later downgraded to "intelligence activities." The family is survived by four minor children: two sons and two daughters. The youngest daughter was only seven months old at the time of her detention.
Lydia's husband was sentenced to 24 years in a maximum security penal colony.
She 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.
At the time of Lydia’s release, her children were with her mother-in-law in Belarus.
Trial outcome 02.05.2025
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
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