unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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After school, Ruslan graduated from the Mogilev Higher College of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and worked in the police. He rose to the rank of captain in the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs of Brest. In 2008, he was fired for committing discreditable acts.
For the last 2 years, he has been periodically visiting Africa, Kenya, and has been running a blog on YouTube called “From Africa to Belarus.” There, he talks about life and work in Africa, and also shares events from his own life.
It is unclear when Ruslan was detained . He was eventually convicted in the Brest Regional Court under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code - "incitement of hatred". In the police list of "extremists" he has a note "serving a sentence". However, given that Sakharchuk is currently at large , he was most likely sentenced to chemistry with a referral, and he is waiting for a place to serve his sentence to be determined.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
A former soldier of Kalinovsky's regiment. His arrest was announced in a news broadcast on state television "Belarus 1" on May 5, 2025.
According to information from social networks, he graduated from the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy (BSAA). His specialty is cadastral and land law.
He served in the 38th separate motorized defense brigade of Belarus - a paratrooper unit in Brest, which was once headed by Valery Sakhashchik. In the photo from social networks, you can see that the pennant of the brigade was hanging in Grechikha's apartment.
According to the press service of the Kalinovsky Regiment, Vasily joined them in May 2022, but left the unit in June of the same year at his own request.
According to the video, he was detained somewhere in a swampy area outside the city by several KGB officers with machine guns. The man was transported by helicopter. During the transportation, he had a black bag over his head and his hands were clasped in front with a plastic zip tie.
As reported in the video, Vasily was born on July 28, 1981. In February 2022, he went to Poland to work, and three months later he joined the Kalinovsky Regiment. He underwent training in Kiev. The circumstances of his detention are unknown.
26.12. 2024 was subjected to administrative punishment under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (Distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activity or promoting such activity). After which a criminal case was opened.
Trial outcome date unknown
1 year 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.
In 2021, Demenchenko graduated from the Faculty of Information Technology at Polotsk State University, after which he worked as an electronics engineer at the Novopolotsk Central District Hospital, from where he resigned in the fall of 2022.
Over the following years, there were notes on social networks that the guy lived in Grodno and Warsaw. The last time Demenchenko was online was at the end of 2023. After that, he was most likely arrested.
Demenchenko was accused of "causing harm to the national security of Belarus." He could have been sentenced to 4 to 12 years in prison, but the sentence would have been in a penal colony in any case. The nature of the charge and the exact term are unknown.
Trial outcome date unknown
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.
Ex-policeman. According to the prosecution, on May 27, Butko, who after leaving the police became the director of a commercial transport company, struck his employee Andrei Zakhar "at least 12 times in the head" with his fists. The victim said in court that he had "no complaints" against Butko.
In 2017, Butko resigned from the service, and in 2020, he spoke out against the brutality of the security forces. In May 2021, Lukashenko stripped him of the rank of reserve police lieutenant colonel.
He was brought to administrative charges for participating in protests, which the court took into account when sentencing him. It is known that he is on the profukus list in prison as someone prone to extremism. The human rights organization RPF (Respect-Protect-Fulfill) finds a political component in his case.
Trial outcome date unknown
6 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 500 basic values fine.
Appeal 17.05.2022
the sentence was upheld.
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2 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.
Sergey is married and has a minor daughter. From 2018 to 2020, he worked at MAZ and the Minsk Design and Construction Technological Institute.
Since 2020, Zelenovsky has been working at Peleng. He worked in mechanical processing production as a machine tool and CNC manipulator adjuster, and has a 4th category.
The exact date of his arrest is unknown, but it happened after a raid on Peleng that lasted for several months from July 2024. People were tested on a polygraph, their phones were looked through, and they were also called in for conversations.
Trial outcome date unknown
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.
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.
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 27.09.2024
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.
Maxim Solop is 36 years old. He is originally from Brest. In 2012, he graduated from the Physics Department of the Francisk Skorina Gomel State University. He worked as an engineer at the Brest Information Computing Center for Export-Import Transportation of the Belarusian Railway.
Maxim loves traveling and active recreation, and also engages in various sports and leads a healthy lifestyle.
His trial will begin on February 24, 2025, in the Brest City Court. Maxim is accused of "calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of Belarus" (Part 3 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code).
Trial outcome 26.02.2025
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.
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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