Yauhen Siarheyevich Drazdou
Yauhen Siarheyevich Drazdou
Number of repressed: 435
Date of birth: 29 june 1999
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Gomel Region Office of the Department of Corrections of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. Penal Colony No. 4 in Gomel. Technician, TSMIO.
Junior Sergeant.
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of Belarusian citizens. Yevgeny Sergeyevich Drozdov is a law enforcement officer involved in politically motivated repressions, during which thousands of peaceful protesters, several hundred journalists, human rights defenders, and activists were detained and subjected to violence.
Drozdov is guilty of using violence and creating inappropriate conditions for political prisoners at Penal Colony No. 4 in Gomel.
He planted needles on political prisoners to force them to write reports on violations. He also exerted moral pressure and humiliated them.

Gomel Region Office of the Department of Corrections of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. Penal Colony No. 4 in Gomel. Technician, TSMIO.
Junior Sergeant.
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of Belarusian citizens. Yevgeny Sergeyevich Drozdov is a law enforcement officer involved in politically motivated repressions, during which thousands of peaceful protesters, several hundred journalists, human rights defenders, and activists were detained and subjected to violence.
Drozdov is guilty of using violence and creating inappropriate conditions for political prisoners at Penal Colony No. 4 in Gomel.
He planted needles on political prisoners to force them to write reports on violations. He also exerted moral pressure and humiliated them.

List of repressed

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Sviatlana Vasilyeuna Paluektava
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In custody: 475 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 27.02.1986
Number of children: 2 children
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Svetlana was convicted for her comments and participation in protests.

Released on July 20, 2024, after being pardoned.

Trial outcome 07.07.2023:

2.5 years in prison

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In custody: 296 days
Hometown: Gacuk
Date of birth: 27.06.1981
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Svetlana was first convicted under an administrative article for “distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities,” after which a criminal case was opened against her for insulting A.G. Lukashenko.

According to the materials of the prosecution in the criminal case, Svetlana on her page in Odnoklassniki allegedly “placed a publication and video with a screensaver containing deliberately false information about Alexander Lukashenko, associated with accusing him of committing especially serious crimes, such as “murder”, “treason” state”, which do not correspond to reality and discredit its authority in the eyes of the public."

According to human rights activists, she will be released in early spring 2024 after fully serving her sentence.

Trial outcome 17.08.2023:

1 year imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions

Olesya Vyacheslavovna Shapkina
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In custody: ~1106 days
folder Categories of cases: Donate
Hometown: Krasnaya Sloboda
Date of birth: 30.12.1988
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Programmer at SamSolutions.

On September 15, 2023, the appeal was heard.

In the summer of 2025, she suffered from pneumonia and was hospitalized in the medical unit.

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 30.06.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 30.06.2023
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: 446 days
Hometown: Krichev
Date of birth: 23.10.1980
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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She was detained in January 2023 and convicted of insulting A.G. Lukashenko.

On June 22, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.

On March 30, 2024, she was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 28.03.2023:

1 year imprisonment in a general regime colony

Oksana Pavlovna Lakosa
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In custody: ~477 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Shostka, Ukraine
Date of birth: 19.06.1980
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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A native of Ukraine, but has citizenship of the Republic of Belarus. On May 16, 2023, she was convicted for participating in protests.

06/29/2024 released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 16.05.2023
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 28.07.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Jeanne Petrovna Volkova
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In custody: 970 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests Gomel 2020
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 04.07.1979
Number of children: 2 children
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Zhanna was arrested on May 11, 2023, right at School No. 63, where she had come to meet her child's teacher. In October of that year, she was convicted on several criminal charges, including "inciting hatred."

According to media reports, during the 2020 protests, police detained her on administrative charges.

According to human rights activists, Zhanna was expected to be released in the winter of 2026.

Trial outcome 18.10.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 05.01.2024
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: 566 days
Hometown: Navapolatsk
Date of birth: 20.10.1980
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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According to the case materials , in February 2022, she posted a comment that "insulted and humiliated the honor and dignity" of Podvoisky, Melnik, and Kozlov and "was aimed at undermining the authority of government officials." After the publication of a video on the CyberSlivy Telegram channel with a leaked telephone conversation between Podvoisky, Melnik, and Kozlov from September 2020, which became evidence that the police were telling judges what decisions to make for participants in peaceful protests. More than two dozen people left comments under it, including Ekaterina Lev. Ekaterina was detained a year later - on February 1, 2023.

Released on August 20, 2024, after being pardoned.

Trial outcome 30.05.2023:

2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

Natalia Eduardovna ZhlobΠΎ
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In custody: ~513 days
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Hometown: Maladzyechna
Date of birth: 21.05.1975
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Natalia Zhlobo works as a senior lecturer in the Department of Foreign Literature of the Faculty of English at Moscow State Linguistic University.

The arrest took place at the end of March, and since then Natalya has been in jail. The exact reason for the detention, as well as the number of the criminal article, is still unknown, but we are talking about a political case .

On October 6, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 31.07.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 06.10.2023
unknown.
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In custody: ~256 days
Hometown: Klimavichy
Date of birth: 16.08.1982
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Convicted for reposting a picture showing a tombstone with a portrait of Lukashenko. For such "willfulness", Alexandra was found guilty of "insulting Lukashenko". The sentence was handed down by Judge Alesya Parfenenko. Alexandra will serve her sentence in a general regime.

During the trial, the defendant said that she found the text under the aforementioned picture funny, so she gave it a "like" and reposted it.

The sentence has come into force.

She was released in December 2023, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 02.05.2023
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Victoria Anatolievna Gavrilina
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In custody: 586 days
Hometown: Kostyukovka
Date of birth: 06.01.1983
Number of children: 2 children
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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The ONT TV channel showed a “repentance” video with Victoria. A criminal case was opened against her and she was placed in custody. In the story, she is accused of evading taxes, subscribing to “extremist” channels, leaking data from security forces, participating in the Peramoga plan, and financing extremist activities. The court found Victoria guilty of providing funds to knowingly support the activities of an extremist group, deliberately illegally collecting and providing information about the private life and personal data of another person without his consent.

Together with Victoria, her husband Dmitry was detained, who served 30 days of administrative arrest and was released.

Dmitry is the director of the Gomel Motor Repair Plant, the vocalist of the ethno-group “Ban-Graviyba”, and Victoria is an entrepreneur. They are also famous dancers.

Trial outcome 18.09.2023:

3 years 3 months imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions

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In custody: 338 days
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 27.04.1967
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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The resident of Brest was accused of writing 2 comments under a video with Lukashenko on May 24, 2021, in the Facebook group “People’s Verdict”. One message said “sick person”, the second “schizophrenic”.

On May 16, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.

According to human rights activists, she was released in the winter of 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 12.04.2023:

1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony.

Ksenia Alexandrovna Alkenova
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In custody: 1008 days
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Hometown: Zhodzina
Date of birth: 26.10.1986
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Ksenia, an employee of the IT company Game Stream, was detained on March 11, 2023, in Minsk. According to security officials, in 2020–2021, she made nine payments to solidarity funds via Facebook donations, totaling $425. Pro-government Telegram channels published a video of the search, during which a white-red-white flag, $20,000, and office equipment were found and confiscated from Ksenia Alkenova.

In July of that year, she was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment.

On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.

Trial outcome 12.07.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 29.09.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
In custody: ~593 days
Hometown: Malye Chuchevichi
Date of birth: 08.12.1979
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
23.04.2025 She was sentenced to 2 years in prison for "slandering" Lukashenko. On August 20, 2025, she was pardoned (after serving 1 year and 9 months). She died in the spring of 2025. The official reason was that her heart gave out.
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According to the case materials , in December 2022, Tamara Karavai posted slanderous information about Alexander Lukashenko on the Internet via a messenger on the Odnoklassniki social network.

At the court hearing, Karavai fully admitted her guilt, but refused to testify.

It is known that Tamara Karavai has a minor child in her care. She was released on July 20, 2024, by pardon.

Tamara died in the spring of 2025. The woman's acquaintances reported her death to Nasha Niva . The official reason was that her heart gave out. The exact date of death is unknown, but Tamara was last online on VKontakte on April 23, 2025.

Trial outcome 29.03.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Olga Pavlovna Zhelobkova
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In custody: ~719 days
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 24.12.1989
Number of children: 2 children
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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According to human rights activists , she will be released in the spring of 2025.

Trial outcome 24.03.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 09.06.2023
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: ~804 days
Hometown: Rahachow
Date of birth: 05.08.1995
Was in: IK-24IK-24, ul. Proizvodstvennaya, 44, g.p. Zarechye, Rechitsky r-n, Gomel obl., 247526
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The Rogachev District Court ruled that Yulia posted messages and videos on her public Instagram page that "contained insults directed at the president."

On December 2, 2023, she was released after serving her full sentence as assigned by the court.

In January, during the pre-election raids, Yulia Kostyuchenko was detained again and tried on January 22 under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for allegedly distributing "extremist materials." On February 5, Yulia Kostyuchenko's second trial took place under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. Most likely, Yulia was held in custody the entire time, and her administrative arrest was simply extended, first for 15 days, and then again on February 5. In total, Yulia spent 90 days in the temporary detention facility, after which she was transferred to Pretrial Detention Center No. 3.

On April 3, 2025, the KGB of Belarus designated the social media page "X" titled "What's Going On" as an "extremist group." The KGB named Yulia Viktorovna Kostyuchenko, born August 5, 1995, as a member of this "group."

She was released at the end of May 2026.

Trial outcome 22.03.2023
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 19.05.2023
unknown.
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 10.02.2026
unknown.
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