Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
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Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
Head of the Pre-trial Detention Center No. 7 of the UDIN of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the Brest Region, Lieutenant Colonel of the Internal Service.
Involved in crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus.
Head of the Pre-trial Detention Center No. 7 of the UDIN of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the Brest Region, Lieutenant Colonel of the Internal Service.
Involved in crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus.
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It became known from social networks that Dmitry Shletgauer is 22 years old. He was born in the Russian city of Slavgorod. In 2018, he received a Belarusian residence permit. The guy worked in Kamenets at a polymer production and packaging plant.
The political prisoner was kept behind bars for a little less than a year. According to human rights activists, Dmitry's brother was also detained, but was later deported to Russia.
In early autumn, Dmitry was sent to serve his sentence in Mogilev Colony No. 15. Shortly after the transfer, he was found dead. According to preliminary information, this happened on October 11. He spent less than a month in the colony. The exact cause of death is unknown.
During the trial, Dmitry Shletgauer had a child.
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According to the court, the essence of the charge against everyone was that on August 10, 2020, people in Brest "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, and went out onto the roadway." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.
According to the court, the essence of the charge against everyone was that on August 10, 2020, people in Brest "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, and went out onto the roadway." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.
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Gennady was placed in a pretrial detention center long before the trial and has been in custody since late April 2024. The media wrote about the man in 2021, since he had an image of a white-red-white flag on his balcony at home, and then the Pogon coat of arms (and because of this, the security forces paid attention to the man).
The man has two minor children waiting for him at home.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in February 2025.
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Accused of participating in protests in Brest on August 10, 2020.
It is known that Oleg is a father of many children; he has six children.
He was released in August 2025.
The Overchuk brothers were detained in early June. Pro-government telegram channels reported this. In the confessional video, the men say that on August 10, 2020, they were in Brest at a protest rally.
Also involved in this case are Oleg Litvinchuk and Alevtina Gudkova. His brother Matvey was also detained.
Detained for participating in a protest on August 10, 2020 in Brest.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the winter of 2025.
Detained for participating in a protest on August 10, 2020 in Brest.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the spring of 2025.
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Detained for participating in a protest on August 10, 2020 in Brest.
He is expected to be released on April 29, 2025.
A 38-year-old illustrator. She quit her job at a large IT company. Her colleagues, shocked, tried to talk her out of it, so she decided to go home. She claimed she already had a certificate from the KGB showing she'd paid back the full amount of her 2020 donation. She was tired of being homeless. She was detained at the border.
According to the prosecution's case, as presented by the Prosecutor General's Office press service, between 2021 and 2022, Natalia Levaya transferred cash and cryptocurrency totaling at least four thousand four hundred rubles (equivalent to approximately 1,275 euros today) to bank accounts and virtual wallets "used by members of extremist groups, including armed groups such as the Kalinovsky Regiment." Furthermore, she was fined 1,000 basic units—almost the same amount she donated to initiatives and foundations. This is the penalty requested by the prosecution in court. The trial was held behind closed doors.
She was pardoned on February 19, 2026, in her 8th month of pregnancy.
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Irina Pogadaeva is 54 years old. She is from Brest. She worked at a local library as a bibliographer. Judging by social networks, she has two children.
At the end of January 2024, when she was tried for “distributing extremist materials.” At the end of 2023, she was included in the “extremist formation.” This was recognized by the Facebook community “Letters of Solidarity Belarus 2020”, in which people exchanged letters from political prisoners and also discussed helping prisoners.
In total, the case involves more than thirty episodes in which a woman sent money to political prisoners in pre-trial detention centers in Minsk, Gomel and other cities of the country. Basically, we are talking about amounts of 4-5 rubles. In just less than a year and a half (from August 2021 to December 2022), Irina sent 188 rubles. This was enough to initiate a criminal case and arrest in May 2024.
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Igor is a physical education teacher at Baranovichi Secondary School No. 1. He was detained in the first half of 2024. In a "confession video" published on a pro-government channel, he "admits" to making offensive comments about police officers and Lukashenko.
In November of that year, he was convicted on four criminal charges: "insulting Lukashenko," "insulting a government official," "calling for sanctions," and "inciting hatred." The case was heard behind closed doors.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
On 11.06.2024, the appeal was heard and the sentence came into force. He was released on conviction.
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She worked for the state newspaper "Brestsky Vestnik" (founded by the city executive committee) and the television and radio company "Brest".
Previously, Elena Timoshchuk collaborated as a freelancer with the regional publications Vecherniy Brest, Brestskiy Kurier, Brestskaya Gazeta, the online publication Virtualny Brest, and the Brest Green Portal.
As local journalists note , Elena Tymoshchuk did not prepare publications on political topics during her collaboration with independent publications. Sometimes she wrote advertising articles and wrote on psychology topics, as she has a higher education in this specialty.
It is still not exactly known what caused the criminal prosecution of the journalist. According to the verdict, in addition to imprisonment, Elena was sentenced to a fine of 46,000 rubles. On 16.08.2024, an appeal hearing was held, and the verdict came into force.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Elena Tymoshchuk.