Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
Number of repressed: 316
Date of birth: 27 december 1979
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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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In custody: ~519 days
Hometown: Voyskaya
Date of birth: 30.01.2005
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He was convicted of tearing down three Belarusian state flags from an educational institution, a retail facility and a post office.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in October 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 01.08.2023
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 19.09.2023
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In custody: 332 days
Hometown: Novoselki
Date of birth: 21.12.1987
Was in: IK-3IK β„–3
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Pavel Yanchuk is from the Kamenets region, but lived in Brest. Before the trial, Pavel was placed in custody.

According to the prosecution , on April 17, 2022, Pavel Yanchuk wrote an offensive comment about A.L. Lukashenko under a publication in the telegram channel “Real Belarus”.

On July 18, the appeal was considered, the verdict came into force.

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

Trial outcome 01.06.2023:

1 year of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.

Vadim Aleksandrovich Govin
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In custody: ~538 days
Hometown: Beloozersk
Date of birth: 15.01.1988
Was in: IK-17IK β„–17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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The man was accused of leaving an offensive comment about Lukashenko on the social network VKontakte, in which he accused the politician of committing a crime against humanity and an act of terrorism. Vadim was held in custody until the trial. He fully admitted his guilt and repented of his actions.

Vadim has a secondary specialized education and worked as a welder.

According to human rights activists, he was released in September 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 01.06.2023
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Vladislav Aleksandrovich Savitsky
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In custody: ~629 days
folder Categories of cases: Information about the movement of equipment
Hometown: Baranovichi
Date of birth: 07.06.1996
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: IK-15IK β„–15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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Inhabitant of Baranovichi. He was arrested in mid-February 2023. The man was charged with the fact that on March 8, 2021 on Instagram he posted a story “with the face of Lukashenka in a female guise” and the text: “Since March 8, daragia of a woman. The cruelest health and only pleasant ashchushcheny. For this, they were accused of publicly insulting Lukashenka.

Vladislav was also accused of sending videos and texts to the Nexta editorial chatbot several times (for example, videos of Russian military aircraft and trains with Russian military). This was qualified as "other assistance to extremist activity" under Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code.

On September 05, 2023, the appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 21.06.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 05.09.2023
unknown.
Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Belemuk
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In custody: ~959 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 29.03.1985
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Dmitry was charged under three articles of the Criminal Code for Telegram comments about Alexander Lukashenko, Natalia Kachanova, and Russians. State television aired a video about the verdict. In it, the prosecutor explains the essence of the charge: that the comment about Russians constituted an "ethnic insult."

He was scheduled to be released on November 23 , 2025 .

Trial outcome 28.06.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 29.08.2023
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In custody: ~680 days
Hometown: Brest
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According to human rights activists, he was released on February 9, 2025.

Trial outcome 15.05.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 11.07.2023
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Michael Dmitrievich Stolyarchuk
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In custody: ~1394 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Bresskie
Family members: Dmitriy Gudik
Was in: IK-3IK β„–3
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Mikhail Stolyarchuk was convicted under Article 358-1 of the Criminal Code (intelligence activities). He is a Ukrainian citizen. His nephew, Dmitry Gudik, was also charged in the case. According to the prosecution, they had been collecting data on military equipment and facilities in Belarus on behalf of the Security Service of Ukraine since 2018. Igor Dirko was also detained with them, but instead of being prosecuted, he was deported from Belarus.

Worked as a bus driver on Belarus-Ukraine routes.

He 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.

Trial outcome 24.11.2022
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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In custody: ~508 days
Hometown: Kobryn
Date of birth: 10.06.1985
Was in: IK-15IK β„–15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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Alexander was charged with writing two comments under publications on the Belarus of the Brain Telegram channel. One message was written on February 24, 2022, under the news that Russian troops were entering Ukraine from Belarus. The second message, with which (according to the prosecution) Alexander publicly insulted A. Lukashenko, was published on April 7, 2022 (when Ukraine and Russia were negotiating a ceasefire) under the news with a quote from Lukashenko that "there can be no negotiations without the participation of Belarus."

On June 16, 2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 26.04.2023
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 16.06.2023
the sentence was upheld.
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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.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 352 days
Hometown: Malorita
Date of birth: 06.03.1969
Was in: SIZO-7SIZO-7, Brest, Sovetskih Pogranichnikov 37, 224030
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According to the prosecution , on February 13, 2023, Igor Svirida, while in the Compulsory Enforcement Department (COI), “... provided a department employee with a handwritten explanation of the reasons for non-payment of fines imposed by the court for committing various administrative offenses, in which he deliberately and publicly wrote the text, in the content of which, in an offensive form, he expressed a negative assessment of the president’s personality, presented in the form of an obscene form of speech expression...”

On the same day, when a squad of employees of the Security Department was called to the enforcement department to detain him, he again publicly insulted A.G. Lukashenko. The investigation claims that Igor Svirida was allegedly intoxicated in the premises of the OPI.

During the court hearing, he partially admitted his guilt.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the winter of 2024 upon expiration of his sentence.

Trial outcome 29.03.2023:

1 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

Vyacheslav Tarasovich Kobrin
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In custody: 503 days
Hometown: Pinsk
Date of birth: 30.12.1964
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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Vyacheslav was convicted for insulting comments towards Lukashenko and police officers on Facebook.

It became known about the verdict from a video on State TV. In it, Prosecutor Pavel Kurpenich said that Vyacheslav was held in custody before the trial, and during the trial he fully admitted guilt.

Vyacheslav Kobrin is 58 years old. The man is married, enjoys fishing.

Trial outcome 24.03.2023
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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In custody: 517 days
Hometown: Pinsk
Date of birth: 23.02.1969
Was in: IK-8IK-8, 211388, Vitebsk region, Orsha, ul. Lenina, 195A
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According to the state prosecution , in June 2021, Dmitry Gorbunov wrote a comment on the Internet under a photograph of Lida police officer Anton Anatolyevich Kotilo with the word “asshole”.

Opposition Telegram channels wrote about Kotilo that he participated in the arrest of activist Vitold Ashurka (the activist later died in prison).

The public insult to Lukashenko, according to the prosecution, also occurred on the Internet in August 2022.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 17.03.2023:

1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

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In custody: 306 days
Hometown: Zburazh
Date of birth: 06.03.1961
Family members: Yuri Leonidovich Vlasyuk
Was in: IK-3IK β„–3
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It is known that during a search at home in connection with the case, a white-red-white flag was taken from Vlasyuk, which was later included in the materials of the criminal case.

According to the prosecution, an online comment written on April 22, 2022 under a video of Alexander Grigorievich’s speech was considered a public insult to Lukashenko. This message contained obscene language.

In October 2023, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 13.02.2023:

1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

Alexander Nikolaevich Sazonov
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In custody: ~925 days
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Hometown: Ivatsevichy
Date of birth: 27.08.1990
Was in: IK-3IK β„–3
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Former police officer Alexander Sazonov and Yevgeny Vasilevsky were detained almost a year ago, on February 27, 2022, in Minsk, and on March 1, both were punished with administrative arrest under Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (violation of the procedure for organizing or holding mass events).

The Pervomaisky District Court of Minsk sentenced Sazonov to 13 days of arrest for participating in a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Vasilevsky to 15 days.

The essence of the accusation is still unknown. It is likely that it concerns the transfer of personal data of security officials to protest chats.

According to human rights activists , he was released on September 9, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 23.01.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 04.04.2023
unknown.
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In custody: 90 days
Hometown: Malorita
Date of birth: 17.12.1989
Was in: SIZO-7SIZO-7, Brest, Sovetskih Pogranichnikov 37, 224030
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The reason for the criminal case was a video recorded by Yuri in the Tik Tok. According to Yuri's explanations, on October 5, 2022, he called the local district police officer Dmitry Tiunov to help resolve a family conflict. The district police officer promised to come, but did not do it. On emotions (and being drunk), Yuri recorded a video where he said that the police were working poorly, and insulted Tiunov.

Released upon expiration of sentence.

Trial outcome 24.01.2023:

3 months of arrest.

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