Alexander Sergeevich Romanovich
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Alexander Sergeevich Romanovich
He acted as a public prosecutor in politically motivated cases. He acted as a public prosecutor in the case of Viktor Borushko, who was accused of intentionally causing grievous bodily harm to a person in connection with the performance of his official duties under paragraph 5 of part 2 of article 147 of the Criminal Code. Borushko has a higher education, he is an individual entrepreneur. When he told about what happened to him after the arrest, everyone who was in the room as listeners cried. According to Borushko, he was kept in some room that looked like a shower: “They beat me, stuck a baton in my anus. After that, I spent 12 days in the intensive care unit of the Emergency Hospital. My legs were so swollen that I could not take off my jeans. When they beat me, I took care of my left leg. They changed the ligaments in my left leg, I could not hit with it.” As a result, Viktor was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony. He acted as the state prosecutor in the case of Alexander Belov, Evgeny Rubashko, Artem Dmitrievich Solovey and Artem Sergeevich Solovey. The trial was held behind closed doors: prosecutor Alexander Romanovich petitioned for this. They were charged under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code (active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order) and Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code (participation in an extremist group). Belov, Rubashko and Artem Dmitrievich Solovey received five years of imprisonment, Artem Sergeevich Solovey - 4.5 years of imprisonment. For all - a general regime colony.
He acted as a public prosecutor in politically motivated cases. He acted as a public prosecutor in the case of Viktor Borushko, who was accused of intentionally causing grievous bodily harm to a person in connection with the performance of his official duties under paragraph 5 of part 2 of article 147 of the Criminal Code. Borushko has a higher education, he is an individual entrepreneur. When he told about what happened to him after the arrest, everyone who was in the room as listeners cried. According to Borushko, he was kept in some room that looked like a shower: “They beat me, stuck a baton in my anus. After that, I spent 12 days in the intensive care unit of the Emergency Hospital. My legs were so swollen that I could not take off my jeans. When they beat me, I took care of my left leg. They changed the ligaments in my left leg, I could not hit with it.” As a result, Viktor was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony. He acted as the state prosecutor in the case of Alexander Belov, Evgeny Rubashko, Artem Dmitrievich Solovey and Artem Sergeevich Solovey. The trial was held behind closed doors: prosecutor Alexander Romanovich petitioned for this. They were charged under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code (active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order) and Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code (participation in an extremist group). Belov, Rubashko and Artem Dmitrievich Solovey received five years of imprisonment, Artem Sergeevich Solovey - 4.5 years of imprisonment. For all - a general regime colony.
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Evgeny is an anarchist activist. He was arrested on July 29, 2021, in Minsk. His apartment was searched, and he was beaten during his arrest. To gain access to his phone and computer, they pulled a bag over Evgeny's head.
During his transfer to the pretrial detention center, all of his books were confiscated and he was placed on a preventative register as someone prone to extremism, which entails a note in his personal file, special treatment, and additional work with a psychologist.
Evgeny was initially charged with "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them." In January 2022, he and other defendants in the criminal case were additionally charged with participating in an extremist group for subscribing to the Telegram channel "Pramen." At the time of his arrest, the channel had not yet been added to the list of extremist groups; this only happened in November 2021.
In April 2022, Yevgeny was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony. In April 2023, his detention regime was tightened, and he was transferred to a prison regime. In October 2025, the court added another year to his prison sentence for "malicious disobedience to the administration's demands."
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Alexander is an activist in the anarchist movement. He first studied construction at college, then majored in engineering geodesy at the Belarusian National Technical University. He has been passionate about sports since his youth: he played for a DIY league football team, practiced Muay Thai, and went mountaineering.
Early in the morning of July 29, 2021, Alexander was detained as he left his home. He was beaten and searched during his arrest, then taken to the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption, where he was tortured and beaten.
He was initially accused of actively participating in a protest on August 23, 2020, in Minsk, although by that time he had already served an administrative arrest for this incident.
In January 2022, Alexander and other defendants in the criminal case were charged with additional membership in an extremist group for subscribing to the Telegram channel "Pramen." At the time of their arrest, the channel "Pramen" had not yet been added to the list of extremist groups; this was only added in November 2021.
In April 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony. In April 2025, Alexander's detention regime was tightened, and he was transferred to a prison regime. It was later revealed that the court had sentenced him to an additional six months in a general regime penal colony for "malicious disobedience to the administration's demands."
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Alexander was arrested in January 2021 in connection with the mass riots case and convicted on charges of participating in Telegram channels of a “radical orientation,” as well as intending to damage or destroy three Tabakerka kiosks.
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Viktor was detained on October 18, 2020, after the protest "Partisan March". Seeing the security forces, he tried to run away, but was knocked down and fell along with a riot police officer, who suffered a fracture. Viktor was brutally beaten and hospitalized. At the trial, he reported torture, but was convicted of allegedly tripping a riot police officer, without admitting guilt.
In the summer of 2021, he was convicted again under the article on “malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional institution.” This article applies to prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration and for fictitious violations. As a result, his total prison term was 7 years.
In December 2023, Viktor's conditions of detention were tightened and he was transferred to a prison regime.
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Sergey, a system administrator in the field of local networks and video surveillance, was arrested on October 2, 2020, in connection with a case of mass riots and accused of participating in Telegram channels of a “radical direction”, as well as of intending to damage or destroy three Tabakerka kiosks.
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Artem worked as an optician at the Lida Optik plant. He received his education at the Grodno Physics and Mathematics Lyceum and the Lida Polytechnic College. He was detained on September 27, 2020, in connection with a case of mass riots and accused of participating in Telegram channels of a "radical orientation" and of intending to damage or destroy three Tabakerka kiosks.
In May 2022, Artem was convicted again for participating in protests that took place in Lida in 2020.
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Alexander was detained on September 29, 2020, in connection with a case of mass riots and accused of participating in Telegram channels of a “radical orientation,” as well as of intending to damage or destroy three Tabakerka kiosks.
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Evgeny was detained in connection with the mass riots and accused of participating in Telegram channels of a "radical orientation."
In May 2023, he was convicted again for "malicious disobedience to the demands of the colony administration."
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A resident of Svetlogorsk was detained on September 29, 2020, in connection with a case of mass riots and accused of participating in Telegram channels of a "radical orientation."
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A member of the expanded Coordination Council was detained on September 29, 2020, in connection with a case of mass riots, beaten by riot police officers and accused of participating in Telegram channels of a "radical orientation".
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He was detained in connection with a case of mass riots and accused of participating in Telegram channels of a "radical orientation."
In April 2022, Yuri was transferred to prison regime.
He was detained in connection with a case of mass riots and accused of participating in Telegram channels of a "radical orientation."
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Pavel was detained in March 2021 by traffic police on a highway near Minsk, where leaflets, newspapers and stickers were found in his car; according to the Investigative Committee, "thousands of copies of protest newspapers, stickers with unregistered symbols and leaflets" were seized. The department immediately after his detention called him the administrator of the Telegram channel "Atolino".
At the time of his arrest, Pavel worked for a private advertising company and was previously a video engineer on television. In 2020, he was part of the campaign staff of presidential candidate Viktor Babariko.
In January 2022, he was convicted on charges of producing and distributing protest printed materials (leaflets, stickers, newspapers), as well as participating in Sunday marches that took place in Minsk in August–September 2020.
According to human rights activists, he was released in October 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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Olga, an activist of the Country for Life project and a member of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s initiative group, took part in protests after the presidential elections and was repeatedly detained.
On November 15, 2020, she was detained in the courtyard of the "Square of Changes", where peaceful protesters gathered for a rally in memory of Roman Bondarenko, killed by security forces, under the slogan "I'm coming out". After that, a criminal case was opened against Olga.
In February 2021, she was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.” She left Belarus some time later.
In October 2024, a court hearing was held in absentia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
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Artem, the director of a private printing house, was detained in May 2021 and subsequently convicted on charges of producing and distributing protest printed materials (leaflets, stickers, newspapers), as well as participating in Sunday marches that took place in Minsk in August–September 2020.
According to human rights activists, he was released in October 2024, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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