Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Drozdova Elena Leonidovna is an employee of law enforcement agencies involved in politically motivated repressions.
She was biased towards women in Penal Colony No. 4, humiliated them, exerted psychological pressure on political prisoners, and threatened to send them to a punishment cell.
She refused to allow political prisoners to meet with lawyers, and if lawyers insisted, she gave orders to impose penalties on convicts, as a result of which they were sent to a punishment cell.
On her instructions, junior employees found excuses to refuse political prisoners short-term visits, explaining this by sanitary cleaning or the presence of a queue.
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Drozdova Elena Leonidovna is an employee of law enforcement agencies involved in politically motivated repressions.
She was biased towards women in Penal Colony No. 4, humiliated them, exerted psychological pressure on political prisoners, and threatened to send them to a punishment cell.
She refused to allow political prisoners to meet with lawyers, and if lawyers insisted, she gave orders to impose penalties on convicts, as a result of which they were sent to a punishment cell.
On her instructions, junior employees found excuses to refuse political prisoners short-term visits, explaining this by sanitary cleaning or the presence of a queue.
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.
She worked as the head teacher for educational work at Minsk Gymnasium No. 34, which is located near Orlovskaya Street, opposite Kievsky Square. The woman graduated from the Belarusian State Pedagogical University (then the Minsk State Pedagogical Institute) in 1984, after which she taught mathematics for about 40 years.
In July 2021, Petrazytskaya was sentenced to 15 days. Her home was then searched, she was taken to the KGB, and then a protocol was drawn up for "insubordination." It is unknown exactly when the head teacher was fired from the school.
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 800 basic values fine.
Appeal 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.
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.
Lidiya is originally from Mogilev, studied at Lyceum No. 1 in the philological profile, and graduated in 2011.
Then she moved to Minsk and studied at the Higher State College of Communications in two specialties - postal communications technician and marketing economist. After that, she studied in absentia to become an economist. She worked as a sales manager in various companies in Minsk.
Judging by social networks , the girl is fond of cosplay and takes pictures in different images that she creates herself. She also likes to draw and shares her drawings.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 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.
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 11.09.2025
the sentence was upheld.
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.
Anna worked in the banking sector for a long time — in customer service departments. Her last job was at the Trade Capital Bank (TK Bank). She runs a TikTok channel where she talks about how best to get a loan for an apartment and how to choose good housing.
Convicted for donations. Anna has three children - two minor sons and an adult daughter.
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years 6 months 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.
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.
Irina has been working for JSC Peleng, the largest design and engineering enterprise in the optical-electronic industry, for over 15 years. Most recently, she held the position of Category 1 Design Engineer in the SCS Research and Design Department in the Production Systems Support Sector.
Most likely, the woman was detained during a special operation on Peleng, which began last summer.
Trial outcome 12.03.2025
1 year 6 months 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.
When in June 2024 the KGB of Belarus declared the Media IQ project an extremist group, it named Pitkevich among its participants. Around the same time, Polina's accounts were last online.
Polina Pitkevich was born in 1994. She graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the Belarusian State University (2016). She was fond of theater and for some time played as an actress in the Laboratory of Social Theater in Minsk. As a journalist, she wrote on cultural topics. Polina is also known for her love of animals - on her social media pages, you can find many ads about helping homeless tailed ones. According to friends, Polina had more than one rescued cat living in her house.
Trial outcome 07.03.2025
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 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.
Mozyr activist and blogger Polina Zyl. As Nasha Niva learned, the girl was charged with participating in protests and being involved in an "extremist group." She is awaiting trial in a pretrial detention center.
Her boyfriend Maksim Shukanov was arrested along with her. There was no information about his release, most likely he is also in the pretrial detention center.
Polina is 31 years old. She is originally from Yelsk, studied in Mozyr. In 2020, the girl supported the protests, even got arrested for a day. Then Polina went into hiding, but remained in the country. Both Zyl and Shukanov were wanted, but did not want to leave Belarus.
Trial outcome date unknown
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 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.
Elena Bodyako is 29 years old. She is originally from Glubokoe. In 2019, she graduated from the Minsk State Linguistic University. Later, she worked as an English teacher in various private schools - Step by Step, Kidslab and others.
She was sentenced to imprisonment. An appeal hearing was held in early April 2025, and the verdict was upheld.
Trial outcome 12.02.2025
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.
Judging by social networks, the girl has a husband and a minor child.
Since 2017, Protaschik has worked at Peleng. Most recently, she was a 5th-category inspector of optical components and devices in the optical and space production quality control bureau. She was involved in checking the quality of optical products.
It is not known exactly when she was detained - Karina's last activity on social networks was more than 7 months ago. Around the same time, in July 2024, a raid on Peleng employees took place. The raid was related to the Belpol investigation, which was based on documents leaked from the enterprise. Peleng employees were taken to a polygraph, and some were fired. There have been no reports of criminal cases resulting from the raid to this day.
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.
2 years 9 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1000 basic values fine.
Appeal 11.11.2025
the sentence was upheld.
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.
On July 4, 2024, the KGB recognized the telegram channel "ShapitoDich" as an "extremist formation". According to the agency, Elena Elkina is involved in it.
The woman's initials completely match those of a dentist from Vitebsk - the last messages on her social networks are dated May 2024.
Trial outcome 04.02.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 14.03.2025
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.
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