Svetlana Anasovna Cherepanova

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.

Liliya Kachan disappeared from all social networks after October 16, 2024, when her last post with photos was published. After that, the woman did not appear online, and her Telegram account was also deleted.

Lilia Kachan's trial will begin on December 27, 2024, in the Minsk City Court.

In 2012, Liliya completed her residency in surgery. She worked at the 10th City Clinical Hospital in Minsk, as well as at Nardin. She has over 17 years of experience as a doctor.

Victoria from Minsk, graduated from medical college. At first she worked in state clinics, then in the medical center "Sinevo".

A person who knows Svetlana from college said that she was not interested in politics during her student years and was never a public activist. However, the events of 2020 changed the lives of tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of Belarusians beyond recognition. And Veras was no exception.

It is unknown when Victoria was detained.

A former truck driver, returned from Europe. He was charged with over 1,000 extremist comments, including some from 1997.

Artem was convicted in the Minsk City Court under Part 3 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code and Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

The hearing of Artem’s case under Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code and Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus is scheduled for January 31, 2025 .

Sergey Skibinsky is 41 years old. He is a designer. Previously, he was the director of the design agency poligraf.bу, which existed until 2020. Sergey also has an individual entrepreneurship in the field of design, makes his own illustrations and projects.

Sergei will be tried for "assisting extremism" and participating in protests.

Kirill was detained in January 2024. He was initially arrested for several days for “petty hooliganism,” but was then not released and a criminal case was opened.

Kirill worked at various factories and enterprises that sell industrial equipment. In 2015, he also founded a small company, Grifkom-Vector, which sold components for conveyors (closed in 2021). Kirill writes music and scripts for films. He is also listed in the register of national copyright holders.

The trial of the political prisoner will begin in the Minsk City Court on February 14, 2025. Vevel is currently charged with participation in a certain "extremist formation" (Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code), as well as "inciting hatred" (Part 1 of Article (Article 130 of the Criminal Code)

Detained for reposting from social networks and participating in protests in 2020.

According to Asker's social networks, he lived in Minsk, played sports, and acted in videos. The last time he visited his VKontakte page was in July. His case will be heard behind closed doors in the Minsk City Court on October 4. Asker is charged under Part 1 of Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code (Participation in an armed formation or armed conflict, military action, recruitment or preparation of persons for such participation on the territory of a foreign state).

worked as the chief bibliographer of the research department of book science of the National Library of Belarus until November 2021. Then she went into IT.

The man is 50 years old. He was the founder or director of several organizations involved in the import of computers and their components. Recently he was Deputy Director for Commercial Affairs of the Avard Service company and Director of the SunRan company.

It is not known exactly when he was detained , but more than six months ago. The KGB included Rushkevich on the list of participants in the “extremist formation Trielite,” as well as businessman Vladimir Balabanovich, who is on trial for calls for sanctions.

The chat was probably opened because of one of the detainees.

Vladimir conducted trainings and educational courses on financial management for companies. His last known job was as a financial controller for the Belkanton Group, a large office supply distribution company that, among other things, owns the Afiston chain of stores and Office Life magazine. Judging by Linkedin, Vladimir quit his job no later than July 2023. Presumably , he was detained upon returning to Belarus after a vacation. The activities of the individual entrepreneur were suspended on November 5, 2023.

Vladimir’s son (12 years old) is waiting at home.

On July 19, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.

Georgy Cherevako was detained in August while returning from the United States. He was convicted for a donation of $21.29, which he sent from his PayPal account in support of the Kalinowski Regiment. A Belarusian card was linked to the account, from which the funds were debited. The authorities considered these to be deliberate actions “for the purpose of financing activities for the recruitment, training, and other preparation” of persons for armed conflict in Ukraine.

At the trial, he said that he voluntarily told the officers who detained him that he was subscribed to numerous “extremist” telegram channels, and admitted that he had made a transfer to the account of Polk Kalinovsky.

He himself gave the employees passwords to enter the payment system. He said that he made a donation because he hoped that these funds would be used to purchase helmets, body armor, and medicines, but he understood that they would use them according to their own understanding and, among other things, buy weapons and ammunition with them.

Graduate of BSUIR, EPAM

On February 2, 2024, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.