Svetlana Anasovna Cherepanova
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Svetlana Anasovna Cherepanova
Considered about 50 complaints against illegal and politically motivated court decisions. Each time she ignored all the violations and left the decisions unchanged.
Considered about 50 complaints against illegal and politically motivated court decisions. Each time she ignored all the violations and left the decisions unchanged.
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A former truck driver returned from Europe. He was charged with over 1,000 extremist comments, including some dating back to 1997.
Artyom 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 .
He was released in February 2026.
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.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
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Kirill worked at various factories and companies selling industrial equipment. In 2015, he founded a small company, Grifkom-Vector, which sold assembly line components (it closed in 2021). Kirill writes music and film scripts and is also listed in the national register of copyright holders.
He was detained in January 2024: initially for several days for “petty hooliganism,” but then he was not released and a criminal case was opened.
In September 2024, Kirill was convicted of "calls to actions aimed at harming the national security of the Republic of Belarus" and sentenced to imprisonment. In February 2025, he was convicted again, this time under the articles "creating or participating in an extremist group" and "inciting hostility or discord," and also sentenced to imprisonment.
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.
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Detained for reposting from social networks and participating in protests in 2020.
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Elena, a mother of many children, was detained in the spring of 2024. She was initially convicted in an administrative case for “disobeying a lawful order or demand of an official,” but later a criminal case was opened, in which she was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.”
She was released in November 2024 as part of a pardon.
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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.
On March 19, 2026, she was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
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A Ukrainian citizen. The Ministry of Internal Affairs claimed that the Ukrainian was affiliated with the "extremist group" "Belarus Beyond the Moscow Ring Road," but according to human rights activists, Alexander had no connection to the project as its founder or leader—he simply left comments there.
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.
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Activist, pensioner.
She was detained on April 9, 2024, when she went to the Oktyabrsky district police department of Minsk to pick up her phone, which was taken from her two years ago and was not given back. Let us remind you that in March 2022, Galina was sentenced to 15 days of arrest for leaflets “No to war” - this was considered “unauthorized picketing”. Now they told her that they were ready to give her the phone, so they invited her to the police department.
The essence of the accusation is unknown. It is known that she was detained under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
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The man is 50 years old. He was the founder or director of several companies involved in the import of computers and computer components. Most recently, he was deputy director of commercial affairs at Avard Service and director of SanRan.
It's unclear exactly when he was detained , but it was more than six months ago. The KGB included Rushkevich among the members of the "extremist group Trielit," along with businessman Vladimir Balabanovich, who is on trial for calling for sanctions.
The chat was probably hacked because of one of the detainees.
In the spring of 2026, he was released , having fully served his sentence.
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Vladimir conducted training and educational courses on financial management for companies. His last known position was as a financial controller at Belkanton Group, a large office supply company that also owns the Afiston chain of stores and Office Life magazine. According to his LinkedIn profile, Vladimir resigned no later than July 2023. He was presumably detained upon returning to Belarus after a vacation. His sole proprietorship activities were suspended on November 5, 2023.
Vladimir has a son (12 years old) waiting for him at home.
On July 19, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
He is expected to be released in the summer of 2026.
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Triathlete. At the end of August 2020, Valentina’s contract at the Minsk triathlon club Tristyle was not renewed. As the athlete said, the director of the club, Dmitry Tolkachev, promised her to continue cooperation, but refused it after he saw Zelenkevich’s “protest” post on Instagram with a photo in which she stood with a white-red-white flag on the roadway during one of the peaceful rallies.
In the fall of 2020, Zelenkevich moved to Russia, where she continued to train and also worked as a triathlon and swimming coach. According to Tribuna, some time ago Zelenkevich returned to Belarus, and soon after that she was detained and remained behind bars until trial.