Institution "Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 1" of the Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the city of Minsk and Minsk Region. Head. Colonel of the Internal Service.
Institution "Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 1" of the Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the city of Minsk and Minsk Region. Head. Colonel of the Internal Service.
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).
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Evgeny first studied in Russia, at the Magnitogorsk Industrial and Pedagogical College, and then at the Belarusian Commercial University of Management. Evgeny has a minor son.
Volykhin runs his own business. For over 20 years, he has been manufacturing and installing PVC windows, balcony frames, and other similar structures.
On social media, the man expresses nostalgia for the USSR, reposts about the "heroes of Novorossiya," and criticizes the Russian authorities. In his comments, he calls Ukrainian journalist Gordon a condom, Ukrainians "khokhols," and so on, and Zelensky a drug addict. However, his pages also contained criticism of Lukashenko.
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).
Trial outcome date unknown
4 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Pavel is a professional appraiser with nearly 20 years of experience. Since 2015, he has been registered as a sole proprietor in Smolevichi. Previously, he worked for the Moscow-based company "Center for Economic Projects," which specializes in property appraisals.
Trial outcome date unknown
4 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Irina is retired and enjoys handicrafts: she crochets and knits, and also decorates her yard with her own hands.
On January 13, 2025, Irina was charged with administrative offences under Article 19.11 in the Novobelitsky District Court of Gomel. After serving 24 hours, Irina was released and went to visit her sister in Russia. However, during this time, a criminal case had been opened against her and she was placed on the wanted list, unknown to her. Upon returning to Belarus, Irina was detained on the train and placed in a temporary detention facility in St. Petersburg, after which she was transferred to a pretrial detention facility in Minsk.
Irina had an 80-year-old mother in her care.
On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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).
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Valery was arrested in the fall of 2024 as part of a criminal case under the article "creation of an extremist group or participation in one" and in the summer of 2025 was sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
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.
Trial outcome 10.07.2025
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 500 basic values fine.
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).
Trial outcome 20.08.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Andrei was arrested and convicted of "calls to actions aimed at harming the national security of the Republic of Belarus" and "insulting Lukashenko" and sentenced to imprisonment. The trial is likely to take place in mid-2025.
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.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Maxim, a Russian citizen, was arrested and found guilty of "calls to actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
In places of imprisonment he was subjected to systematic torture motivated by political and national hatred.
He was released on March 20, 2026, as part of a pardon following another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and was deported to Russia on March 24 of that year.
Trial outcome 18.08.2025
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
She was convicted on several political charges. While in pretrial detention, she suffered a stress-related stroke, which left her almost completely blind. Despite this, Olga was sentenced to four years in prison.
Olga has a teenage daughter who was sent to a boarding school, her eldest son is in the army, and Olga also has a mother who is a Group 1 disabled person and is bedridden.
As of spring 2026,Olga is free.In Marchof that year, she was transferred from Correctional Colony No. 4 to Pretrial Detention Facility No. 1, after which information emerged about her release.Whether this was a pardonor a releasefor health reasonsremains unknown .
Trial outcome date unknown
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Alexei was detained in March 2025 while attempting to leave the country, and in the summer of that year he was convicted under the article "participation or preparation of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus on the territory of a foreign state in military actions without the authorization of the state" and 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.
Trial outcome 12.08.2025
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
On December 13, 2025,he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
Trial outcome date unknown
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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