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.
Vadim was first convicted in December 2021 for publicly insulting a prosecutor and sentenced to restricted freedom without referral.
Vadim worked for a long time as a design engineer at Peleng, in the 20th Directorate, in the electronic systems support sector. He and his colleagues developed equipment for the Russian military, including tank sights.
In September 2024, Vadim was arrested following a KGB raid on the company. In 2025, he was convicted of "inciting hatred or discord" and "calls for sanctions and other actions aimed at harming national security" and sentenced to imprisonment. Case details are unknown.
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.
Olga Sitnik is a housewife from Minsk who is raising three minor children. Since 2009, she has been writing on Wikipedia about Belarusian traditional culture and nature, as well as on topics such as breastfeeding. More than two dozen of her articles have been awarded the status of "good" or "excellent". Since 2010, she has been the administrator of the Belarusian Wikipedia. Olga Sitnik has made hundreds of thousands of edits to Wikipedia and created thousands of articles for it.
She was arrested in May 2025. The nature of the charges is unknown, but it appears that Sitnik is involved in a criminal case with other Belarusian Wikipedia administrators who are now behind bars.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Ivan was convicted under the articles “inciting hatred or discord” and “calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus” 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 date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Anna was arrested in the fall of 2024 as part of a criminal case opened under the articles "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," "calls for actions aimed at harming the national security of the Republic of Belarus," and "inciting hostility or discord." She was convicted in 2025 for donations and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
Anna worked in banking for a long time, in customer service departments; most recently, at Trade Capital Bank (TK Bank). She ran a TikTok channel about how to take out loans and choose housing.
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.
Kristina was arrested in November 2024 and later, probably in mid-2025, convicted under the articles “inciting hatred and discord” and “organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them” and sentenced to imprisonment.
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.
It's unclear exactly when Marina was detained, but she last appeared on social media in mid-October 2024. Her extremist listing indicates she is currently serving a sentence, meaning she either received a probationary sentence or a prison colony. However, judging by the fact that she hasn't appeared online since her trial, it's likely Marina Luts was sentenced to a prison colony.
From 2014 until the end of 2022, she ran her own business organizing weddings and other events. In 2023, she retrained as a UX/UI designer, working primarily as a freelancer. Marina has a young son.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in the summer of 2025.
Trial outcome date unknown
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Pavel was arrested in the fall of 2024 as part of a criminal case opened for "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order," and in 2025 he was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
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.
Detained in a criminal case related to "extremist activity."
His common-lawwifeVeraKanonenkois also inpre-trial detention .
According to the investigation , the defendants in the case were couriers for the BYSOL initiative, "their tasks included receiving and transferring money to other members of the organization, distributing it to meet the needs of participants in illegal protest and extremist activities."
He is expected to be released in February-March 2026.
Trial outcome date unknown
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 500 basic values fine.
In December 2024, he was convicted of distributing, producing, storing, and transporting information products containing calls for or promoting extremist activity. In April 2025, he was arrested again, this time on charges related to political persecution.
Historian, ethnographer .
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Sergey is married and has a minor daughter. From 2018 to 2020, he worked at MAZ and the Minsk Design and Construction Technological Institute.
Zelenovsky joined Peleng in 2020. He worked in the machining department as a machine tool and CNC manipulator adjuster, holding a 4th-grade qualification.
The exact date of his arrest is unknown, but it occurred after a raid on Peleng that lasted several months, beginning in July 2024. People were subjected to polygraph tests, their phones were searched, and they were also summoned for conversations.
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 Ukraine.
Trial outcome 24.03.2025
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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