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.
The owner of an agro-estate from the village of Chizhi. According to her friends, the woman has not been socially active since 2020. She was only involved in the agro-estate. But in 2020, the woman was in Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's initiative group and served 15 days of administrative arrest. For the past 2 years, she has actually been under the control of the local police officer.
Trial outcome 05.03.2025
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Armen Arzumanyan is 44 years old. He is originally from Azerbaijan, but has lived in Belarus almost his entire life and holds Belarusian citizenship. Armen competed on "The X Factor" first in 2018 in Ukraine and then in 2021 in Belarus. However, his main business is selling gifts. For over 15 years, Armen has owned gift shops, most recently Podari Minsk. In his spare time, he rescues homeless animals.
He is accused of “calling for sanctions” and “slandering Lukashenko.”
On December 4, 2025 , he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 20.12.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Viktor was first arrested and convicted under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus—"dissemination, production, storage, and transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activity or promoting such activity"—in July 2024. Subsequently, a criminal case was opened against him.
In December of that year, a court hearing was held on charges of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in such actions." The details and circumstances of the case are unknown.
Viktor was convicted under the same article in the Moscow District Court of Minsk, likely in the summer of 2025, 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 18.12.2024
unknown.
Trial outcome date unknown
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Lyubov was detained along with her mother during a mass raid in Belarus on October 31 in connection with the Yard Chat Case.
Lyuba is a single mother and has a six-year-old daughter. A relative has taken custody of the daughter during Lyuba's imprisonment.
While in pretrial detention (for almost a year), Lyuba was diagnosed with cancer. Despite this, her pretrial detention was not changed and she remained in custody until her trial. She was the only defendant in her case to be sentenced to home confinement, as she urgently needed chemotherapy. All the others received sentences ranging from 2.5 to 3 years in prison.
Trial outcome 14.10.2025
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Maxim was found guilty of "aiding extremist activity" for developing software that could encrypt files on a user's computer. On January 18, 2023, he sent the program he had created to the "Cyberpartisan" chatbot, and on January 28, he provided them with "program activation instructions," a set of drivers for developing software designed to filter the file system. During the trial, Maxim fully admitted his guilt.
Trial outcome 11.11.2024
4 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
The most likely reason for her arrest was in the Telegram comments. Karina had an old account registered to her own number, with her personal photo.
Karina Malinovskaya is 32 years old. She is originally from Borisov. She has two minor children.
Karina has tried her hand at many things—she worked as a hairdresser, studied psychology, and from 2018 to 2022, she ran her own business selling LED lighting.
Trial outcome 24.02.2025
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the war in Ukraine began, the man went to Georgia for a while. But, apparently, he later returned to Belarus, the publication writes.
When and under what circumstances he was detained , as well as the details of the charges, have not yet been disclosed.
Silenko graduated from BNTU in 2012, where he received the profession of architect. He is also known as a drummer and participant of musical projects such as OH. RA, BULVAR, Mnsr. Gustav and others.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Alexei Silenko.
Trial outcome 27.11.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Andrei was detained by GUBOPiK and SOBR officers. From October 2020 to November 2023, according to the prosecution, he administered an open group on Odnoklassniki, where he published materials critical of Lukashenko and a post denying the massacre of civilians in the village of Khatyn on March 22, 1943, by soldiers of the 118th Schutzmannschaft Battalion of the Security Police and the SS Special Battalion Otto Dirlewanger.
In October 2024, Andrei received the first sentence in Belarus for "denying the genocide of the Belarusian people" – three years in a general regime penal colony. He was also found guilty of "insulting" Lukashenko.
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.
Tatyana was convicted in November 2024 in a criminal case opened under the articles "assistance to extremist activity," "creation of an extremist group or participation therein," and "insulting a government official," and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
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 21.11.2024
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine.
Marina was allegedly detained in February 2024 during a raid on the Telegram chat "Common Sense on Alibegov," when it was designated an "extremist group." The KGB's decision listed 19 members of the chat, including Marina Myshko.
In April 2025 , she was released, having fully served her sentence.
Trial outcome 02.12.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Andrey was arrested along with his wife in October 2024 as part of a criminal case opened under the article for "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and for interaction with the Byprosvet initiative.
In mid-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 08.07.2025
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Jurijs, a businessman and Latvian citizen, was arrested in August 2024 and convicted of three criminal charges, including “discrediting the Republic of Belarus.” The nature of the charges remains unknown, as the trial was held behind closed doors.
On June 21, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's Special Representative, Keith Kellogg.
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