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.
Detained with her husband on February 23, 2023. On March 3, she was transferred from the temporary detention center to the Zhodino pre-trial detention center.
He is accused of participating in protest actions.
The family brings up 3 juvenile children.
Trial outcome:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
According to the case materials , in the fall of 2020, the father and his daughter, while on the roadway of Pobediteley Avenue in Minsk, acting as a group of people, and with other people, "took an active part in group actions that grossly violated public order and involved clear disobedience to the lawful demands of a police officer, disrupted the operation of transport and enterprises, blocked and obstructed the path of vehicles, including public passenger transport."
They were identified from photographs taken at the scene.
They were kept in custody until the trial.
Trial outcome 05.04.2023
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
According to the case materials , in the fall of 2020, the father and his daughter, while on the roadway of Pobediteley Avenue in Minsk, acting as a group of people, and with other people, "took an active part in group actions that grossly violated public order and involved clear disobedience to the lawful demands of a police officer, disrupted the operation of transport and enterprises, blocked and obstructed the path of vehicles, including public passenger transport."
They were identified from photographs taken at the scene.
EPAM employee. It is known that Andrei was searched, the reason for the detention was supposedly donations to aid funds.
Andrei was kept for 2 months in a pre-trial detention center, after which the case was closed , since there was no evidence of his guilt, and he was released.
Ksenia, an employee of the IT company Game Stream, was detained on March 11, 2023, in Minsk. According to security officials, in 2020–2021, she made nine payments to solidarity funds via Facebook donations, totaling $425. Pro-government Telegram channels published a video of the search, during which a white-red-white flag, $20,000, and office equipment were found and confiscated from Ksenia Alkenova.
In July of that year, she was convicted 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.
Trial outcome 12.07.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Dmitry was found guilty of participating in one of the marches in 2020. His actions - including being on the road and displaying a protest "V-shaped symbol" - allegedly interfered with the movement of traffic and the work of the enterprise. He was also tried for an incident during which he punched another person in the face. The victim added that the conflict arose due to the political situation in the country in 2020. Dmitry pleaded guilty.
Trial outcome 03.04.2023:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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