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.
He was detainedafter the Telegramchat "Atolino" was designated an "extremist group."The Ministry of Internal Affairs named several "membersof the group," in addition to Pavel: Dmitry Tikunov, Evgeniya Mostovaya (Grigorik), Pavel Belonitsky, Alexey Semenov, Yury Antonovich, Alexander Zaitsev, and Vladimir Polekh.
Trial outcome 29.03.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 18.06.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Ilya has been working for the IT company iTechArt for over twelve years. This is a large company with over one and a half thousand employees. Ilya is a Senior software engineer. Gumbar has two well-known hobbies - sports tourism and trail running. Trail running is running long distances across rough terrain, often impassable forests or high mountains (within the route, the altitude differences can reach thousands of meters). He ranks second in Belarus among men in this discipline according to the UTMB rating.
On September 3, 2024, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 08.07.2024
5 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 03.09.2024
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Anatoly Volodko is 56 years old. He is a resident of Minsk. The man has a wife, an adult daughter and a son who will soon turn eighteen. Volodko worked as a programmer at Top Soft for over 20 years. It is engaged in the creation of the Galaxy product ecosystem, which is necessary for the digitalization of business. The company's central office is located in Russia, where Anatoly worked part of the time.
The exact date of the man's arrest is unknown, but it was probably January 15 or 16, 2024. After all, on January 17, he and his wife were convicted of "petty hooliganism" - he was sentenced to 15 days, while the sentence for his wife is unknown. According to the testimony of security officials, Anatoly Volodko "was in a public place and, out of hooligan motives, was shouting loudly, using obscene language, waving his arms and behaving aggressively." The man did not admit his guilt and said that he was detained in his own home in the middle of the day. He did not do any of the things that the witnesses said. According to cellmate Anatoly Volodko, he refused to pay "donations" that KGB officers threatened to offer to those who made donations. In general, the man did not admit his guilt. Anatoly's cellmate claims that this served as the reason for further prosecution - administrative and criminal.
On August 27, 2024, Anatoly had his appeal heard and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 11.06.2024
8 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 27.08.2024
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
He was detained in September 2023, allegedly for chatting with friends. A criminal case was opened.
24.04.2025
У Андрея в колонии 10-ый профучёт.
Trial outcome 26.07.2024
6 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 12.11.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
He was detained in September 2023, allegedly for chatting with friends. A criminal case was opened.
Trial outcome 07.06.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 12.11.2024
unknown.
Regime change trial date unknown
unknown years of prison regime.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On August 20, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
It is known that in the colony Vadim is regularly placed in solitary confinement.
Vadim has a little son.
Trial outcome 05.06.2024
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 20.08.2024
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Accused of financing extremist and terrorist activities through donations to a protest initiative (Bysol).
Alexander is originally from Glusk, a small regional center in the Mogilev region. After finishing school, he entered the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, majoring in "Information Systems and Technologies in Logistics". After graduating, he went on to a master's degree.
Alexander worked in the IT field.
Trial outcome 30.05.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 06.08.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Neurologist. Badamshin was detained at least five times after the elections - reports were drawn up against him and he was arrested. Then he served a total of more than 60 days of administrative arrest.
The doctor was last detained on the morning of February 28. A criminal case was opened against him for photos from protests in 2020 in Minsk.
In June 2025, it became known that Ruslan had been detained again and was being held in Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1.
Trial outcome 07.05.2024
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome date unknown
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 03.04.2026
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On July 26, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 16.05.2024
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 26.07.2024
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Yegor Volkov is 55 years old. He is from Minsk and attended School No. 50. He later graduated from the Minsk Radiotechnical Institute (now the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics).
Volkov began his business in the 1990s. His field is known to be cargo transportation, including liquid cargo. His business is quite large, with his company's fleet numbering up to a hundred trucks.
According to pro-government media, Yegor was tried for donating 11,100 USD in cryptocurrency to the Kalinovsky Regiment from 2022 to 2023, as well as for taking photos from protests.
On July 23, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
On April 14, 2026, he was not released from prison according to his sentence. As of April 2026, he was in Pretrial Detention Center No. 1; apparently, a new criminal case had been opened against Yegor.
06.12.2025
Подвергается постоянным репрессиям со стороны администрации ик17. На данный момент в пкт до конца срока, апр 2026.
Trial outcome 03.05.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 23.07.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Most likely he was detained in the summer of 2023. In 2013, Arthur opened his own business store, Grandbazaare, where he sold branded clothing and shoes. The VKontakte group has more than 40 thousand subscribers. In recent years, his company has specialized in the Under Armor brand. And from 2023, he translated the pages of his business into the Belarusian language.
Arthur is interested in sports, but especially football, and even previously played in amateur leagues as a goalkeeper. He uses football players and other athletes as photos for his avatars on social networks.
In addition to imprisonment, Arthur was awarded a fine of 700 basic units.
Trial outcome 20.05.2024
9 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 09.08.2024
unknown.
Regime change trial date unknown
unknown years of prison regime.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
She was sentenced in the Zavodskoy District Court of Minsk to imprisonment under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them) and Part 4 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code (fraud). The case was considered from April 12 to October 30, 2024, at least 83 hearings were held. The circumstances of the case, as well as the verdict, are unknown. Along with Zhanna, 7 more people were convicted .
Trial outcome 30.10.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On August 9, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 20.05.2024
7 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 09.08.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
51-year-old Sergei Zabelich from Minsk, graduated from the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. Judging by Linkedin, he worked as a programmer for at least twenty years. In September 2022, he moved from Nikta Technologies to Intrahealth, an HTP resident operating in the Canadian market.
It is known that Sergei was detained on December 13, 2020, when people went out together for street marches. On this day, another 300 Belarusians were detained.
He is accused of two counts of “financing extremist activities, committed repeatedly” and “financing the activities of an extremist formation.” He faces up to eight years in prison.
On June 7, 2024, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 04.04.2024
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 07.06.2024
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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