Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric

As Shchitnikov testified during the trial, he unintentionally struck a traffic police car after his wife, who was sitting next to him, screamed: she saw a man being hit near the road. Taken by surprise, the Nissan driver struck the parked traffic police car. Shchitnikov was subsequently detained and, according to him, beaten at the Moscow District Police Department. He was taken to the Okrestina detention center with a traumatic brain injury.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the fall of 2025.

20-year-old mechanic Artem Sakovich was accused of participating in actions that grossly violate public order, preparing to participate in mass riots on August 10-12, 2020, and preparing to illegally manufacture and carry items whose destructive effect is based on the use of flammable substances. As part of the criminal case, Artem was detained only on June 22, 2021, when he came to the police department as a witness in another “non-political” criminal case. Before that, as it turned out, he was wanted, although he was not hiding: he lived at home, went to work.

He was released in early May 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Kirill was found guilty of engaging in acts that grossly violated public order between 1:59 PM and 7:20 PM on September 13, 2020, in Minsk. He shouted slogans, clapped loudly, moved in a chain of vehicles, and disturbed the peace. According to the prosecution, he acted for selfish motives and in collusion with a group of individuals. He was also found guilty of violating the rules of his previous sentence—two years of house arrest—during which he committed numerous violations.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Konstantin was convicted in June 2021 in a criminal case opened under the article "insulting a government official" and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open-type institution.

In April 2022, a court hearing was held to discuss the change of regime, resulting in the prison sentence being replaced with a prison term in a penal colony.

He was released in September 2022, having fully served his sentence.

Alexander was arrested in May 2021 and convicted in September of that year of "violence or threat of violence against law enforcement officers." According to investigators, on October 12, 2020, on Dzerzhinsky Avenue in Minsk, he and others, while intoxicated, resisted police officers, threatened them with violence, and threw a beer glass toward a police bus. He pleaded not guilty to the crime.

In October 2022, a court hearing was held on the charge of "malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional facility," as a result of which Alexander was sentenced to another year of imprisonment.

He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Andrei was arrested in August 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "participation in mass riots" and convicted in November of that year for participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.

He was released in November 2024 as part of a pardon.

Artyom, an anarchist activist, was detained on August 4, 2021, by GUBOPiK officers. Upon arrest, they greeted him with the words "Welcome to the Gestapo!" before beating him, forcing him into a "swallow" position, and threatening to rape him, demanding his phone password. The following day, Artyom was convicted under Article 19.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (allegedly for aggressive behavior upon arrival at the police station) and sentenced to 15 days in jail. However, he was not released after his arrest.

Artyom was initially charged with "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them." In January 2022, he and other defendants were additionally charged with participating in an extremist group for subscribing to the Telegram channel "Pramen." At the time of his arrest, the channel had not yet been added to the list of extremist groups, which only happened in November 2021.

In April 2022, Artyom was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

According to human rights activists, he was expected to be released in the winter of 2026.

Yuri, the head of the financial department of the Leninsky District Administration, was arrested on April 30, 2021, and convicted five times under administrative law, receiving 50 days of arrest. He was subsequently transferred to a pretrial detention center on charges under two articles of the Criminal Code: "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and "insulting Lukashenko."

In August of that year, he was convicted of participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in August 2020, as well as for reposting them on Telegram.

In April 2024, Yuri was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Irina, editor-in-chief and director of the BelaPAN news agency, was detained on August 18, 2021, following searches of her home and the agency's offices, as well as an interrogation. She was initially placed in pretrial detention for 72 hours as part of a criminal case under the article "organizing or preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or participating in them." However, she was not released and was transferred to a pretrial detention center 10 days later. The charge was later amended to tax evasion.

In November 2021, it was revealed that Irina had also been charged with "creating an extremist group." In October 2022, she was found guilty of "participating in an extremist group," sentenced to imprisonment, and banned from holding certain positions for five years.

Irina was released in December 2024, having fully served her sentence imposed by the court.

Maxim was arrested in April 2021 and later convicted for participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk in August 2020. According to the charges, on the night of August 9-10, 2020, he was on Masherov Avenue, joined other protesters, walked onto the roadway, shouted slogans, loudly clapped, waved his arms, and made offensive gestures toward police officers.

In March 2023, Maxim was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Artem, an anarchist activist, was arrested on August 4, 2021, in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."

In January 2022, Artem and other defendants were charged with additional membership in an extremist group for subscribing to the Telegram channel "Pramen." At the time of his arrest, the channel had not yet been added to the list of extremist groups; this only happened in November 2021.

In April 2022, Artem was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

He was released in July 2024 as part of a pardon.