Elena Valerievna Kartavenko
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Elena Valerievna Kartavenko
Elena Valerievna Kartavenko is involved in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus. Kartavenko is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Mogilev Regional Court, he makes politically motivated sentences against representatives of civil society. As a result of her decisions, Belarusians who opposed the current regime in the country were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. In particular, on March 27, 2023, the judge sentenced a 20-year-old resident of Bobruisk to a 20-year-old resident of Bobruisk for transmitting photos of military equipment. Also, on February 10, 2023, for comments on the Internet and wearing a mustache during a peaceful protest, Kartavenko sentenced Minsk resident Andrei Shunkevich to two years and six months in a general regime colony. Thus, Elena Valerievna Kartavenko is responsible for human rights violations and undermining the principles of the rule of law, as well as for promoting repression against representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition. Her work within the judiciary is focused on maintaining the position of the existing government, rather than on enforcing the law. Kartavenko’s actions contribute to human rights violations, strengthening the power of Alexander Lukashenko and increasing politically motivated repression in the Republic of Belarus.
Elena Valerievna Kartavenko is involved in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus. Kartavenko is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Mogilev Regional Court, he makes politically motivated sentences against representatives of civil society. As a result of her decisions, Belarusians who opposed the current regime in the country were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. In particular, on March 27, 2023, the judge sentenced a 20-year-old resident of Bobruisk to a 20-year-old resident of Bobruisk for transmitting photos of military equipment. Also, on February 10, 2023, for comments on the Internet and wearing a mustache during a peaceful protest, Kartavenko sentenced Minsk resident Andrei Shunkevich to two years and six months in a general regime colony. Thus, Elena Valerievna Kartavenko is responsible for human rights violations and undermining the principles of the rule of law, as well as for promoting repression against representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition. Her work within the judiciary is focused on maintaining the position of the existing government, rather than on enforcing the law. Kartavenko’s actions contribute to human rights violations, strengthening the power of Alexander Lukashenko and increasing politically motivated repression in the Republic of Belarus.
List of repressed
Kirovsk resident Yuri Averkov was detained on the eve of the "Single Voting Day" in February 2024. Propagandists then announced that Averkov was the administrator of a Kirovsk Telegram channel that he created in 2020, where he "called on people to take to the streets." As part of the story on the Telegram channel of the Bobruisk state media holding, it was then claimed that Averkov left offensive comments about security forces on the Internet, registered with the "Plan Peramoga", and also allegedly sent photos of homemade weapons to an anonymous chat bot.
It is known that the day before the “Single Voting Day”, on February 23, Yuri Averkov was tried on an administrative charge for “propaganda or public display, production, distribution of Nazi symbols or paraphernalia” (Part 2 of Article 19.10 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus).
The court hearing for “insulting a government official” (Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus) took place on June 11. The court’s decision is unknown.
On September 30, the Mogilev Regional Court will begin to consider the criminal case under Part 3 of Article 293 (Mass riots), as well as Part 1 of Article 130 (Incitement of racial, national, religious or other social hatred or discord) in a closed session.
Lilia was first detained at the end of March 2023 and sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest. However, in April 2024, it became known that she had been detained as part of a criminal case. She was convicted under several articles for "insulting government officials" and "slander and insult against Lukashenko."
He was detained in Babruisk. He was then sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest, but was not released after that. Instead, he was sent to the Okrestina detention center in Minsk. In early September, he was transferred to Pretrial Detention Center No. 1.
Sergei is charged in a criminal case.
Sergei is the cousin of the deputy commander of the Kalinovsky regiment, Vadim Kabanchuk.
On July 4, another closed trial of Sergei Franchuk took place. This time, he was accused of insulting Alexander Lukashenko. Franchuk's initial sentence of three years in prison was extended by six months.
On September 28, 2023, an appeal hearing was held following the second court's verdict. The verdict entered into force.
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Oleg, the owner of the YouTube channel "Third Region Belarus," was detained in January 2022 when he returned to Belarus for the New Year holidays.
Oleg was accused of de-anonymizing security officials and, while abroad, allegedly continuing to "post anti-state information on social media and promote resistance to government officials." On his channel, he published videos of Belarusian solidarity protests in Kyiv, where he had lived since 2020. He was also accused of making "cynical comments" about deceased KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk.
In September 2022, he was convicted under several articles of the Criminal Code, including "inciting racial, national, religious, or other social hatred or discord." The court sentenced him to imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony and ordered him to pay substantial compensation.
In July 2023, Oleg was convicted again of "malicious disobedience to the demands of the prison administration"—a charge often applied to political prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the prison administration. In September of that year, it was reported that he had been transferred to a prison regime.
It was revealed that Oleg faced another court hearing in the first half of summer 2025 under the same charge of "insubordination." The appeal hearing was scheduled for mid-July.
First, in April 2023, he was detained under an administrative article allegedly for "propaganda or public display, production, distribution of Nazi symbols or attributes." After that, a criminal case was opened.
It is known that in March 2023, the man published a video in support of Ukraine on his TikTok account with just over a thousand subscribers, in which Lukashenko was also harshly criticized. The video is currently unavailable. It is known about the man that he is divorced and works as a car mechanic.
On 01.02.2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
He was scheduled to be released on July 15, 2025.
20 year old Vladislav was accused of taking photos and videos of military equipment, military personnel, as well as a military airfield in Bobruisk from February 24 to February 25, 2022.
Then Vladislav forwarded at least 9 video files and photos to a telegram channel recognized as extremist in the Republic of Belarus.
According to the indictment, Anna posted offensive comments about Lukashenko A.G. and other government officials and law enforcement officials in several Telegram channels throughout 2021. On July 10, 2023, Anna will be tried again under the article for "insult".
In June 2023, Kondratenko was returned from the Gomel women's penal colony IK-4 to the Mogilev prison to stand trial for a second criminal case. This time, she was charged with a comment on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus" regarding Andrei Bagrayonok, a traffic police inspector of the Svetlogorsk District Department of Internal Affairs. The post about him appeared on September 27, 2021, and Kondratenko left a comment on September 28.
Anna's second sentence was 1 year of imprisonment and a fine of 50 basic units.
By absorbing a less severe punishment with a more severe one, Kondratenko was left with the same term of 3 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony. In both criminal cases, the woman now owes the state more than 5 thousand Belarusian rubles.
The woman died six months after her release from cancer, which she had been diagnosed with in the colony in Gomel. According to former political prisoners , Anna did not receive any parcels or packages. "Her mother is elderly, retired, it was hard for her, so we thought about how to help her ourselves." Despite her serious illness, Kondratenko was not released early. Moreover, the woman was taken from the colony to a pretrial detention center again and tried again under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
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Born in Narva, Estonian SSR, to a Soviet military family. Architect. Graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute.
On his Facebook page, he published posts about the history of Belarus and his views on Russia. "Poland is Belarus's brother, Ukraine its sister!" he wrote in November 2021.
Prior to the trial, the accused was under a travel restriction and was remanded in custody in the courtroom. The Mogilev resident has a third-degree disability, and in April, he spent 17 days undergoing psychological and psychiatric evaluation in Novinki, where he was found sane.
On June 16, 2022, the KGB added him to the list of “persons involved in terrorist activities.”
On September 27, 2022, the appeal was heard and the verdict entered into force.
In June 2025, he was released , having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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She is a Student of «Mogilev State University Kuleshov's name».
According to the prosecution, the girl reposted a publication in the chat criticizing the actions of Putin and Lukashenko with calls to go outside if the Belarusian army enters the war.
Ilya was detained and convicted under the article "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" for participating in a protest that took place on September 23, 2020 in Minsk. He was accused of allegedly blocking the road and thereby interfering with traffic. The court sentenced him to restriction of freedom.
In November 2022, the preventive measure was tightened and he was transferred to a penal colony.
He was released in May 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.