Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev
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Ruslan Hikmetovich Mashadiev
Responsible for all illegal actions against prisoners in Correctional Colony No. 1. Such actions include psychological and, in some cases, physical violence, illegal sending to solitary confinement, restrictions on correspondence and receiving parcels from persons in the institution. He exerted pressure on prisoner Ilya Baranovsky, which significantly worsened his health. It was under his leadership that Viktor Babariko was hospitalized from the colony to the city hospital on April 25, 2023. In this colony, convicts are systematically brutally beaten. Before becoming the head, he also took direct part in beating convicts, helping the former head of the colony.
Responsible for all illegal actions against prisoners in Correctional Colony No. 1. Such actions include psychological and, in some cases, physical violence, illegal sending to solitary confinement, restrictions on correspondence and receiving parcels from persons in the institution. He exerted pressure on prisoner Ilya Baranovsky, which significantly worsened his health. It was under his leadership that Viktor Babariko was hospitalized from the colony to the city hospital on April 25, 2023. In this colony, convicts are systematically brutally beaten. Before becoming the head, he also took direct part in beating convicts, helping the former head of the colony.
List of repressed
- Associations
- Athletes
- Associations
- Athletes
Pavel, a football fan, was detained on May 4, 2021, by GUBOPiK and SOBR officers as part of a criminal case opened for participating in protests that took place in Mozyr in August 2020 after the presidential elections. He was convicted under the articles "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and "violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies."
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Roman was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against the falsification of the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
He was released in November 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
- Associations
- Entrepreneurs
- Associations
- Entrepreneurs
Vladislav, the owner of a barbershop in Petrikov, was detained after being summoned to the police department and a search was conducted, during which his equipment and phones were seized. The reason was Stories published on March 16, 2021 on Instagram, in which he spoke out against riot police officers after the detention and beating of a former MTZ employee. Although the posts were soon deleted, a criminal case was opened against him, and he was later convicted of "inciting social hatred."
According to human rights activists, he was released at the end of 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
Viktor was arrested and convicted for attempting to block rail traffic. In two cases, the blockade worked, disrupting train traffic.
He was released in August 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
- Associations
- Parents of minors
Maksym, an ambulance driver, was charged and convicted of making six life-size puppets “with cynical inscriptions and images of senior officials,” which were placed on overpasses near the villages of Vilczyce and Lubuż, and then photographed and distributed online.
He was released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Vladimir was arrested and convicted for allegedly snatching an Osa traumatic pistol from a police officer during the March of Heroes protest on September 13, 2020, and inflicting bodily harm on OMON officers.
Evgeniy was detained and convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 9, 2020 in Zhlobin, directed against the results of the presidential elections.
In June 2022, his sentence was increased and he was transferred to prison.
In July 2023, Yevgeny was convicted again of “malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional institution” - an article under which prisoners are tried for refusing to cooperate with the administration and for fictitious violations.
He was released in February 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
- Associations
- Activists
- Associations
- Activists
Pavel was detained in connection with a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest against falsifications in the presidential elections. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots". Before his detention, Pavel was engaged in clothing design and volunteer work, supporting people with disabilities and children in orphanages.
He was released in November 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
- Associations
- Law enforcement
- Associations
- Law enforcement
Andrei was detained in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Pinsk on the night of August 9-10, 2020 against falsifications in the presidential elections. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
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 Andrei Khveskovets.
Denis was convicted for participating in a protest that took place on August 9, 2020 in Zhlobin, directed against the results of the presidential elections.
He was released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Ilya was convicted in a criminal case brought for participating in protests that took place from August 9 to 11, 2020 in Zhlobin against the results of the presidential elections.
In October 2021, he was convicted again for “offensive actions against the state symbol - the flag.”
He was released in August 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Dmitry was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
He was convicted for the second time in June 2021 for insulting Lukashenko.
In February 2022, the court toughened the punishment, and Dmitry was transferred to a penal colony.
He was released in April 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
| 17.12.2022 | From December 8, Dima was transferred to a cell regime until the end of his term. |
| 18.05.2021 | will serve his sentence in Vitebsk (IUOT number 9) |
Vladimir was convicted for comments left on a Telegram channel about Lukashenko and former Minister of Internal Affairs Yuri Karayev.
He was released in March 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
- Associations
- Associations
Pavel was detained as part of a criminal case opened after a protest that took place on September 20, 2020, in Gomel, and convicted of alleged violence against a criminal executive inspector, Pavel Shapovalov.
He was released in November 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
- Associations
- Civil servants
- Associations
- Civil servants
Grigory was detained in October 2020 and later convicted of throwing at least three unspecified objects towards the roadway and special transport during a protest on August 10, 2020, near the Riga shopping center in Minsk.
According to human rights activists, he was released in January 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.