Alexander Valerievich Rybakov
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Alexander Valerievich Rybakov
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 7 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 15 days of administrative arrest, at least 1,134 rubles in fines, and at least 6 years and 6 months of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed.
According to some witnesses, there are facts of forgery of evidence and changes at their discretion in the protocol of the court hearing.
He sentenced 40-year-old Ivan Romanovsky. He was found guilty according to Art. 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for publicly insulting a government official in connection with the performance of his official duties and was sentenced to one and a half years of restriction of freedom without being sent to open correctional institutions.
He sentenced the political prisoner of the YouTube channel “Slutsk for Life” Vladimir Neronsky to three years in prison in a general regime colony. He found Neronsky guilty under two articles of the Criminal Code: Art. 369 and part 1 of Art. 342. The political prisoner was accused of calling in his videos “Slutsk for Life” for actions that grossly violate public order in Slutsk, Mozyr, Brest, Bobruisk, Mogilev. The court recognized that he did this in conspiracy with blogger Sergei Tikhanovsky and politician Nikolai Statkevich. Neronsky was also found guilty of publicly insulting the chairman of the Slutsk district executive committee, Andrei Yanchevsky, in his video on the YouTube channel.
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 7 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 15 days of administrative arrest, at least 1,134 rubles in fines, and at least 6 years and 6 months of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed.
According to some witnesses, there are facts of forgery of evidence and changes at their discretion in the protocol of the court hearing.
He sentenced 40-year-old Ivan Romanovsky. He was found guilty according to Art. 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for publicly insulting a government official in connection with the performance of his official duties and was sentenced to one and a half years of restriction of freedom without being sent to open correctional institutions.
He sentenced the political prisoner of the YouTube channel “Slutsk for Life” Vladimir Neronsky to three years in prison in a general regime colony. He found Neronsky guilty under two articles of the Criminal Code: Art. 369 and part 1 of Art. 342. The political prisoner was accused of calling in his videos “Slutsk for Life” for actions that grossly violate public order in Slutsk, Mozyr, Brest, Bobruisk, Mogilev. The court recognized that he did this in conspiracy with blogger Sergei Tikhanovsky and politician Nikolai Statkevich. Neronsky was also found guilty of publicly insulting the chairman of the Slutsk district executive committee, Andrei Yanchevsky, in his video on the YouTube channel.
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Nikita, an anarchist activist, was arrested in March 2021 as part of a criminal case against anarchists from the Brest region. He was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and "participating in a criminal organization." The charges stemmed from an incident related to the "March of the Non-Parasites," which took place on March 5, 2017.
Nikita was scheduled for release in early March 2026 after completing his six-year sentence. However, in January, he was retried under Article 411 of the Criminal Code—"malicious disobedience to prison administration"—and received an additional year added to his sentence. Prior to this, the anarchist spent at least four months in a cell-type facility at Shklov Colony No. 17.
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One of the leaders of the Honest People initiative, Ilya, actively participated in Viktor Babariko's election campaign, heading the signature verification department. He was detained on August 4, 2020, on charges of economic crimes, but was later convicted of "posting media aimed at discrediting the government and dividing society by political views."
| 11.10.2021 | Birthday - September 23 (from the letter information) |
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Anarchist activist Alexander was detained on August 12, 2020 and convicted on a number of criminal charges. Earlier, in 2010, he had already served a sentence in the "anarchist case".
In 2022, he was sentenced to 17 years in prison, and in February 2023, the Supreme Court reduced the term by 3 months.
In June 2024, Alexander was again charged under the article for "malicious disobedience to the demands of the colony administration," and he was given another year of imprisonment.
In July 2024, his mother, Tatyana Frantskevich, was arrested on charges of "participation in an extremist group." Her sister, Natalia Lobatsevich, the mother of former political prisoner Ilya Lobatsevich, was arrested along with her.
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She was involved in the "yard chats case".
On March 19, 2026, she was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
She was involved in the "yard chats case".
On March 19, 2026, she was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
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She worked as the head teacher for educational work at Minsk Gymnasium No. 34, which is located near Orlovskaya Street, opposite Kievsky Square. The woman graduated from the Belarusian State Pedagogical University (then the Minsk State Pedagogical Institute) in 1984, after which she taught mathematics for about 40 years.
In July 2021, Petrazytskaya was sentenced to 15 days. Her home was then searched, she was taken to the KGB, and then a protocol was drawn up for "insubordination." It is unknown exactly when the head teacher was fired from the school.
The teacher was arrested in October 2024.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
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A well-known Belarusian blogger, author of the channels "My Country is Belarus", "Lukashenko's Mustache". In June 2020, when the arrests of bloggers began, he left Belarus. In 2022, he stated that he was related to the press service of the Kalinovsky regiment in Ukraine, published photos in which he was with a weapon, in military uniform. Bespalov is currently participating in "Paspality Rushenni".
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Jurijs, a businessman and Latvian citizen, was arrested in August 2024 and convicted of three criminal charges, including “discrediting the Republic of Belarus.” The nature of the charges remains unknown, as the trial was held behind closed doors.
On June 21, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's Special Representative, Keith Kellogg.
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Anastasia worked as a programmer in the Minsk office of the American IT company Exadel. According to the charges, she may have posted comments on Telegram but was not active on other social media.
In the fall of 2024, Anastasia was convicted of "slander against Lukashenko," "calls for sanctions and other actions aimed at harming national security," and "inciting hostility or discord," and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
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.
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Detained and convicted for a donation of 100 USD.
Graduated from the Philology Department of BSU. Volunteered at the II European Games. Worked at Currency.com, spent almost a year in Georgia, working in remote support. Then returned to Belarus.
He is interested in languages, historical reconstruction, and heavy music.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Vadim Saranchukov is an activist of the BPF party, acting chairman of the party. In August 2024, he was sentenced in absentia to 4 years in prison and a fine of 24,000 rubles.
His account was recognized as extremist by the Central District Court of Minsk on June 4, 2025.
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worked as the chief bibliographer of the research department of book science of the National Library of Belarus until November 2021. Then she went into IT.
On March 19, 2026, she was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
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- Twice political prisoners
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- Twice political prisoners
Yulia is accused of financing extremist activity following widespread arrests during the government's persecution of her support for political prisoners and their families through the INeedHelpBy food aid project.
Yulia is the sister of Nikolai Karobko's brother's wife and the mother of Pavel Kravtsov.
In September 2025, she was detained again.