Paul Ivanovich Kazakov
Paul Ivanovich Kazakov
Number of repressed: 315
Date of birth: 11 june 1977
Categories: Overseers

Responsible for all illegal actions against prisoners in Grodno Prison 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. On July 11, 2023, political prisoner Ales Pushkin died in a hospital in Grodno. He was taken there from the territory of Prison No. 1 in Grodno. As the head of this prison, he is responsible for the conditions of detention and the untimely provision of medical care to prisoners, which led to a tragic outcome. In particular, his actions clearly show disregard for the rights of prisoners, including for political reasons.

Responsible for all illegal actions against prisoners in Grodno Prison 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. On July 11, 2023, political prisoner Ales Pushkin died in a hospital in Grodno. He was taken there from the territory of Prison No. 1 in Grodno. As the head of this prison, he is responsible for the conditions of detention and the untimely provision of medical care to prisoners, which led to a tragic outcome. In particular, his actions clearly show disregard for the rights of prisoners, including for political reasons.

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In custody: 1135 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 26.08.1993
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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Political activist from Grodno. In 2017, he spoke at protests related to the introduction of a “tax on parasitism.” In 2019, I set up a tent in front of the administration of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno to solve the housing problem. In 2020, Lavrentiev, together with activist Nikolai Solyanik, held a number of actions for the introduction of quarantine in Belarus during the coronavirus pandemic. Before the 2020 presidential elections, the activist was serving administrative arrest for an action during a meeting with Sergei Tikhanovsky. In the fall of 2020, he left Belarus for Poland.

In Poland, he volunteered to help two Belarusian refugees. but in December 2020, Alexander disappeared from a rented apartment in Bialystok. The girls' money also disappeared with him. He did not answer calls or messages. He told his friend that he calmly crossed the Polish-Belarusian border, but his case in Belarus was closed due to lack of evidence. In 2021, Alexander purchased a food truck and worked in one of the microdistricts of Grodno. I was selling shawarma. On May 2, 2022, Lavrentyev was detained right at his workplace. Detained by the Main Directorate for Organized Crime Control of the Grodno Region. After the arrest, the Grodno resident said on camera that he was detained for distributing extremist information online and insulting the president. He admitted guilt.

On October 11, 2022, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict entered into force.

In the summer of 2024, it became known that Grodno resident Alexander Lavrentiev was given another 1 year of imprisonment in a colony under Article 411 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (“malicious disobedience to the requirements of the administration of a correctional institution”).

Trial outcome 02.08.2022
3 years 4 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 11.10.2022
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 316 days
Hometown: Zaozernyy
Date of birth: 01.09.1978
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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On February 16, 2022, Natalya Malets was detained in Grodno. She was detained along with her daughter. As the latter said, when Natalya refused to provide her phone to the security forces, they took her by the hair with the words “You still don’t understand who is in power here?”.

On December 28, 2022, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.

Trial outcome:

1 year in prison

Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~958 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 10.07.2003
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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The first time she was detained for participating in protest actions.

She was detained again on September 23, 2022 while trying to cross the Belarusian-Lithuanian border.

He is on trial together with Egorov Kuzin and Nikolai Kuleshov about illegal border crossing.

Trial outcome 30.06.2022
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 05.04.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine.
Appeal 24.07.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 410 days
Hometown: Shereshevo
Date of birth: 01.08.1973
Was in: Turma №1Turma №1, Grodno, Kirova 1, 230023
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In May 2022, a trial was held over him, he was sentenced to imprisonment.

On April 29, 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.

Trial outcome:

Imprisonment in a penal colony.

Alexander Ivanovich Duraev
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In custody: ~949 days
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 15.07.1965
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Dentist-orthopedist of the first qualification category of the medical and sanitary unit «Grodno Azot».

At least 8 law enforcement officers broke into the dentist's house, put him face down on the floor. When asked what he has to do with protest activities, Alexander replied: «Absolutely none».

The video of the search of Alexander's house on the channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs showed a pistol, cartridges and magazines with naked women. The man explained that he brought the cartridges from Mongolia, they have been stored with him since 1990. The law enforcement officers did not substantiate which law he violated with magazines and why they drew attention to them.

In a video posted on the telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Alexander Duraev said that he was detained for insulting officials and the president in social networks.

Sasha has no close relatives in Belarus. He is a great connoisseur of music, hi-fi, drummer.

Trial outcome 03.10.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 01.12.2022
unknown.
Vladimir Alexeyevich Gemza
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In custody: 653 days
Hometown: Lida
Date of birth: 02.08.1977
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Deputy director of a grocery store.

Convicted for comments on Telegram.

02.11.2023 released after expiration of sentence.

Trial outcome 13.04.2022:

2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

Alesya Anatolievna Bunevich
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In custody: 760 days
folder Categories of cases: Rail guerrillas, Return to Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 08.09.1989
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Director of the Vilna printing house.

She was detained on April 4, 2022 in the case of «railway partisans», after she came from Lithuania to Belarus for the anniversary of her mother's death.

The propaganda film on «BT» shows a piece of Alesya's interrogation, where she tells how she bought Lithuanian SIM cards a few days before her trip to Belarus, shows where she hid them on the territory of the country, how she filmed everything to send to her curator in Lithuania. And also that she had to send young people when they arrived at the border. Finally, she was charged under Part 3 of Article 371 of the Criminal Code - intentional illegal crossing of the state border of the Republic of Belarus committed by an organized group.

05/03/2024 released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

14.05.2022 As of May 10, 2022, she received only three letters from her son, although dozens of letters and postcards were sent by friends and relatives.

Trial outcome 18.11.2022:

3.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.

The sentence was reduced by a year due to an amnesty.

Andrei Yurievich Stepanenko
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In custody: 501 day
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 08.09.1986
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Andrei was detained in February and was not released after administrative arrest. In April, it became known that he was released from the pre-trial detention center on bail. He was taken into custody on April 12, 2022.

06/23/2023 released after the expiration of the sentence.

Trial outcome:

1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 668 days
folder Categories of cases: Registration in the Peramoga bot
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 16.05.1994
Was in: SIZO-1SIZO-1, Minsk 2 Volodarskogo St., 220030
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Convicted for comments on social networks.

It became known that on August 11, 2023, Maxim will be retried under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus

On October 27, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.

According to human rights activists, he was released on November 2, 2023.

Trial outcome 11.08.2023:

2 years of imprisonment.

Kirill Sergeevich Kanyuk
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Former political prisoners
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Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 13.01.1993
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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Previously, he was brought to administrative responsibility for participating in protests.

On June 29, 2024, he was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 21.03.2022:

unknown

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 692 days
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 23.10.1969
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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In the summer of 2023 he was released after the expiration of his sentence.

Trial outcome 31.01.2022:

2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 861 day
Hometown: Ive
Date of birth: 03.12.1966
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It is known that Vladimir was charged with 8 episodes of insults - the man left abusive comments against government officials on Odnoklassniki, and also distributed their personal information.

Nothing is known about the details of the charges under other articles.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the winter of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 21.02.2022:

2.5 years of imprisonment.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~905 days
Hometown: Navahrudak
Date of birth: 12.09.1983
Was in: IK-8IK-8, 211388, Vitebsk region, Orsha, ul. Lenina, 195A
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He was detained by Russian border guards when he tried to leave Belarus. He was handed over to the Belarusian security forces and placed in a pre-trial detention center.

At the beginning of September 2022,it became known that a trial was held in Orsha to strengthen the political prisoner regime and Dmitry was transferred to prison regime.

Dmitry’s mother died on April 13, 2023.

It recently became known that in Orsha on September 1, 2023, a trial was held under Part 1 of Art. 411 of the Criminal Code (Malicious disobedience to the requirements of the prison administration). Dmitry was added to his prison term by another 1 year and 15 days . That is, the political prisoner’s term should have ended on August 18, and he should have been released, but this did not happen due to re-arrest and trial on a new criminal case.

Trial outcome 02.03.2022
1 year 6 months 15 days of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Trial outcome 01.09.2023
1 year 15 days of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 17.10.2023
unknown.
Ruslan Aleksandrovich Sadovnichy
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In custody: ~1139 days
Hometown: Kuliki
Date of birth: 25.10.1987
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Ruslan was accused of “feeling hatred towards the current government” and writing numerous offensive messages to police officers and their relatives.

It is known that he has a 3rd group disability due to vision impairment.

Ruslan was released from prison early after being pardoned.

Trial outcome 21.02.2022
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Trial outcome 01.02.2023
6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 18.04.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 884 days
Hometown: Lida
Date of birth: 07.06.2003
Was in: IK-15IK №15, 212013, Mogilev, p/o Veyno, Slavgorodskoye shosse 183
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According to the indictment, in August 2021, he and Yaroslav Geben tore the national flag from one of the stores and took indecent photographs with it and filmed a video.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the spring of 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome:

2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

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