Alexander Fomich Shego

Former head of Intex-Press. Intex-Press was the largest and most successful independent regional media outlet in Belarus, but the authorities crushed it in 2021.

After the authorities liquidated the largest regional publication, Intex-Press, in 2023, Yanukevich and Pokolenko created the regional news portal bar24.by. In December 2024, bar24.by's editorial office and employees' apartments were searched, and some employees were detained.

Yanukevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison and a fine of 135,000 rubles (approximately 40,000 euros), while Pokolenko was sentenced to 12 years in prison and a fine of 45,000 rubles (approximately 13,000 euros). According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ ), "there is information about a huge total fine of approximately 200,000 rubles (approximately 60,000 euros)."

The nature of the charges is unknown.

Volodymyr Yanukevich, 65, served as director and editor-in-chief of the independent regional newspaper Intex-Press. Andriy Pokolenko, 44, served as deputy development director for the same media outlet. After the newspaper's closure, they created the news website BAR24. The website went down in January 2025.

Vladimir Yanukovych has previously been persecuted . He was twice tried and fined under the Code of Administrative Offenses for publishing an interview with Tikhanovskaya, and in February 2023, security forces raided the premises of Intex-Press Publishing House.

In addition to the imprisonment and a large fine, as reported by the Belarusian Association of Journalists, “there is information about a huge total fine of approximately 200,000 rubles (approximately 60,000 euros).”

Employees of the Baranovichi media outlet BAR24 were detained in December 2024. Law enforcement officers searched their homes and the city portal's editorial office, seizing equipment. Several were released, while the rest faced criminal charges.

Judging by social media, the man worked in various blue-collar jobs in his hometown.

The nature of the charges is unknown, but is almost certainly related to his social media activity.

A construction worker by training, he graduated from College No. 61 in Baranovichi and went to Russia to work. Upon returning to Belarus, he became a member of the "For Freedom" Movement.

In 2020, he was sentenced to 10 days in jail, despite asking the judge to fine him. In 2025, he was sentenced to prison for participating in the 2020 protests.

43-year-old Evgeny was sentenced for sociological research on COVID-19 in Belarus.

Earlier, the Investigative Committee reported details of the prosecution of Krasnyansky. The agency claimed that the man prepared a study for one of the foreign organizations containing "deliberately false information about the country's health policy in terms of measures taken to combat coronavirus infection." It is known that two women were detained along with Yevgeny Krasnyansky: Minsk residents aged 37 and 43. They allegedly conducted a sociological study on the presence of advantages among citizens in the development of the country through integration with the countries of the European Union. In order to arrive at the desired result, the women allegedly interviewed representatives of the focus group who had "a deliberately negative attitude towards the existing political system and constitutional order in the state." The sentences for the women are unknown.

He worked as a taxi driver. He is a father of many children, with six children from two marriages.

He was detained in connection with a terrorism case. He was severely beaten during interrogation (Viktor even had his arm broken). According to the KGB, Viktor Yaskich and Yevhen Gruk were convicted under Article 289 of the Criminal Code (act of terrorism) and Article 295 of the Criminal Code (illegal actions involving firearms, ammunition, and explosives). Their arrest became known in early April 2024 from a report on ONT. According to the propagandists, security forces detained at least 12 people, including Gruk and Yaskich, accused of smuggling explosives and planning terrorist attacks. According to the reporter, Gruk was an informant for the SBU: he photographed military equipment and transmitted its coordinates. Gruk was then ordered to retrieve the explosives from a hiding place. Yaskich gave Gruk a ride to the hiding place. Subsequently, the two were supposed to distribute the explosives from the hiding place to new hiding places. The report does not explain the rationale behind this action.

The trial took place in May 2025. The verdict is unknown; Viktor was held in pretrial detention before the trial.

On 13.02.2025, he was convicted under an administrative article (Part 2 of Article 10.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus - Intentional infliction of bodily harm and other violent actions or violation of a protective order), after which a criminal case was opened.

Detained in a criminal case related to "extremist activity."

His common-law wife Vera Kanonenko is also in pre-trial detention .

According to the investigation , the defendants in the case were couriers for the BYSOL initiative, "their tasks included receiving and transferring money to other members of the organization, distributing it to meet the needs of participants in illegal protest and extremist activities."

According to the article, Alexey is being tried for the protests that took place after the elections on August 9, 2020 in Pinsk.

Former employee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.