Dmitriy Sergeyevich Karsyuk

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.

She was detained for drawing "Pahonia" stencils. On September 20, the Central District Court of Minsk sentenced three political prisoners: Anatoly Latushka, the cousin of politician Pavel Latushko, Lilia Ananyan, and Elena Malinovskaya. At the trial, Latushko and Malinovskaya pleaded not guilty, while Ananyan fully admitted her guilt. Judge Dmitry Karsyuk sentenced Anatoly to six years in prison, Elena to four years in prison, and Lilia to five years of house arrest, before releasing her in the courtroom.

Elena has a minor son left at home.

Elena was supposed to be released at the end of August 2025, but she was never released. As Elena's friends told Nasha Niva , she was transported to Minsk, where a new criminal case was opened against her .

In early March, Elena was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison. Because she had already served over four years behind bars, the court counted this time toward her sentence, so she was released during the trial.

He was convicted under the article on insulting the president (Article 368 of the Criminal Code).

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the fall of 2023, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

In April 2025, he was added to the list of extremists, as convicted under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, which means that Sergei was tried for the second time in 2025, but this time for participating in the 2020 protests. The sentence is unknown.

Dmitry was arrested in June 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened under the articles "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer" and "insulting a government official."

In October 2021, he was convicted of insulting and threatening four people in comments posted on a Telegram channel between 2020 and 2021. The victims were A. Perekhvatko of the Ivatsevichi District Police Department, A. Grinkevich, head of the Nesvizh District Police Department, R. Pranevich, senior lieutenant of the Nesvizh District Police Department, and A. Aleksa, an officer of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption.

In his final statement, Dmitry merely wished his sister and mother, who were present in the courtroom, a happy Mother's Day. He remained handcuffed behind bars the entire time.

In November 2021, Dmitry suffered a heart attack and then a stroke while in prison.

He was released in March 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Andrei, a deputy production director, was arrested in May 2021 on charges of participating in a post-election protest that took place on November 1, 2020, in Minsk.

In October 2021, he was convicted of participating in the organization of protests for posting a video of security forces' special equipment moving along Independence Avenue, along with a message listing its name, to the Telegram channels "Nexta" and "Nexta Live." He was also found guilty of "illegal drug trafficking without intent to sell," as approximately two grams of marijuana were found during a search of his person, which he voluntarily surrendered to law enforcement officers.

He was released in September 2023, having fully served his sentence.

Vladimir was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

In November 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord," "insulting a government official," and "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.

He was released in January 2023, having fully served his sentence.

In May 2023, Vladimir's arrest was announced in a new criminal case, opened under the articles "insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko." In December of that year, he was again found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

He was released in November 2024, having fully served his sentence.

Artyom was arrested on June 22, 2021, when he appeared at the police station as a witness in a separate, "non-political" criminal case. His arrest was part of an investigation into charges of "participating in actions that grossly violate public order," "preparing to participate in mass riots," and "preparing to illegally manufacture and carry items whose destructive effect is based on the use of flammable substances." He had previously been wanted by the police, although he was not in hiding: he lived at home and went to work.

In September 2021, Artyom was convicted for participating in post-election protests that took place in Minsk in August 2020.

He was released in early May 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Maxim was arrested in April 2021 and later convicted for participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk in August 2020. According to the charges, on the night of August 9-10, 2020, he was on Masherov Avenue, joined other protesters, walked onto the roadway, shouted slogans, loudly clapped, waved his arms, and made offensive gestures toward police officers.

In March 2023, Maxim was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.