Elena Nikolaevna Ananich
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Elena Nikolaevna Ananich
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 36 decisions awarding at least 35 days of administrative arrest, fines of at least 1,620 rubles and at least 4 years of restriction or imprisonment. On April 28, 2023, she sentenced former GUBOPiK officer Stanislav Luponosov to 18 years in prison in absentia. Judge Elena Ananich also imposed a fine on him in the amount of 1,300 basic units (48,100 rubles). Stanislav was accused under three articles of the Criminal Code: Part 1 of Art. 356 (Treason), Art. 352 (Illegal acquisition of computer information), Part 3 of Art. 426 (Excess of power or official authority). On February 2, 2023, she sentenced lawyer Vitaly Braginets to eight years in a colony under high security conditions. He was accused under four articles of the Criminal Code: Part 3 of Art. 130 (inciting other social hostility or discord), part 3 of Art. 361 (calls for sanctions), part 1 of Art. 361-1 (creation of an extremist formation or participation in it) and Part 1 of Art. 342 (active participation in actions that grossly violate public order). Rejects complaints about the cancellation of indictments under Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, despite the presence of witnesses that the administrative decisions of the trial court contain false facts. Previously, as a judge of the Pervomaisky District Court, she also made decisions against civilians: she tried Andrei Klimov, accused of slander and insulting the former president; against Leonid Mazhalsky for protesting against the construction of a house for special forces in Uruchya; rejected Vladimir Morozov's complaint against the refusal to initiate a criminal case for the fact that disproportionate physical force was used against the man by police officers. She was on the list of judges proposed for restrictions on entry into the European Union for ruling on the arrests of democratic activists during the 2006 election campaign.
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 36 decisions awarding at least 35 days of administrative arrest, fines of at least 1,620 rubles and at least 4 years of restriction or imprisonment. On April 28, 2023, she sentenced former GUBOPiK officer Stanislav Luponosov to 18 years in prison in absentia. Judge Elena Ananich also imposed a fine on him in the amount of 1,300 basic units (48,100 rubles). Stanislav was accused under three articles of the Criminal Code: Part 1 of Art. 356 (Treason), Art. 352 (Illegal acquisition of computer information), Part 3 of Art. 426 (Excess of power or official authority). On February 2, 2023, she sentenced lawyer Vitaly Braginets to eight years in a colony under high security conditions. He was accused under four articles of the Criminal Code: Part 3 of Art. 130 (inciting other social hostility or discord), part 3 of Art. 361 (calls for sanctions), part 1 of Art. 361-1 (creation of an extremist formation or participation in it) and Part 1 of Art. 342 (active participation in actions that grossly violate public order). Rejects complaints about the cancellation of indictments under Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, despite the presence of witnesses that the administrative decisions of the trial court contain false facts. Previously, as a judge of the Pervomaisky District Court, she also made decisions against civilians: she tried Andrei Klimov, accused of slander and insulting the former president; against Leonid Mazhalsky for protesting against the construction of a house for special forces in Uruchya; rejected Vladimir Morozov's complaint against the refusal to initiate a criminal case for the fact that disproportionate physical force was used against the man by police officers. She was on the list of judges proposed for restrictions on entry into the European Union for ruling on the arrests of democratic activists during the 2006 election campaign.
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Dmitry was detained after the Telegram chat "Atolino" was designated an "extremist group" by the KGB on August 31 and added to the corresponding list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on September 6.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs lists the names of the group's members: Pavel Ivanov, Dmitry Tikunov, Evgeniya Mostovaya (Grigorik), Pavel Belonitsky, Alexey Semenov, Yury Antonovich, Alexander Zaitsev, and Vladimir Polekh.
The prosecutor requested a 3-year prison sentence for Dmitry, but the court ultimately sentenced him to 2.5 years.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the fall of 2025.
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Citizen of the Russian Federation.
Deported to Russia immediately after his release on August 21, 2025.
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It is unknown when Daria was detained , but probably in the fall of 2023. She is accused of two articles - Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code and Part 2 of Art. 361-3.
The first article is organizing or participating in actions that grossly violate public order. The second is recruitment, training, other preparation or use of Belarusians to participate in a war on the territory of another state, as well as financing or other material support for such activities. It is usually given to those who helped Ukraine in some way.
It is known that after graduating from the philological department of BSU, Daria went to work at gymnasium No. 23 in Minsk, where she herself studied. She also entered the master's program at the Faculty of Philology of BSU.
On July 23, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
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Galina Krasnyanskaya is 67 years old. She comes from Babruisk, probably from a military family - social networks indicate that she was born in the "military town of Kiselevichi". Once there was a large military garrison there and the school was created specifically for the children of the military. After school, she went to Minsk to study to be a chemist at the Belarusian Technological Institute (now BSTU). But after that, Galina worked in military units, if you believe her social networks. For example, from 1981 to 1986 in unit No. 48819, based in the pro-Soviet part of Germany - the GDR.
She probably moved to Sweden later. She must also have Swedish citizenship.
It is unknown when the woman returned to Belarus, but not earlier than spring 2023. The date of detention is also unknown. The article under which Galina is accused most often means a donation to Belarusian volunteers or to help Ukraine.
On June 21, 2025, Galina was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and was immediately taken to Lithuania.
Olga was taken into custody on charges of donating to initiatives recognized as extremist.
Her trial began in July 2023.
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A catechism teacher at the Minsk Archcathedral, Bilodid participated in communal prayers for an end to violence and lawlessness in 2020. He was arrested on May 31, 2023, and subjected to inhumane and degrading treatment. His family noted signs of beatings at his trial.
The believer was forced to record a so-called "repentance" video, in which he appeared dejected and, under obvious duress, declared his homosexual orientation, which put him at further risk. The propaganda video contained derogatory language about him, forced him to incriminate himself, and displayed photos and videos aimed at discrediting him in the eyes of believers. The Curia of the Minsk-Mogilev Archdiocese published a statement stating that a canonical investigation had been launched into the facts presented in the propaganda video.
Vladislav was arrested several times for a total of 45 days under the article on dissemination of “extremist materials” (Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), after which a criminal case was opened under Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 11, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
He was scheduled to be released on November 22 , 2025 .
On June 16, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
According to human rights activists , he was released on December 25, 2023, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Convicted for participating in protests in September 2020. Before the verdict, he was in custody in SIZO-1 for 2.5 months. After the verdict, Vladimir managed to leave the Republic of Belarus.
A defendant in a criminal case opened after the murder of KGB officer Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser.
On January 28, 2023, she was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
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A famous Belarusian musician. He played in the bands Krambambulya, ZET, Pomidor/off and Hasta la Fillsta.
Convicted of "slander" and "insult".
At the end of October 2022, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Vladislav.
According to the indictment, Plyushchev reposted to the Telegram chat "Pruzhany is not your city" from "extremist" channels. He also allegedly left offensive comments about government officials and posted information that was deliberately false, degrading, and slanderous. A total of 43 people were recognized as victims in the case.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in February 2025, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
Press Secretary of A1.
He was detained on December 10 and sentenced to administrative arrest. But after his release, he was not released. It is known that the security forces beat him.
After his arrest, a "repentant video" appeared on pro-government channels, in which he said that he allegedly passed on information related to his professional activities to third parties. But the company then stated that Nikolai did not have access to client data.
The trial was held behind closed doors, but it became known that Nikolai Bredelev was found not guilty under Part 2 of Article 424 of the Criminal Code (Abuse of power or official authority) and acquitted due to lack of evidence of participation in the commission of a crime.
He was accused of providing funds to deliberately support the activities of an extremist group (Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code) — blogger Anton Motolko. Motolko denied this accusation.
He is expected to be released in June 2025.
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Andrey is the head of the advertising and marketing department of Nasha Niva, the author of the Nasha Gistoriya magazine. From 2006 to 2017, he was the editor-in-chief of the publication. On July 8, 2021, he was detained in a case of "group actions grossly violating public order." He was later charged under the article on "causing property damage without signs of theft" - for paying for utilities at rates for individuals instead of legal entities. The investigation calculated the damage at more than 10 thousand rubles.
In March 2022, he was sentenced to imprisonment, despite the fact that the damages were fully compensated.
In August 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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Egor is the editor-in-chief of the Nasha Niva website (nn.by), and has been working for the publication since 2009. On July 8, 2021, he was detained in connection with a case of "group actions grossly violating public order." He was later charged under the article on "causing property damage without signs of theft" - for paying for utilities at rates for individuals instead of legal entities. The investigation calculated the damage at more than 10 thousand rubles.
In March 2022, Egor was sentenced to imprisonment, despite the fact that the damages were fully compensated.
In August 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
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Ruslan is a Belarusian blogger who has been creating videos on social and political topics since 2020. By February 2021, his channel had more than 90,000 subscribers. On February 20, 2021, he was detained and later convicted of “insulting a government official.”
It became known that Ruslan was not released from the colony after his term expired, but was transferred to the pretrial detention center in Kolyadichi. The reasons for the new charges are still unknown.
He was released in June 2025, having served his full sentence.
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Vladislav, a student at the Belarusian State Medical University, was detained on November 19, 2020 and convicted of administering the Telegram channel "White Coats".
He was released in April 2024 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.