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).
Sergei was arrested in January 2024 and convicted in October of that year of "financing extremist activity." He was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Trial outcome 01.10.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Igor was arrested in September 2024 for calling for protests in chat rooms; a pro-government channel published a video of him. In the recording, he claims to have been a member of destructive chat rooms in 2020, where he allegedly "urged people to coordinate and damage state property." Security officials also showed screenshots of messages about "fake courtyard chat rooms" and "targeted exits for sabotage," but the author of these messages is unknown.
In March 2025, he was found guilty of “calls to actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus” and sentenced to imprisonment.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Trial outcome 14.03.2025
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Andrei was convicted in the summer of 2024 under the articles “inciting hatred or discord” and “calls for sanctions” and sentenced to imprisonment.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Trial outcome 06.06.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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).
Trial outcome 26.09.2024
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
JudgeAnzhelikaDanilovawill beginhearingthe case on July29,2024, in the Minsk Regional Court.
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).
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).
Trial outcome 11.07.2024
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Igor is a physical education teacher at Baranovichi Secondary School No. 1. He was detained in the first half of 2024. In a "confession video" published on a pro-government channel, he "admits" to making offensive comments about police officers and Lukashenko.
In November of that year, he was convicted on four criminal charges: "insulting Lukashenko," "insulting a government official," "calling for sanctions," and "inciting hatred." The case was heard behind closed doors.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Alexander was convicted in the summer of 2024 under the articles "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and "inciting racial, national, religious or other social hostility or discord" and sentenced to imprisonment.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
Trial outcome 25.06.2024
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The man is 50 years old. He was the founder or director of several companies involved in the import of computers and computer components. Most recently, he was deputy director of commercial affairs at Avard Service and director of SanRan.
It's unclear exactly when he was detained , but it was more than six months ago. The KGB included Rushkevich among the members of the "extremist group Trielit," along with businessman Vladimir Balabanovich, who is on trial for calling for sanctions.
The chat was probably hacked because of one of the detainees.
In the spring of 2026, he was released , having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 23.05.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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