Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize
Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize
Number of repressed: 222
Date of birth: 9 january 1981
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The Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus for the Mogilev Region. Correctional Colony No. 2 in Babruisk. Head of the Operational-Regime Unit, Major. Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize is an accomplice to the repressions in the Babruisk colony, guilty of using violence and creating harsh conditions for political prisoners: placing them in a punishment cell upon arrival, refusing to give them parcels, and prohibiting them from communicating with other prisoners. He greeted new arrivals with the words: "You have ended up in the 'reddest' colony in the world." He is known for his cruelty and strict control of the regime, personally conducting inspections and punishing for the slightest violations, accompanying this with abuse and bullying. He gave propaganda lectures to political prisoners. In 2023, he introduced new restrictions on the mailing of books and medical supplies. At the beginning of 2024, he resigned and went to Germany under the repatriation program for descendants of German colonists (Spätaussiedler). According to BELPOL, he lives under the name Dimitri Schönwiese in Schwerin. At least 50 political prisoners remain in Colony No. 2. The German authorities have been notified of his involvement in the repressions.

The Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus for the Mogilev Region. Correctional Colony No. 2 in Babruisk. Head of the Operational-Regime Unit, Major. Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize is an accomplice to the repressions in the Babruisk colony, guilty of using violence and creating harsh conditions for political prisoners: placing them in a punishment cell upon arrival, refusing to give them parcels, and prohibiting them from communicating with other prisoners. He greeted new arrivals with the words: "You have ended up in the 'reddest' colony in the world." He is known for his cruelty and strict control of the regime, personally conducting inspections and punishing for the slightest violations, accompanying this with abuse and bullying. He gave propaganda lectures to political prisoners. In 2023, he introduced new restrictions on the mailing of books and medical supplies. At the beginning of 2024, he resigned and went to Germany under the repatriation program for descendants of German colonists (Spätaussiedler). According to BELPOL, he lives under the name Dimitri Schönwiese in Schwerin. At least 50 political prisoners remain in Colony No. 2. The German authorities have been notified of his involvement in the repressions.

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In custody: ~1781 day
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 16.07.1966
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Sergei was detained on August 30, 2020, in Minsk during a Sunday protest. His arrest followed a clash between police and protesters who were trying to prevent the detention of one of the protesters. He was later convicted of "violence against an officer of the internal affairs bodies."

In January 2024, he was transferred to another colony, most likely to IK-2.

According to human rights activists , he will be released in the summer of 2025.

Trial outcome 27.11.2020
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Artyom Igorevich Anischuk
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In custody: ~961 day
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 20.06.1988
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Artyom was detained, severely beaten, and later convicted of damaging the car of a policeman's wife in Novaya Borovaya.

On June 29, 2022, the political prisoner was supposed to be released, but instead he was re-arrested. In July of the same year, he was convicted again for "insulting a government official" in a closed chat organized by security forces for the purpose of provocation. Artem did not admit his guilt and stated in court that the new criminal case was revenge on the part of the head of Colony No. 15, Alexey Lazarenko, where he was tortured and beaten.

He was released in May 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 03.02.2021
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, approximately 1845 rubles of compensation.
Trial outcome 25.07.2022
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Appeal 22.09.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Oleg Olegovich Mozgov
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In custody: ~709 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 09.05.1995
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Oleg was detained and sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment in an open-type correctional facility for participating in a protest against election fraud that took place on August 9, 2020 in Minsk.

In April 2022, the court ordered a stricter regime and transferred him to a penal colony for four violations, including allegedly impolite behavior with a “chemistry” employee.

On January 21, 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 01.02.2021
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Regime change trial 06.04.2022
9 months 17 days of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Alexander Sergeevich Frantsuzov
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In custody: ~1390 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests Zhlobin 2020
Hometown: Zhlobin
Date of birth: 23.12.1992
Number of children: 2 children
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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Alexander was detained and convicted for allegedly running over a traffic police officer in Zhlobin.

On the night of August 10-11, 2020, he was getting ready to go on a trip, but agreed to give his friends a ride to the city center. He was unable to get there — a traffic jam started on one of the streets. Police officers pulled people out of their cars. During the arrest, Deputy Chief of the Zhlobin District Department of Internal Affairs Dmitry Dedyun hung on the window of his car and fell when the car started moving.

He was released in June 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

09.09.2021 as an extremist was registered upon arrival in the colony on May 3. Squad 8 for letters

Trial outcome 18.12.2020
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1500 rubles of compensation.
Appeal date unknown
the sentence was upheld.
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Chernyansky
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In custody: ~486 days
Hometown: Gorodok
Date of birth: 31.10.1987
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Nikolai was arrested and convicted for insulting a government official.

He was released on March 19, 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

21.05.2021 From a letter dated 05/17/2021: recently put on prof. registered as a person prone to taking hostages, attacking the administration, and displaying aggression.

Trial outcome 15.12.2020
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 500 rubles of compensation.
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In custody: ~1398 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests Zhlobin 2020
Hometown: Luki
Date of birth: 22.03.1960
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Alexey was convicted of throwing a bottle at a traffic police inspector during a protest that took place in Zhlobin on the night of August 9-10, 2020.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2024, having fully served his sentence.

15.05.2021 The money transfer was returned. Accept only from relatives. approx. from the site administration: the Law does not prohibit receiving funds from other persons in acc. with paragraph 4 of article 85 of the Penal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Try writing complaints.

Trial outcome 04.11.2020
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1500 rubles of compensation.
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In custody: ~1027 days
folder Categories of cases: July 14, 2020 protest, Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 21.07.1999
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Anton was detained in connection with a criminal case opened over the events of July 14, 2020, in Minsk, when people took to the streets to protest the Central Election Commission's decision not to register Viktor Babariko and Valery Tsepkalo as presidential candidates. He was convicted under the article "Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies."

On July 26, 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 18.11.2020
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Appeal 09.02.2021
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: ~1826 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 20.05.1973
Was in: IK-22IK -22, p.o.b 20, Brest region, Ivatsevichi, st. Domanovo, 225295
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Dmitry was arrested on August 15, 2020, and convicted of threatening a police lieutenant colonel and setting his outbuilding on fire.

According to human rights activists , he will be released in the summer of 2025.

Trial outcome 26.11.2020
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Andrey Dmitrievich Korolenya
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In custody: ~687 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Zhlobin
Date of birth: 27.08.1993
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Andrey was detained for riding a bicycle slightly behind a column of cyclists participating in a protest bike ride on August 7, 2020. According to investigators, he violated traffic rules: his bicycle was not equipped with a rear-view mirror or a horn. The traffic police demanded that he stop, but Andrey did not respond, drove around the police officer and continued driving, trying to escape. He was ultimately convicted of allegedly resisting a police officer.

On August 27, 2022, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 16.10.2020
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Pavel Andreevich Peskov
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In custody: ~1347 days
folder Categories of cases: Molodechno protests 2020
Hometown: Maladzyechna
Date of birth: 14.06.1989
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: SIZO-1 KolyadichiSIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
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Pavel was arrested in September 2020 and convicted of resisting riot police during a protest that took place in Molodechno on June 19, 2020. He was among several dozen city residents who tried to prevent the arrest of participants in the peaceful assembly.

In June 2022, Pavel was convicted again for “malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of the correctional institution,” and an additional year of imprisonment was added to his sentence. This article applies to prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration, on fabricated charges.

On February 28, 2024, he was released after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.

In December 2024, it became known that Pavel was detained again .

Trial outcome 29.09.2020
3 years 3 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 20.11.2020
the sentence was upheld.
Trial outcome 14.06.2022
1 year of imprisonment in colony in strict regime conditions.
Trial outcome 14.01.2025
3 months of arrest.
Danila Andreevich Chamadanau
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In custody: 274 days
Date of birth: 13.03.1997
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Danila was detained in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place on September 13, 2020 in Brest, where people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them. He was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order." According to the prosecution, the downtime of the trolleybus and bus depots caused damage in the amount of about 660 Belarusian rubles.

He was released on October 23, 2021, having fully served his sentence, and deported to the Russian Federation.

Trial outcome 07.05.2021
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, unknown rubles of compensation.
Appeal 09.07.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Sergey Alexandrovich Krasovsky
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In custody: 623 days
folder Categories of cases: Direct action, Brest 2020 Protests
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 25.09.1989
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Sergei was arrested in November 2020 and convicted in a criminal case brought for blocking railway tracks and hanging scarecrows in Brest.

He was released in July 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 18.05.2021
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 16.07.2021
the sentence was upheld.
David Sergeevich Zbaransky
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In custody: 782 days
Hometown: Voyskaya
Date of birth: 26.04.2003
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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David was detained upon his return from Poland as part of a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against fraud in the presidential elections that took place in Brest on August 10, 2020. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."

On January 21, 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 12.07.2021
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 08.10.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Sergey Vitalievich Krivchenya
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In custody: ~1143 days
folder Categories of cases: The case of «mass riots», Brest, 2020
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 29.10.1981
Number of children: 2 children
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Sergei was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest against falsifications in the presidential elections. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots." According to the case materials, the total damage exceeded 27 thousand Belarusian rubles.

He was released in October 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 10.03.2021
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, approximately 3000 rubles of compensation.
Appeal 18.05.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Denis Gennadievich Marusevich
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In custody: ~1310 days
folder Categories of cases: The case of «mass riots», Brest, 2020
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 26.03.1995
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Denis has been involved in sports since early childhood, he is a five-time champion of Belarus in karate and a master of sports in karate, hand-to-hand and army combat, and also served in the 38th airborne assault brigade of the city of Brest, from where he retired on July 13, 2020.

Denis was arrested in a criminal case opened after the protests on August 10, 2020 in Brest against election fraud. He was accused of throwing asphalt at security forces and swinging at a police car, as a result of which he was convicted of participating in "mass riots." According to the case materials, the total damage amounted to about 24 thousand Belarusian rubles.

Despite his involvement in a male sport, he is a very kind and open person by nature.

He was released in April 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 21.05.2021
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, approximately 1850 rubles of compensation.
Appeal 06.07.2021
the sentence was upheld.
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