Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize
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Dmitry Rudolfovich Shinvize
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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Alexey is an IT engineer with an excellent education and a gold medal for graduating from a physics and mathematics school. He has a disability due to joint damage caused by hemophilic polyarthropathy.
On December 3, 2020, he was arrested and convicted of “threatening to use violence and insulting a government official.”
On August 26, 2023, he was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.
| 18.05.2021 | patronymic Aleksandrovich |
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- Activists
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- Activists
Igor was detained on December 2, 2020 and convicted for participating in protests that took place in August 2020 near the Riga shopping center in Minsk.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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- Parents of minors
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- Parents of minors
Viktor was detained on October 16, 2020 and convicted for participating in a protest that took place from August 10 to 11, 2020 near the Riga shopping center in Minsk.
He was released in May 2023 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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- Activists
- Entrepreneurs
- Parents of minors
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- Activists
- Entrepreneurs
- Parents of minors
Dmitry, a volunteer for Viktor Babariko's headquarters and director of Technocracy LLC, was detained and convicted for participating in protests that took place on August 9-12, 2020 in Minsk.
03/15/2025 released , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
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- Administrators of TG-channels
- Workers
- Parents of minors
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- Administrators of TG-channels
- Workers
- Parents of minors
Denis, the administrator of the channel "Drivers 97%", was detained on September 22, 2020 in Minsk by GUBOPiK officers. After 15 days of administrative arrest, he was never released and was accused of "calls for mass riots, blocking roads due to dissatisfaction with the authorities and falsifying elections."
He was released on October 25, 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
| 28.06.2021 | Transferred to Mogilev in the correctional institution "Prison 4" |
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- Athletes
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- Athletes
He was arrested on September 25, 2020, and convicted for participating in protests.
He was released on March 26, 2025, having fully served his sentence.
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- IT staff
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- IT staff
Ivan was detained on November 5, 2020 and convicted in the case of hacking the computer system of the Minsk City Executive Committee.
He was released in February 2023 after serving his full sentence as determined by the court.
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- Activists
- Bloggers
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- Activists
- Bloggers
Dmitry, a blogger for the YouTube channel "Seryi Kot", was detained on June 10, 2020, along with activists from "European Belarus". He was sentenced to 20 days of administrative arrest, but after that he remained under arrest and became a defendant in a criminal case. He was subsequently convicted of "preparing to participate in mass riots".
Dmitry was supposed to be released at the end of November 2024, but he was convicted again for "malicious disobedience to the demands of the colony administration." Under this article, prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration are tried for fictitious violations.
On September 11, 2025, it became known that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime were forcibly transferred to the territory of Lithuania. Among them are citizens of European countries. Among those released is Dmitry Kozlov.