Stanislav Sergeevich Kovalev

She was detained for assisting political prisoners on January 23, 2024, after which Elena was released, but was detained again in April of the same year and placed in a pre-trial detention center.

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).

Elena, a sole proprietor, was detained and charged with "inciting ethnic hatred" and "cynical treatment of the victims of the terrorist attack." In late March, she wrote on a Telegram channel: "In Russia, they only see the victims in Crocus City, and they don't see the victims of Russia's bombing of Ukraine."

Gomel Prosecutor Vladislav Zhurakovsky mentioned her case, stating that a criminal case had been opened against her "under the extremism statute" for "insulting the Russian people" on "opposition Ukrainian internet resources." She was also convicted of "assisting extremist activity."

It also became known that Elena's health had deteriorated in the pretrial detention center. She was placed on bed rest, which allowed her to lie on the bed for several hours a day. She frequently visited doctors, and was sometimes prescribed injections.

In September 2025 , she was released, having fully served her sentence.

Natalia Zhigar's case is allegedly related to her support for people held in pretrial detention. Before retirement, she worked in the Brest Court office.

Before the trial, the woman was under house arrest.

The case was heard in the Grodno Regional Court. It was initially sent back for revision .

Judge Valery Romanovsky began hearing Natalia's case on August 19, 2024, and hearings continued on September 20, 24, and 30.

On December 27, 2024, the Supreme Court heard Natalia's appeal.

On March 19, 2026, she 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).

Yanina was convicted in a criminal case opened under articles for “participation in an extremist group,” “inciting hatred and discord,” and “calls for sanctions.” According to the KGB, she was associated with the Telegram channel “Trielit,” which was added to the list of “extremist groups” in January 2024.

She was released under a pardon in December 2024.

Angela and her husband were found guilty in August 2024 in a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them." The verdict in the case is unknown.

On November 27, 2024, another court hearing was held on the charge of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," following which Angela was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

According to human rights activists, she was released in the fall of 2025, having fully served her sentence imposed by the court.

Alesya was detained for providing financial assistance to political prisoners.

In 1992, she graduated from the Belarusian State Medical University with a degree in General Medicine. She initially worked as a physician in various hospitals, and in 2003, she completed additional training as a pediatrician. In 2006, she completed additional training as a dermatologist and cosmetologist. She holds the first qualification category. In recent cities, she has worked at the private medical centers "Sedmoe Nebo," "Mark Aesthetic," and "Medovenu."

On March 19, 2026, she 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).

Accused of participating in protests in Brest on August 10, 2020.

Elena, a mother of many children, was detained in the spring of 2024. She was initially convicted in an administrative case for “disobeying a lawful order or demand of an official,” but later a criminal case was opened, in which she was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.”

She was released in November 2024 as part of a pardon.

Lyudmila Deineko is 40 years old. She graduated from Polotsk State University in 2005 with a degree in law. She initially worked in the Minsk Regional Executive Committee's Department of Internal Affairs, then in the Minsk City Executive Committee's Department of Justice, and as a consultant at the Zavodskoy District Court in Minsk.

The trial begins on July 22. Deineko is accused of "calling for sanctions," "insulting Lukashenko," and "inciting hostility or discord."

Lyudmila has two minor children.

On March 19, 2026, she 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).

In addition to imprisonment, Tatyana was awarded a fine of 2,000 rubles.

A 38-year-old illustrator. She quit her job at a large IT company. Her colleagues, shocked, tried to talk her out of it, so she decided to go home. She claimed she already had a certificate from the KGB showing she'd paid back the full amount of her 2020 donation. She was tired of being homeless. She was detained at the border.
According to the prosecution's case, as presented by the Prosecutor General's Office press service, between 2021 and 2022, Natalia Levaya transferred cash and cryptocurrency totaling at least four thousand four hundred rubles (equivalent to approximately 1,275 euros today) to bank accounts and virtual wallets "used by members of extremist groups, including armed groups such as the Kalinovsky Regiment." Furthermore, she was fined 1,000 basic units—almost the same amount she donated to initiatives and foundations. This is the penalty requested by the prosecution in court. The trial was held behind closed doors.

She was pardoned on February 19, 2026, in her 8th month of pregnancy.

Irina was arrested in 2020-21 and convicted of a traffic accident. She was sentenced to five years in a penal colony, but her sentence was soon changed for violations and she was transferred to a penal colony in Gomel. While in the colony, a new criminal case was opened against her for participating in protests in Baranovichi and she was transferred to a pretrial detention center in Baranovichi. She spent nine months there. According to the court's verdict, her first sentence completely absorbed her second (for protesting). She was released in July 2025.

Irina Pogadaeva is 54 years old. She is from Brest. She worked at a local library as a bibliographer. Judging by social networks, she has two children.

At the end of January 2024, when she was tried for “distributing extremist materials.” At the end of 2023, she was included in the “extremist formation.” This was recognized by the Facebook community “Letters of Solidarity Belarus 2020”, in which people exchanged letters from political prisoners and also discussed helping prisoners.

In total, the case involves more than thirty episodes in which a woman sent money to political prisoners in pre-trial detention centers in Minsk, Gomel and other cities of the country. Basically, we are talking about amounts of 4-5 rubles. In just less than a year and a half (from August 2021 to December 2022), Irina sent 188 rubles. This was enough to initiate a criminal case and arrest in May 2024.