Stanislav Sergeevich Kovalev
Stanislav Sergeevich Kovalev
Number of repressed: 281
Date of birth: 12 december 1984
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An accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of Belarusian citizens. Stanislav Sergeyevich Kovalev is a law enforcement officer involved in politically motivated repression.
Guilty of using violence and creating inappropriate conditions for political prisoners at Penal Colony No. 4 in Gomel. For a long time, he served as the colony's deputy warden for security and operational work. In August 2024, he became the warden of Penal Colony No. 4 and received the rank of colonel.
He exerted psychological pressure on women convicted for political reasons. He ordered the colony's operational staff to isolate, deny medical care, and cruelly treat political prisoners. He was involved in filing reports of violations on trumped-up grounds, with the aim of sending them to solitary confinement or depriving them of food parcels. He made monthly decisions on sending political prisoners to solitary confinement, including Veronika Kazak, Yulia Yurgelevich, Nastya Kukhta, Natalya Matveyeva, Nasta Loyko, Natalya Dulina, Maria Kolesnikova, Lyudmila Chekina, Olga Radionova, 70-year-old Irina Merkhel, and many others. He also ordered human rights activist Nasta Loyko to be sent to a punishment cell for the maximum sentence (after six months).

An accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of Belarusian citizens. Stanislav Sergeyevich Kovalev is a law enforcement officer involved in politically motivated repression.
Guilty of using violence and creating inappropriate conditions for political prisoners at Penal Colony No. 4 in Gomel. For a long time, he served as the colony's deputy warden for security and operational work. In August 2024, he became the warden of Penal Colony No. 4 and received the rank of colonel.
He exerted psychological pressure on women convicted for political reasons. He ordered the colony's operational staff to isolate, deny medical care, and cruelly treat political prisoners. He was involved in filing reports of violations on trumped-up grounds, with the aim of sending them to solitary confinement or depriving them of food parcels. He made monthly decisions on sending political prisoners to solitary confinement, including Veronika Kazak, Yulia Yurgelevich, Nastya Kukhta, Natalya Matveyeva, Nasta Loyko, Natalya Dulina, Maria Kolesnikova, Lyudmila Chekina, Olga Radionova, 70-year-old Irina Merkhel, and many others. He also ordered human rights activist Nasta Loyko to be sent to a punishment cell for the maximum sentence (after six months).

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In custody: ~476 days
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 29.07.2002
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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On April 2, 2024, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.

She was released after serving her full sentence.

Trial outcome 31.01.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 02.04.2024
unknown.
Galina Andreevna Krasnyanskaya
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In custody: ~786 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus, Anti-war campaigns, Donate
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 14.11.1956
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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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.

Trial outcome 12.01.2024
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 12.04.2024
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: 835 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Has a higher legal education (BSU). Worked in the consulting company Parada+partners.

According to human rights activists, she was released on January 9, 2025, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 01.12.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 27.02.2024
unknown.
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In custody: ~391 day
folder Categories of cases: Raid January 23-24, 2024
Hometown: Baranovichi
Date of birth: 18.10.1971
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Detained for financing extremist activities, namely helping political prisoners and their families.

Trial outcome 16.07.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 04.10.2024
unknown.
Nadezhda Alexandrovna Karankevich
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In custody: 899 days
folder Categories of cases: Donate, Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Stolpische
Date of birth: 13.09.1994
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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In 2016, Nadezhda graduated from the Minsk State Linguistic University with a degree in foreign language teaching. She worked as a translator for over a year and then moved to IT, where she worked in testing. In November 2023, Nadezhda was arrested .

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).

Trial outcome 02.08.2024
5 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 24.09.2024
the sentence was upheld.
Catherine Sergeevna Shablinskaya-Ivanova
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In custody: ~237 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 11.11.1990
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Catherine's trial will begin on May 15, 2024. She is being tried under three articles of the Criminal Code. The minimum punishment is 4 years in prison.

Trial outcome 22.05.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Larisa Arkadyevna Kotovich
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In custody: ~958 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Orsha
Date of birth: 26.10.1968
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Larisa, an English tutor, was arrested in late August 2023. She was initially convicted of administrative offenses for "distributing, producing, and storing extremist materials," but was later charged with "assisting extremist activity."

According to calculations, she was supposed to be released in April 2026.

Trial outcome 01.04.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 07.06.2024
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: 341 day
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 30.12.1964
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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The essence of the case and the verdict were commented on by the assistant prosecutor of Brest on state television. From the video and the prosecutor’s commentary, it follows that Sankovskaya was charged with the following: in 2020 and 2021, in one telegram chat she published an image of the state flag of Belarus, and in the background there was a Nazi swastika (this was a “desecration of state symbols”), and also again in Telegram messenger published an “insulting” message about Yuri Karaev (remember that from June 2019 to the end of October 2020 Karaev was the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, after which he took the post of Assistant to the President for the Grodno region), and also in the Telegram messenger published several messages about A. Lukashenko, which were also considered “offensive.”

Trial outcome 14.12.2023:

1.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.

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In custody: 506 days
Hometown: Shumilino
Date of birth: 14.05.1999
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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On November 21, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 12.09.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 21.11.2023
unknown.
Alla Sokolenko
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In custody: ~1362 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war campaigns
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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A Latvian citizen, Alla and a friend came to Belarus for a few days to undergo cosmetic surgery. As the women were leaving, they were detained by KGB officers. After her release, Alla recounted : " During interrogation, it was revealed that I had been taken hostage to be exchanged for a Belarusian who was in Latvia. They told me directly, 'Tell your people that the Belarusians need their man.' They wanted my relatives to contact the Latvian security services to arrange the exchange. My friend, a Russian citizen, was released on the third day, but I remained a Latvian citizen."

Alla was accused of traveling to Belarus for intelligence purposes under the guise of cosmetic surgery. According to investigators, she collected intelligence on behalf of her Latvian intelligence handlers, spied, and even recruited Belarusian servicemen for the Ukrainian army. Her trial began in the Minsk City Court on September 29, 2023. She is accused of being an agent.

On December 19, 2023, the appeal was heard.

On December 13, 2025, she was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.

Trial outcome 09.10.2023
7 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 12.12.2023
unknown.
Olga Vladimirovna Stabrovskaya
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In custody: 409 days
Hometown: Orsha
Date of birth: 08.12.1959
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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According to the prosecution , Olga Stabrovskaya in 2021 liked and left a short comment on the Odnoklassniki social network, in which the examination “found” an insult to Alexander Lukashenko.

Olga Stabrovskaya at one time received a diploma from the only Moscow State University of Printing in the entire former Soviet Union and worked at the Orsha printing house until her retirement. Recently, the woman’s illness has worsened and she has a third group disability. Her only daughter is also sick. She, like Olga’s grandson, has a hearing disability.

Trial outcome 27.09.2023:

1 year 3 months imprisonment in a general regime colony.

Svetlana Nikolaevna Korol
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In custody: ~418 days
Hometown: Papanin
Date of birth: 19.02.1961
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Svetlana is a pensioner and cycling activist from Gomel, chairman of the regional public association “VeloGomel”. Previously,  Korol worked as a teacher-organizer. In 2020, a woman joined the Gomel Coordination Council.

According to Viasna , security forces detained Korol in 2020 and conducted “preventive conversations.” At home, Svetlana has an old mother and a husband with cancer, whom she cares for.

Trial outcome 28.03.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 31.05.2024
unknown.
Alesya Vladimirovna Lyantsevich
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In custody: ~453 days
folder Categories of cases: Donate
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 14.08.1979
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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crisis psychologist, consulting psychologist and therapist on problems of relationships and personal development, psychology teacher. She was detained for comments on the Internet and donation.

At the trial , Alesya Lyantsevich agreed that it was she who made the donations, but rejected the “extremist” motives and insults attributed to her by the prosecution. At the same time, the statute of limitations on this article has long expired.

At the court hearing on September 21, the state prosecution requested that Lentsevich be imprisoned for a term of four years.

Trial outcome 27.09.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 28.11.2023
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: 428 days
Hometown: Babruysk
Date of birth: 18.07.1961
Guardian: Anna Komar
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Detained for comments on social networks.

Alla was accused of leaving comments in a telegram for two years - from October 2020 to September 2022. They allegedly contained insults to Lukashenko and police officers and “obscene language and expressed a negative assessment of government officials.” Zueva admitted guilt.

Alla has a blood cancer; the court did not take this into account when passing the verdict.

29.09.2023 Имеются проблемы со здоровьем.

Trial outcome 29.09.2023:

2.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~476 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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The Minsk resident was accused of participating in protests in 2020 (8 episodes), going out onto the roadway and blocking public transport. She indicated a partial admission of guilt, but did not actually admit guilt and did not recant her testimony. The woman reported that she took part in the protests as a third-party observer, not as a participant. And she went out onto the roadway solely for the purpose of taking photographs, Inna said in court.

Inna Bogdanova has a higher education and worked as a legal adviser at the territorial center for social services. She was held in custody before the trial.

She was released on August 20, 2024, after being pardoned.

Trial outcome 19.09.2023
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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