Pursuit is over

Victoria is from Minsk and graduated from medical college. She first worked in state clinics, then at the Synevo Medical Center.

A person who knows Svetlana from college said that she wasn't interested in politics as a student and was never a public activist. However, the events of 2020 have changed the lives of tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of Belarusians beyond recognition. Veras is no exception.

According to calculations, she was supposed to be released in the winter of 2026.

Maksimuk Dmitry will be tried together with Melnichuk Ilya and Leshkevich Mikhail.

Apparently, everyone is accused of taking part in a post-election protest in Brest on August 10, 2020. This is how security forces reported on the detention of Dmitry Maksimuk 2 months ago. In a video recorded under duress, Dmitry said that in 2020 he was on Masherov Avenue [in Brest] among a crowd that was shouting slogans at the police.

Participant of national, international and personal exhibitions. Member of the Union of Artists of the Republic of Belarus. The artist's works are in the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, the Webkunsthaus Gallery of Germany, private collections in the USA, Italy, France, Russia, Holland, Ireland, Poland, Japan, Greece, Israel, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Australia, Germany.
Rimashevsky and his wife Lyudmila Shchemeleva were detained around the beginning of October 2024 and two weeks later they were still not released.

She was released together with her husband after serving the sentence imposed by the court.

In 1987 he graduated from the Academy of Arts in Minsk. Since 1982 he has been a participant of national and international exhibitions. His paintings are in the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, the Art Fund of the Republic of Belarus, the Webkunsthaus Gallery in Germany, the Schaer und Wildbolc Gallery in Switzerland, as well as in private collections in England, Australia, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Lithuania, Holland, France, Spain, Israel, Russia, Switzerland, Poland, Turkey, Italy, Japan, Ukraine, the USA, China, the Czech Republic, Syria, and Lebanon.

Rimashevsky and his wife Lyudmila Shchemeleva were detained around the beginning of October 2024 and two weeks later they were still not released.

He was released together with his wife after serving the sentence imposed by the court.

According to the court, the charges against the individuals in Brest on August 10, 2020, included "shouting slogans, displaying white-red-white banners, and intentionally obstructing the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of businesses." In doing so, they allegedly constituted a gross violation of public order. The man, in a video about his arrest, claimed to be a professional chess player, ranked among the top 30 chess players in Belarus.

He was scheduled to be released on October 3, 2025.

According to the court, the charge was that on August 10, 2020, in Brest, people "shouted slogans, displayed white-red-white banners, and intentionally obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of businesses." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.

He was expected to be released on November 4, 2025.

According to the court, the essence of the charge was that on August 10, 2020, people in Brest "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, deliberately obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises." In doing so, they allegedly grossly violated public order.

He is expected to be released on July 2, 2025.

Dmitry Bulanov is 32 years old. He is from Brest and has been involved in chess his entire life. He currently ranks 28th among all Belarusian players and holds the FIDE Master title.

In 2020, Dmitry and his colleagues created the "Free Chess Players of Belarus" group and began competing under the white-red-white flag. Together with his team, which includes some of the strongest Belarusian chess players, they won the Chess Bundesliga twice.

In July 2023, Dmitry was detained by the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption (GUBOPiK). He is accused of participating in protests, registering with the "Peramoga" plan, and sending extremist materials (though security officials often force people to incriminate themselves on camera). He was released after three days in a temporary detention facility on his own recognizance.

Released in November 2025 .

A retired military officer, a reserve lieutenant colonel who served in the Strategic Missile Forces, a former teacher at the Military Academy, and a member of the People's Hramada party.

During the 2020 presidential election campaign, Yakushkov was convicted twice of "participating in unauthorized events"—for participating in pickets to collect signatures for Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. Both times, the court sentenced him to "24 hours in jail."

He was released in the spring of 2026 .

Alexander was convicted in the fall of 2024 under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and sentenced to restricted freedom with referral to an open-type institution.

He was released on March 20, 2026, as part of a pardon following another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole.

The trial itself was held in a show trial, outside the court building, in front of students from the Polytechnic and Agricultural Colleges. Konopatsky and Molchan were taken into custody in public view after the verdict was announced.

The essence of the claims against Molchan and Konopatsky was that in the summer of 2021, in the village of Dyatlovichi (Luninetsky district of the Brest region), the state flag was removed from a store. According to the prosecution, the young people then burned the flag in the forest. Thus, according to the prosecution and the judge, the crime of "desecration of a state symbol" occurred.

He was expected to be released in December 2024.

The trial itself was held in a show trial, outside the court building, in front of students from the Polytechnic and Agricultural Colleges. Konopatsky and Molchan were taken into custody in public view after the verdict was announced.

The essence of the claims against Molchan and Konopatsky was that in the summer of 2021, in the village of Dyatlovichi (Luninetsky district of the Brest region), the state flag was removed from a store. According to the prosecution, the young people then burned the flag in the forest. Thus, according to the prosecution and the judge, the crime of "desecration of a state symbol" occurred.

He was expected to be released in December 2024.

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 February 2024. He was initially given a 24-hour sentence for "disseminating extremist materials," but was later charged with a criminal offense and transferred to a pretrial detention center. The case likely concerns the comments he made. Sergei faces four to twelve years in prison.
Sergey's hobby is music. In the 2000s, he played in the band "Forest Radio." He also participated in several other projects, translating foreign songs into Belarusian.

Sergei Yuryevich Gorlov studied at the Minsk State Linguistic University and later graduated from the European Humanities University. He worked as a translator and English tutor. His last known position was at the Sakharov Institute in Minsk.

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).