Alexander is accused of participating in protests and of being involved with the "Pismo.bel" service, which allowed people to send letters to political prisoners. His brother, artist Vladimir Lykshin, was detained along with him.
According to preliminary information from former cellmates, the brothers are charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On March 18, 2024, the Sovietsky District Court of Minsk held a trial for the brothers, as well as Alexander's wife, Elizaveta . Judge Alexander Yakunchikhin sentenced them all to 2.5 years of house arrest.
Was detained againat the endof2024underPart1 of Article361. Before the trial, he was held in ST-8, then in Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1, and awaited appeal in ST-4.
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).
Trial outcome 15.03.2024
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome date unknown
3 years 7 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 100 basic values fine.
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.
Tamara, under Article 342, Part 1, was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of 1 year, to this punishment the court partially added the unserved part of the sentence imposed by the verdict of the Leninsky District Court of Minsk dated June 30, 2022 under Part 2 of Art. 206 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus , and the final punishment was imposed in the form of imprisonment for a period of 2 years 6 months, to be served in a correctional colony under general regime conditions.
Trial outcome 16.02.2024:
2.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
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.
A father of many children, allegedly arrested for administering the "Ivatsevichi Solidarity" chat in 2020.
Worked as a taxi driver.
In addition to imprisonment, Vitaly was sentenced to a fine of 40,000 rubles.
On May 3, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
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).
The man is accused of recruiting, training, or otherwise preparing for participation in an armed formation or armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state, or of financing such activities.
According to the prosecution's version of events, which was published by the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office, Cheslav Kononovich allegedly made "10 bank transfers in favor of an extremist group (Kalinovskiy's Regiment) for a total amount of over 1,200 rubles."
On March 19, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 18.12.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
According to the indictment , in December 2020, Krasko "published comments publicly on the Internet aimed at supporting extremist activity, promoting and agitating social discord and hostility towards employees of state law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Belarus, representatives of the judiciary, and military personnel serving in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, and published comments publicly on the Internet aimed at supporting extremist activity, promoting and agitating social discord and hostility towards the said category of persons."
According to calculations,he was supposed to be releasedinearly 2026.
A person involved in a criminal case that the KGB opened on the fact of an “attempt to commit an act of terrorism” in Machulishchi. It is known that he is the brother of Andrei Stepurko, through whom they allegedly found an apartment for the alleged sabotage artist Nikolai Shvets. He was accused under Art. 289 (act of terrorism) of the Criminal Code.
In December 2023, he was released and is under signature as a witness.
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.
Alexander was convicted in December 2023 under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" and was sentenced to restricted freedom with referral to an open-type institution.
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).
Trial outcome 13.12.2023
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
According to pro-government media, 32-year-old Roman Dudkin allegedly “posted many comments containing insults to Lukashenko and internal affairs officers using profanity.”
It is alleged that a number of criminal cases have been initiated against him.
Trial outcome 08.12.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine.
The man was accused of writing several Internet comments about A. Lukashenko, which were considered a "public insult." The hearing took place at the Baranovichi State College of Light Industry. As a result, Tatsin was sentenced to 1 year in prison and handcuffed in front of college students, according to a report on state television.
On 30.01.2024, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 28.11.2023
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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