Vladimir was detained in July 2023 by GUBOPiK officers and placed in pretrial detention on fabricated administrative charges.
In August of that year, he was charged with "insulting a government official," "insulting Lukashenko," and "illegal actions regarding information about private life and personal data," after which Vladimir was transferred to a pretrial detention center.
In January 2024, Vladimir was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony and a large fine.
He was released in April 2026, having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 16.01.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 9000 rubles of compensation.
The first episode happened back in January 2022. Then Baranovsky made a transfer from his bank account to an unnamed structure recognized as an extremist formation. The exact amount of the transfer is unknown. In April 2022, Baranovsky made a donation to the account of the Kalinovsky Regiment. It is known that the man was detained in the spring of 2023 by employees of the Office of the State Security Committee for the Mogilev region.
Trial outcome 22.11.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Konstantin was detained in October 2023 upon returning to Belarus from Poland, where he had most recently lived. He was accused of posting “numerous offensive comments” and later convicted of several online statements that, according to the prosecution, contained negative assessments of Lukashenko. Konstantin was also charged with insulting government officials, but this was dropped due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
In September 2024, he was released under a pardon.
Oleg was arrested on March 21, 2023, for administrative offenses and charged with the production, distribution, or possession of extremist materials under Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses .
Previously, Oleg was involved in social and cultural activities, at one time he led the Gomel “toloka”, and as a writer he published a lot in magazines and newspapers.
The trial was held behind closed doors.
On March 5, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the spring of 2025.
Trial outcome 10.01.2024
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Worked at BMZ in Zhlobin. Detained for comments on social media.
At the time of his arrest, Dmitry's youngest child was six months old, and his two older children were under six years old. His wife was on maternity leave.
On June 26, 2024, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 28.02.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Due to the closed nature of the trial, the merits of the case are currently unknown. It is only known that Vladimir Romanovsky was detained in Babruisk during a "pigeon feeding" event on May 9, 2020. Riot police detained approximately 15 people in the city at the time.
According to the verdict , Romanovsky has now been found guilty of publicly insulting Lukashenko on social media and has been sentenced to imprisonment.
On February 6, 2024, the court reviewed the appeal and the verdict came into force.
He was expected to be released on November 6, 2025.
Trial outcome 21.11.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
On January 26, 2024, the appeal was considered, 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).
Trial outcome 26.01.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Vladimir has been interested in urban development and architecture for about 20 years. He has created a unique database with thousands of photographs of various buildings in Belarus and abroad—photobuildings.com.
In a video shown on ONT, Vladimir claims to have registered in the Peramoga chat room, and in November 2022, Alexander Azarov allegedly contacted him.
On February 27, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in December 2025.
Trial outcome 05.01.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 27.02.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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