Pursuit is over

Natalia Zhlobo works as a senior lecturer in the Department of Foreign Literature of the Faculty of English at Moscow State Linguistic University.

The arrest took place at the end of March, and since then Natalya has been in jail. The exact reason for the detention, as well as the number of the criminal article, is still unknown, but we are talking about a political case .

On October 6, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.

Convicted for reposting a picture showing a tombstone with a portrait of Lukashenko. For such "willfulness", Alexandra was found guilty of "insulting Lukashenko". The sentence was handed down by Judge Alesya Parfenenko. Alexandra will serve her sentence in a general regime.

During the trial, the defendant said that she found the text under the aforementioned picture funny, so she gave it a "like" and reposted it.

The sentence has come into force.

She was released in December 2023, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.

According to human rights activists , the son of politician Anatoly Lebedko is accused of financing extremist activities. Artem was detained in late March and subsequently sentenced to two 15-day arrests, after which he was charged and transferred to Pretrial Detention Center No. 1.

According to the prosecution, in 2020, "motivated by ideological hatred," Lebedko made several money transfers over the phone using a bank account to three foundations designated as "extremist groups." The funds were reportedly transferred through the payment system of the popular social network Facebook. These foundations allegedly include BY_help and the Belarusian Sports Solidarity Foundation.

At the trial, the political prisoner did not admit guilt and stated that he did not at all understand the essence of the charges brought against him and did not understand why he was in the dock.

On October 31, 2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

In July 2026, he was released , having fully served his sentence.

Mikhail Stolyarchuk was convicted under Article 358-1 of the Criminal Code (intelligence activities). He is a Ukrainian citizen. His nephew, Dmitry Gudik, was also charged in the case. According to the prosecution, they had been collecting data on military equipment and facilities in Belarus on behalf of the Security Service of Ukraine since 2018. Igor Dirko was also detained with them, but instead of being prosecuted, he was deported from Belarus.

Worked as a bus driver on Belarus-Ukraine routes.

He was pardoned on November 22, 2025, along with 31 other Ukrainian citizens. According to Lukashenko's press service, this occurred as part of "agreements reached" with US President Donald Trump and "at the request of the Ukrainian side in order to create conditions for resolving the armed conflict in the neighboring state." The released citizens were immediately handed over to the Ukrainian side.

A Polish citizen was convicted of "intelligence activities" in the Republic of Belarus. In April 2023, Jerzy turned 58 years old. He comes from a border village near Bialystok, and has lived in Belarus since the 90s - he moved to Grodno after getting married. Until the verdict, his relatives were sure that this was a mistake and Jerzy would be released. The relatives of the accused still cannot understand how he attracted the attention of the security forces.

On June 21, 2025, Jerzy was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg.

Denis was charged with "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them" and was sentenced in April 2023 to a restricted freedom sentence. According to the charges, on the night of August 9-10, 2020, Denis, along with others, actively violated public order, disobeyed police orders, walked onto the roadway, and obstructed public transportation.

According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2025, having fully served his sentence.

Lawyer-entrepreneur. Dmitry was accused of inciting other social hostility or discord.

The essence of the accusation and the circumstances of the case, except for the fact that Dmitry left comments on social networks, are still unknown to human rights activists.

On August 22, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.

On January 30, 2024, a new trial of Dmitry took place. This time he was accused of libel. The verdict is unknown. On April 17, 2024, consideration of the appeal is due to take place.

Design engineer.

On July 18, 2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict entered into force.

The man was accused of swearing after drinking alcohol with a friend near a store after being detained by Smorgon District Department of Internal Affairs officers, including at Lukashenko for the fact that Belarus did not recognize the independence of Abkhazia.

Yuri has been convicted three times and has been repeatedly brought to administrative responsibility.

According to human rights activists , he was released in the spring of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

On June 30, 2023, an appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.

The ONT TV channel showed a “repentance” video with Victoria. A criminal case was opened against her and she was placed in custody. In the story, she is accused of evading taxes, subscribing to “extremist” channels, leaking data from security forces, participating in the Peramoga plan, and financing extremist activities. The court found Victoria guilty of providing funds to knowingly support the activities of an extremist group, deliberately illegally collecting and providing information about the private life and personal data of another person without his consent.

Together with Victoria, her husband Dmitry was detained, who served 30 days of administrative arrest and was released.

Dmitry is the director of the Gomel Motor Repair Plant, the vocalist of the ethno-group “Ban-Graviyba”, and Victoria is an entrepreneur. They are also famous dancers.

Viktor Lameko, a businessman from Zelva, was brutally detained and beaten during his arrest. Initially, he was charged under Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (dissemination of extremist materials). Without even allowing Lameko to leave the courthouse, security forces detained him again and again charged him under Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus. While he was in pretrial detention, a third charge was filed against him.

As it became known , the businessman is in pretrial detention, he has already been charged under the criminal article for slander against Lukashenko A.G.

While the man was in pretrial detention, his mother died.

Viktor sued the tax authorities and defended entrepreneurs from the Grodno region in court.

The appeal was heard on October 24, 2023. The verdict entered into force.

According to human rights activists, he will be released at the end of 2025.

Dmitry Bogush worked in the banking sector for 18 years, was Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of JSC «‎Technobank». Subsequently, he went into business — built wind farms at two sites in the Grodno region.

In December 2022, 50-year—old Bogush was detained for an article about inciting discord - he allegedly wrote comments on social networks threatening Lukashenko and law enforcement officers.

According to Bogush, he was prompted to speak publicly on social networks by photos of beaten young people detained at protests after the 2020 elections.

The businessman said that he subsequently deleted his posts, but refused to leave Belarus, although his friends told him about it.

Alexander was charged with writing two comments under publications on the Belarus of the Brain Telegram channel. One message was written on February 24, 2022, under the news that Russian troops were entering Ukraine from Belarus. The second message, with which (according to the prosecution) Alexander publicly insulted A. Lukashenko, was published on April 7, 2022 (when Ukraine and Russia were negotiating a ceasefire) under the news with a quote from Lukashenko that "there can be no negotiations without the participation of Belarus."

On June 16, 2023, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.