Political prisoners

On July 18, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.

On September 29, 2023, an appeal hearing was held.

The basis for the criminal case were comments in one of the chats, recognized by security forces as extremist materials in May 2021.

According to Alexander's acquaintances abroad, in May 2023, after the criminal case had already been opened, he left for Poland, where he stayed for about a month. Then his elderly mother called him and said that an investigator had called her and threatened to search for her son. It was promised that if Kulikov returned, he would be given a punishment that did not involve imprisonment.

After some time, Kulikov decided to return to Belarus and was detained. He stopped communicating while crossing the border. Another administrative violation protocol was drawn up against him (Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and a criminal case was opened. On July 13, 2023, the Leninsky District Court of Mogilev found the Mogilev resident guilty and sentenced him to three years of imprisonment with referral to a general regime colony.

In December 2023, it became known that Kulikov was going to be tried again. This time, he is accused of three articles: participation in an extremist group (Article 361, note 1, part 3), participation in an armed group or armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state (Article 361, note 3, part 1), and undergoing training or other preparation for participation in extremist activity (Article 361, note 5). On December 22, the press service of the Moscow Regional Court reported that on December 20, Kulikov was sentenced to 4 years in prison. Together with the previous punishment, the total term of imprisonment for the man will be 4 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime.

On December 12, BT aired a propaganda film about Kulikov, who talks about his attempt to join Kastus Kalinovsky's regiment and about undergoing military training near Kiev.

In March 2024, it became known that the prosecutor appealed the sentence of political prisoner Alexander Kulikov from Mogilev, who was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. According to the court's decision, he was given an additional year and a half to his term .

On 01.07.2024, a trial was held to replace Alexander's regime and he   made the decision to transfer the political prisoner to prison regime .

Before the arrest, the young man worked as a truck driver, he had previously graduated from a vocational school in Oshmyany as a driver.

According to the website of the Prosecutor General's Office, from April to November 2022, Yakimov expressed a desire, and then indicated his intention to join one of the units of the battalion (regiment) named after Kastus Kalinouski.

To this end, he allegedly provided his personal data for admission to an armed formation. At the same time, he collected information about the places of purchase of military ammunition, uniforms and other equipment for use in combat conditions.

Former Assistant Prosecutor of the Glusk District.

In the video published by the Investigative Committee, Prytulenko said that he sent the data of an employee of the prosecutor's office of the Glusk district and a doctor to the chat bot of the Black Book of Belarus.

According to Nasha Niva, in 2005 Konstantin Prytulenko was an investigator, and later an assistant to the district prosecutor. Where Prytulenko worked before his arrest is unknown.

Initially, the process was open, but, at the request of the injured officials and security forces, it was closed.

In total, more than a dozen people pass as victims, including the former deputy chairman of the Mogilev city council, "the main ideologist of the city" Alla Galushko. Other victims include members of election commissions, prosecutors, law enforcers and other government officials.

Former lecturer at the Department of Communications at BSUIR. This department is designed to train career officers for the Armed Forces and other security agencies and departments of the Republic of Belarus. Nikolai was initially sentenced to administrative arrest, and then re-arrested as part of a criminal case. He was convicted for three donations that the man made in August 2020.

From the moment he was transferred to the colony, Mikhail served 180 days in a punishment cell, then was placed in a PKT.

As of April 2025, he was transferred to prison regime in Prison No. 4 .

During the detention, “special equipment and physical force” were used against Yevgeny, according to the June 2 court decision (the man was accused of disobeying the police). He was taken out of his office in handcuffs and with a bag over his head, we know from our sources.

At the moment, Evgeny Pelekhaty is awaiting trial. He is accused of writing several tough telegram comments about Lukashenka and the security forces.

On August 23, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict entered into force

He lived and worked in Poland for a year and a half and returned to Belarus, where he was detained at the end of November 2022. According to the security forces, it was in Poland that he registered in the Peramoga plan. He also allegedly wrote messages threatening the security forces.

Head of the Gomselmash workshop.

On September 8, 2023, an appeal hearing was held, and the verdict came into force.

A former accountant at the Vavilov Minsk Electrotechnical Plant . The trial began on May 19 and was held behind closed doors, so little information about the charges is available. It is known that Anna was fired from her job following the "People's Ultimatum" in 2020, and then sued the company for wrongful dismissal.

Anna's youngest child was only 5 months old when she was detained.

Convicted by the Zavodskoy District Court of Minsk under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code. On March 22, 2023, the case was heard by Judge Zhanna Khvoynitskaya. Sentenced to restriction of freedom with referral to a correctional institution, term unknown .

In early May 2024, it became known that Denis was involved in a new case. The trial was scheduled for May 7. In addition to him, Andrei Stabulyanets and Alexander Sharabaiko were involved in the case. Depending on the role of each, they were charged under Article 368 (insulting Lukashenko), Article 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a government official), and Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code (participation in an extremist group). In the Vitebsk Regional Court, Yevgeny Burunov considered the case in a closed court session from May 7 to June 5, 2024. As a result, Denis was sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime colony. The exact term is unknown (about five years ).