Detained along with other young people in Baranavichy (late December 2023).
And the press service of the court announced the verdict (without naming names, but the circumstances fit this group of people). The essence of the charges is briefly stated: they were on the roadway in Baranavichy, shouting slogans, displaying white-red-white flags, “deliberately obstructing the movement of traffic and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations.” The exact date when the protests took place is not even indicated, it is simply called “August 2020.”
Thus, in 2024, 25 residents of Baranavichy have already been sentenced for the protests of August 2020. All were sentenced to a prison colony for a period of 1 to 3 years (the only exception was that a woman with a child under 3 years of age was sentenced to a suspended sentence).
Trial outcome 31.05.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 09.08.2024
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On July 26, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
Trial outcome 16.05.2024:
unknown years of imprisonment in colony
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
The detention of the Lidchan resident became known on September 22. In a police video, he said that he was “registered in the Peramoga Plan” and left “threats” to security forces in a telegram. According to the telegram channel “Detentions, courts in Lida,” the man was arrested for 15 days under an unnamed administrative article.
Trial outcome 27.05.2024
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 23.08.2024
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
On July 26, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 16.05.2024
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 26.07.2024
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
The pro-government film (April 2024) said that six teenagers allegedly united in the “anarchist cell “Black Nightingales”, which” under the leadership of the National Liberation Army of Ukraine “was created by 16-year-old Ukrainian citizen Maria Misyuk.
ONT employees claim that the teenagers united to carry out sabotage on a tip in Belarus, and then in Russia. Maria is accused under Part 2 of Art. 289 of the Criminal Code (act of terrorism). According to the story, 16-year-old Maria Misyuk moved with her family from Ukraine to Belarus in 2022, where she created an “anarchist cell for preparing terrorist attacks.” Among those detained are college students in Baranovichi, Nesvizh, Mir, Minsk and Luninets. These are Trofim Borisov, Sergei Zhigalev, Dmitry Zahoroshko, Anastasia Klimenko and Alexandra Pulinovich . According to ONT employees, young people gathered at the Baranovichi apartment to prepare for their first serious action - to collect explosives and blow up the Baranovichi police department or prosecutor's office. It is unknown under what charges the remaining five participants are accused. As well as their status and location are unknown.
Trial outcome date unknown
10 years 3 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
The pro-government film (April 2024) said that six teenagers allegedly united in the “anarchist cell “Black Nightingales”, which” under the leadership of the National Liberation Army of Ukraine “was created by 16-year-old Ukrainian citizen Maria Misyuk.
ONT employees claim that the teenagers united to carry out sabotage on a tip in Belarus, and then in Russia. Maria is accused under Part 2 of Art. 289 of the Criminal Code (act of terrorism). According to the story, 16-year-old Maria Misyuk moved with her family from Ukraine to Belarus in 2022, where she created an “anarchist cell for preparing terrorist attacks.” Among those detained are college students in Baranovichi, Nesvizh, Mir, Minsk and Luninets. These are Trofim Borisov, Sergey Zhigalev, Dmitry Zahoroshko , Anastasia Klimenko and Alexandra Pulinovich. According to ONT employees, young people gathered at the Baranovichi apartment to prepare for their first serious action - to collect explosives and blow up the Baranovichi police department or prosecutor's office. It is unknown under what charges the remaining five participants are accused. As well as their status and location are unknown.
Trial outcome 11.11.2025
12 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
In the pro-government film (April 2024), it was said that six teenagers allegedly united in the “anarchist cell “Black Nightingales,” which “under the leadership of the National Liberation Army of Ukraine” was created by 16-year-old Ukrainian citizen Maria Misyuk.
ONT employees claim that the teenagers united to carry out sabotage on a tip in Belarus, and then in Russia. Maria is accused under Part 2 of Art. 289 of the Criminal Code (act of terrorism). According to the story, 16-year-old Maria Misyuk moved with her family from Ukraine to Belarus in 2022, where she created an “anarchist cell for preparing terrorist attacks.” Among the detainees are college students in Baranovichi, Nesvizh, Mir, Minsk and Luninets. These are Trofim Borisov, Sergey Zhigalev , Dmitry Zahoroshko, Anastasia Klimenko and Alexandra Pulinovich. According to ONT employees, young people gathered at the Baranovichi apartment to prepare for their first serious action - to collect explosives and blow up the Baranovichi police department or prosecutor's office. It is unknown under what charges the remaining five participants are accused. As well as their status and location are unknown.
Trial outcome date unknown
12 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
In the pro-government film (April 2024), it was said that six teenagers allegedly united in the “anarchist cell “Black Nightingales,” which “under the leadership of the National Liberation Army of Ukraine” was created by 16-year-old Ukrainian citizen Maria Misyuk.
ONT employees claim that the teenagers united to carry out sabotage on a tip in Belarus, and then in Russia. Maria is accused under Part 2 of Art. 289 of the Criminal Code (act of terrorism). According to the story, 16-year-old Maria Misyuk moved with her family from Ukraine to Belarus in 2022, where she created an “anarchist cell for preparing terrorist attacks.” Among the detainees are college students in Baranovichi, Nesvizh, Mir, Minsk and Luninets. These are Trofim Borisov , Sergei Zhigalev, Dmitry Zahoroshko, Anastasia Klimenko and Alexandra Pulinovich. According to ONT employees, young people gathered at the Baranovichi apartment to prepare for their first serious action - to collect explosives and blow up the Baranovichi police department or prosecutor's office. It is unknown under what charges the remaining five participants are accused. As well as their status and location are unknown.
Trial outcome date unknown
11 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
According to the authors of the pro-government film, Daniil Garasim, born in 2005 in December 2023, on the instructions of the “Ukrainian curator”, contact with whom was established in an extremist Telegram chat, filmed the location of the missile brigade of the Armed Forces of Belarus in the city of Osipovichi, Mogilev region. But it is noteworthy that the security forces made operational filming from the very first task; the question arises as to who the task came from.
Trial outcome 19.09.2024
10 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 300 basic values fine.
Appeal 03.12.2024
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Artyom has Ukrainian citizenship, but he has lived in Belarus since 2009. In recent years he worked as a DJ in Brest, Kobrin, Minsk.
Artyom’s mother said that in January 2023, her son was called to the migration service and “offered to take a polygraph there.” At the end of the same month, people in civilian uniforms knocked on his home, and on January 27 he “disappeared and stopped responding to messages.” “I went to Brest several times, went to the KGB to find out why my son was taken away, what he was guilty of. They simply don’t answer me, they avoid answering. They even said: “Where did you get that we took it?” The only thing they said was: “He poses a threat to the Republic of Belarus.” No more explanations,” said Artem’s mother.
Relatives do not know what exactly the guy is accused of.
Trial outcome 15.05.2024
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
businessman, co-founder of the Industrial Kinetic Lab company, which produces equipment for stone processing. He is also the former director of the security department at the Belagro group of companies. Until recently, he was the director of the Molpak company, engaged in the wholesale trade of milk. At the end of January 2024, the businessman was included as one of the organizers of the “extremist formation Trielit.” This is a yard chat of a partnership that manages new buildings in Minsk, houses on Bogdanovich Street 126, 128 and 130.
On July 23, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 03.05.2024:
3 years imprisonment in a colony
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Egor Zenchenko organized and held mass events in Gomel. Among them are “the best graduation”, the closing of the motorcycle season in Polesie, organized concerts of Elena Vaenga, Lev Leshchenko, held days of the city of Gomel.
On July 19, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 30.04.2024:
2 years imprisonment in a general regime colony
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Egor Volkov is 55 years old. He is a Minsk resident, studied at school No. 50. Then he graduated from the Minsk Radiotechnical Institute (now the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics).
Since the 1990s, Volkov has been involved in business. It is known that his area is cargo transportation, including liquid cargo. The man's business is quite large, his company's fleet of vehicles is up to a hundred trucks.
According to pro-government media, Yegor was tried for donations to the Kalinovsky Regiment from 2022 to 2023 in cryptocurrency in the amount of 11,100 USD, as well as for photos from the protests.
On July 23, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 03.05.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 23.07.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Vladimir conducted trainings and educational courses on financial management for companies. His last known job was as a financial controller for the Belkanton Group, a large office supply distribution company that, among other things, owns the Afiston chain of stores and Office Life magazine. Judging by Linkedin, Vladimir quit his job no later than July 2023. Presumably, he was detained upon returning to Belarus after a vacation.The activities of the individual entrepreneur were suspended on November 5, 2023.
Vladimir’s son (12 years old) is waiting at home.
On July 19, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
Trial outcome 02.05.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 19.07.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Alexander worked as an engineer at one of the city's enterprises. He was convicted behind closed doors in the Gomel Regional Court.
On 02.08.2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 02.05.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 02.08.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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