Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Alexander Vladimirovich Kornienko
Number of repressed: 263
Date of birth: 9 january 1978
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Responsible for all illegal actions against prisoners in penal colony No. 17. Such actions include psychological and, in some cases, physical violence, illegal sending to solitary confinement, restrictions on correspondence and receiving packages from persons in the institution. Political prisoner Vitold Ashurok, who was given more than ten penalties on trumped-up grounds and sent to solitary confinement, from which he never left, died in this colony. In particular, his actions clearly show disregard for the rights of prisoners, including for political reasons.

Responsible for all illegal actions against prisoners in penal colony No. 17. Such actions include psychological and, in some cases, physical violence, illegal sending to solitary confinement, restrictions on correspondence and receiving packages from persons in the institution. Political prisoner Vitold Ashurok, who was given more than ten penalties on trumped-up grounds and sent to solitary confinement, from which he never left, died in this colony. In particular, his actions clearly show disregard for the rights of prisoners, including for political reasons.

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Andrey Igorevich Marach
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In custody: ~1462 days
folder Categories of cases: Brest 2020 Protests, "Revolutionary Action"
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 10.11.1995
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Andrei, an anarchist activist, was arrested in March 2021 as part of a criminal case brought against anarchists from the Brest region. He was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" and "damage to property." The charges were based on two incidents of blocking roads in Brest that occurred in 2018.

In early March 2025, he was released, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 06.09.2022
5 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, 500 basic values fine.
Appeal 28.02.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Sergey Vladimirovich Solokha
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In custody: 1323 days
Hometown: Drahichyn
Date of birth: 16.01.1991
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Sergei, an individual entrepreneur and owner of a private farm growing raspberries and strawberries in the Drogichin district, was detained as part of a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest against falsifications in the presidential elections. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots." According to the case materials, the total damage exceeded 27 thousand Belarusian rubles.

He was released in April 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 10.03.2021
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, approximately 3000 rubles of compensation.
Appeal 18.05.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 1306 days
Hometown: Belovezhskiy
Date of birth: 20.05.1998
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Vladimir was detained in a criminal case opened after spontaneous protests against the falsification of the presidential elections that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots." According to the case materials, the total damage amounted to about 24 thousand Belarusian rubles.

He was released in March 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 21.05.2021
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, approximately 1850 rubles of compensation.
Appeal 06.07.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Ruslan Mikhailovich Linnik
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In custody: ~1580 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 28.12.1982
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: SIZO-1 KolyadichiSIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
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Ruslan is a Belarusian blogger who has been creating videos on social and political topics since 2020. By February 2021, his channel had more than 90,000 subscribers. On February 20, 2021, he was detained and later convicted of “insulting a government official.”

It became known that Ruslan was not released from the colony after his term expired, but was transferred to the pretrial detention center in Kolyadichi. The reasons for the new charges are still unknown.

He was released in June 2025, having served his full sentence.

Trial outcome 17.09.2021
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 19.11.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Trial outcome 19.06.2025
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Andrey Viktorovich Ivanyushin
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In custody: ~972 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 02.06.1972
Family members: Diana Andreevna Moiseenko
Was in: Turma №8Turma №8, Zhodino, Sovetskaya ul. 22A, 222163
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Andrei, a biker, was first detained and convicted in a criminal case opened after an incident on September 19, 2020, near the Europa shopping center in Minsk. At that time, unknown persons tried to detain one of the motorcyclists, and the others began to defend him.

In June 2023, he was released, having fully served his sentence.

In August 2023, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Andrei, and he became a suspect under the article on gross violation of order. The basis for this was photographs. He was later convicted of participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020.

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

Trial outcome 26.02.2021
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, approximately 667 rubles of compensation.
Trial outcome 31.10.2023
6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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In custody: 837 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests Gomel 2020, Death of Roman Bondarenko
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 31.03.1999
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Dmitry was detained and convicted for the fact that during the memorial event for Roman Bondarenko, who was killed by security forces, which took place on November 15, 2020 in Gomel, he tried to knock the phone out of the hands of a police officer who was filming the protest, fearing that he would be brought to administrative responsibility.

Released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court

17.08.2021 squad 13

Trial outcome 19.02.2021
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 1000 rubles of compensation.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~1781 day
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 16.07.1966
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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Sergei was detained on August 30, 2020, in Minsk during a Sunday protest. His arrest followed a clash between police and protesters who were trying to prevent the detention of one of the protesters. He was later convicted of "violence against an officer of the internal affairs bodies."

In January 2024, he was transferred to another colony, most likely to IK-2.

According to human rights activists , he will be released in the summer of 2025.

Trial outcome 27.11.2020
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Alexey Igorevich Povedailo
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In custody: 676 days
Hometown: Baranovichi
Date of birth: 25.05.1995
Number of children: 2 children
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Alexei, a swimming teacher, was convicted of possessing a flammable mixture that the prosecution alleged he planned to use to make a Molotov cocktail.

He was released in December 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

03.05.2021 In pre-trial detention, he was on 2 profuchets, one of them was prone to extremism. From 21.04 transferred to IK 17 Shklov

Trial outcome 04.02.2021
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 531 ruble of compensation.
Andrey Valerievich Nechipor
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In custody: ~1065 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 16.05.1988
Number of children: 3 children
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Andrei was arrested and convicted for damaging the car of a policeman's wife in Novaya Borovaya.

He was released in August 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 03.02.2021
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, approximately 1845 rubles of compensation.
Ivan Andreevich Zubko
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In custody: ~1036 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 25.09.1995
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Ivan was detained for participating in a protest that took place on November 1, 2020, in Minsk and sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility. In September 2021, it became known that he was convicted again, sent to 4 years of imprisonment.

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

22.09.2021 Sentenced to 328 hours 3 or 327 hours 1 to 4 years in prison
27.06.2021 I recently went to court under another article, as I know they gave 2.6 or 2.8 restrictions on freedom

Trial outcome 03.02.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome date unknown
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~653 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 14.07.1991
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Alexander was arrested and convicted for falling on the foot of a traffic police officer during a peaceful protest that took place in Minsk on November 1, 2020.

He was released in August 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

14.07.2021 show solidarity with us Belarusians

Trial outcome 14.01.2021
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 500 rubles of compensation.
Alexander Fedorovich Gubeiko
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In custody: ~632 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 15.03.1960
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Alexander was convicted of allegedly resisting and using violence against a police officer during a protest in support of political prisoners that took place on October 4, 2020 in Minsk.

He was released in October 2022, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.

Trial outcome 21.01.2021
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 2500 rubles of compensation.
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In custody: ~1224 days
folder Categories of cases: Grodno protests 2020
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 01.07.1988
Was in: Turma №8Turma №8, Zhodino, Sovetskaya ul. 22A, 222163
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Sergei was arrested and convicted for participating in and resisting a protest that took place in August 2020 in Grodno.

In November 2021, his punishment was increased and he was transferred to prison.

According to human rights activists, he was released at the end of spring 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 21.01.2021
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 375 rubles of compensation.
Regime change trial 03.11.2021
3 years of prison regime.
Vitold Mikhailovich Ashurak
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In custody: ~244 days
folder Categories of cases: Lida protests 2020
Hometown: Ogorodniki
Date of birth: 13.10.1970
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
21.05.2021 Member of the Sei of the BNF party, coordinator of the Grodno region "Rukha za Svabodu". He was sentenced to 5 years in prison on 18 January 2021, and died in a penal colony in Škloŭ reportedly from cardiac arrest.
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Vitold, an activist from Berezovka and a member of the BPF party, as well as the coordinator of the For Freedom movement, was detained in September 2020 and later convicted of participating in protests. He served his sentence until his death, which occurred under unclear circumstances. No criminal case was opened into his death, and the official version points to "cardiac arrest." The relatives and associates of the political prisoner consider his death to be violent, which is also confirmed by former political prisoners.

On May 21, 2021, Vitold died in penal colony No. 17 in Shklov.

Trial outcome 18.01.2021
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 08.04.2021
the sentence was upheld.
Oleg Yurievich Fomin
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In custody: ~812 days
Hometown: Vawkavysk
Date of birth: 26.05.1974
Number of children: 1 child
Family members: Anastasia Vasilievna Fomina
Was in: IK-17IK №17, 213004, Shklov, ul. 1-ya Zavodskaya, 8
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Oleg was detained together with his wife and convicted for a “fight” with a police officer in Volkovysk.

On November 5, 2022, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 24.12.2020
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 2000 rubles of compensation.
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