Alexander Valerievich Rybakov
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Alexander Valerievich Rybakov
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 7 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 15 days of administrative arrest, at least 1,134 rubles in fines, and at least 6 years and 6 months of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed.
According to some witnesses, there are facts of forgery of evidence and changes at their discretion in the protocol of the court hearing.
He sentenced 40-year-old Ivan Romanovsky. He was found guilty according to Art. 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for publicly insulting a government official in connection with the performance of his official duties and was sentenced to one and a half years of restriction of freedom without being sent to open correctional institutions.
He sentenced the political prisoner of the YouTube channel “Slutsk for Life” Vladimir Neronsky to three years in prison in a general regime colony. He found Neronsky guilty under two articles of the Criminal Code: Art. 369 and part 1 of Art. 342. The political prisoner was accused of calling in his videos “Slutsk for Life” for actions that grossly violate public order in Slutsk, Mozyr, Brest, Bobruisk, Mogilev. The court recognized that he did this in conspiracy with blogger Sergei Tikhanovsky and politician Nikolai Statkevich. Neronsky was also found guilty of publicly insulting the chairman of the Slutsk district executive committee, Andrei Yanchevsky, in his video on the YouTube channel.
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 7 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 15 days of administrative arrest, at least 1,134 rubles in fines, and at least 6 years and 6 months of imprisonment or restriction of freedom were imposed.
According to some witnesses, there are facts of forgery of evidence and changes at their discretion in the protocol of the court hearing.
He sentenced 40-year-old Ivan Romanovsky. He was found guilty according to Art. 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for publicly insulting a government official in connection with the performance of his official duties and was sentenced to one and a half years of restriction of freedom without being sent to open correctional institutions.
He sentenced the political prisoner of the YouTube channel “Slutsk for Life” Vladimir Neronsky to three years in prison in a general regime colony. He found Neronsky guilty under two articles of the Criminal Code: Art. 369 and part 1 of Art. 342. The political prisoner was accused of calling in his videos “Slutsk for Life” for actions that grossly violate public order in Slutsk, Mozyr, Brest, Bobruisk, Mogilev. The court recognized that he did this in conspiracy with blogger Sergei Tikhanovsky and politician Nikolai Statkevich. Neronsky was also found guilty of publicly insulting the chairman of the Slutsk district executive committee, Andrei Yanchevsky, in his video on the YouTube channel.
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On 22.12.2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
Alexander has chronic diseases.
Andrei was detained on September 27, and later a search was carried out at his home, during which a computer and other equipment were removed.
Tolchin has been repeatedly detained and tried for his journalistic activities since 2017. After the protests of 2020, the journalist decided to leave the profession.
The latest posts on Andrei's Facebook page are reposts of helping animals, photos with friends and acquaintances. Also, Andrei’s sister, who raised him in infancy, recently died.
On May 24, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
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According to journalists, the accusation is related to the fact that the Gomel resident transferred money to help Ukraine through the BYSOL fund. After the full-scale Russian invasion, he spoke out against the war on social networks and published reports on humanitarian assistance to residents of the Chernihiv region, they note.
Yuri Tashkinov is a Gomel entrepreneur, a resident of the city technopark. In 2018, he developed a mobile application for searching for providers of various services.
On October 27, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
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Kirill was detained early in the morning in February 2023 as he was leaving his apartment building on his way to work. Following a search, he was placed under administrative arrest for 15 days, but was not released after the search. He was charged with financing the activities of an extremist group.
That summer, he was convicted of donating money to the "By_help," "BYSOL," and "Honest People" initiatives through the "Facebook Fundraising" payment system from June 2020 to May 2021. At the hearing, he was presented with six donations of $10 each.
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
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Vyacheslav is a native of Ukraine. Around 2011, he moved to Gomel with his parents. Graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry of the Belarusian State Medical University in Minsk with a degree in Dentistry. Since 2017, he worked as a dental surgeon at the Bragin Central District Hospital, established himself well in the team and among patients
On September 5, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
| 11.02.2025 | После освобождения выдано предписание в 10-дневный срок покинуть РБ. |
On August 4, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict has entered into force.
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The circumstances of the case are still unknown to human rights activists, as the court hearing was closed.
For the first six months after his arrest, Konstantin was under house arrest, after which the measure of restraint was changed to detention.
Elena has been convicted multiple times on politically motivated charges, including "insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko" through comments on Telegram channels.
Her first trial took place in December 2022 for "insulting a government official," the outcome of which is unknown. In March 2023, she was sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility and a large fine for a comment with an emoji addressed to police captain Ruslan Kutsko.
In April 2024, a new criminal case was heard against Elena under the articles "insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko," the verdict for which is also unknown.
In October 2024, she was convicted of "inciting hatred or discord" for comments about Lukashenko, security forces, and participants in the war in Ukraine, and sentenced to imprisonment.
Released in autumn 2025 .
Journalist and TV presenter, who previously held a position in the “presidential pool” of the ONT TV channel.
In August 2020, Semchenko resigned in protest against the brutal dispersal of peaceful protests. Dmitry and his wife were detained on September 15 in Minsk. Yulia was later released, and Dmitry was left behind bars pending trial. A day later, the man was arrested for 15 days. But after 15 days, Dmitry was not released and was sentenced to another 13 days of arrest under Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for distributing "extremist materials" on his social networks. When Dmitry Semchenko was not released on October 13, 2022, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against him.
According to human rights activists , he was released in July 2025, having fully served his sentence.
According to the prosecution, in September 2020, Kolpak publicly posted "negative comments addressed to police officers, civil servants, and government officials in a Telegram chat, inciting and calling for violence against members of the aforementioned social groups." He was also accused of repeatedly posting text articles in a Telegram chat in Minsk from August 8 to September 28, 2020, in which he called on drivers to create traffic jams, sabotage work, and protest, including by blocking traffic.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the fall of 2025.
He is accused of inciting racial, national, religious or other social hatred or discord based on comments on social networks and links to download Leon De Goel's memoirs about World War II.
According to human rights activists , he was released on January 17, 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
The trial was held behind closed doors, and the details of the case are unknown.
Pro-government media reported that Mikhail was going to join Kalinovsky's regiment. He was detained on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.
According to human rights activists, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Andrei was arrested on February 18, 2022, in connection with a criminal case involving insulting a government official on the "Punishermen of Belarus" Telegram channel. He was charged with "insulting a government official." It was later revealed that he also faces charges of "insulting Lukashenko," "creating an extremist group," "inciting hatred or discord," and "insulting a judge or assessor." All charges related to comments made on various Telegram channels.
In December 2022, Andrei was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, as well as a large fine and compensation for 31 "victims."
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.