Elena Leonidovna Drozdova
Elena Leonidovna Drozdova
Number of repressed: 362
Date of birth: 3 april 1978
Categories: Overseers

Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Drozdova Elena Leonidovna is an employee of law enforcement agencies involved in politically motivated repressions. She was biased towards women in Penal Colony No. 4, humiliated them, exerted psychological pressure on political prisoners, and threatened to send them to a punishment cell. She refused to allow political prisoners to meet with lawyers, and if lawyers insisted, she gave orders to impose penalties on convicts, as a result of which they were sent to a punishment cell. On her instructions, junior employees found excuses to refuse political prisoners short-term visits, explaining this by sanitary cleaning or the presence of a queue.

Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Drozdova Elena Leonidovna is an employee of law enforcement agencies involved in politically motivated repressions. She was biased towards women in Penal Colony No. 4, humiliated them, exerted psychological pressure on political prisoners, and threatened to send them to a punishment cell. She refused to allow political prisoners to meet with lawyers, and if lawyers insisted, she gave orders to impose penalties on convicts, as a result of which they were sent to a punishment cell. On her instructions, junior employees found excuses to refuse political prisoners short-term visits, explaining this by sanitary cleaning or the presence of a queue.

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In custody: 429 days
Hometown: Glubokoe
Date of birth: 24.03.1994
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Daughter of journalist Dmitry Lupach. On May 3, she was sentenced to 24 hours for distributing so-called extremist materials on social networks and instant messengers. After that, she had another trial, during which the girl was also given a 25-basic fine for this. After which Svetlana was transferred to pre-trial detention center-2, she is charged with a criminal offense for participating in protests.

On January 05, 2024, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.

Released in July 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

12.03.2024 Есть информация, что Светлана в ИК-4

Trial outcome 16.10.2023:

1.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony

Catherine Anatolievna Dzhig
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In custody: ~466 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 07.07.1971
Number of children: 4 children
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Suspended for social media comments. Ekaterina has 4 children, one of them is a minor, the eldest daughter has a disability of the 2nd group.

Trial outcome 07.09.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 24.11.2023
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: ~487 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 07.04.1974
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Olga was taken into custody on charges of donating to initiatives recognized as extremist.

Her trial began in July 2023.

Trial outcome 24.07.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 26.09.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Svetlana Vasilevna Poluektova
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In custody: 475 days
Hometown: Minsk
Number of children: 2 children
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Svetlana was convicted for her comments and participation in protests.

Released on July 20, 2024, after being pardoned.

Trial outcome 07.07.2023:

2.5 years in prison

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In custody: 296 days
Hometown: Gacuk
Date of birth: 27.06.1981
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Svetlana was first convicted under an administrative article for “distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities,” after which a criminal case was opened against her for insulting A.G. Lukashenko.

According to the materials of the prosecution in the criminal case, Svetlana on her page in Odnoklassniki allegedly “placed a publication and video with a screensaver containing deliberately false information about Alexander Lukashenko, associated with accusing him of committing especially serious crimes, such as “murder”, “treason” state”, which do not correspond to reality and discredit its authority in the eyes of the public."

According to human rights activists, she will be released in early spring 2024 after fully serving her sentence.

Trial outcome 17.08.2023:

1 year imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 446 days
Hometown: Krichev
Date of birth: 23.10.1980
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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She was detained in January 2023 and convicted of insulting A.G. Lukashenko.

On June 22, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.

On March 30, 2024, she was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 28.03.2023:

1 year imprisonment in a general regime colony

Oksana Pavlovna Lakosa
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In custody: ~477 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Shostka, Ukraine
Date of birth: 19.06.1980
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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A native of Ukraine, but has citizenship of the Republic of Belarus. On May 16, 2023, she was convicted for participating in protests.

06/29/2024 released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 16.05.2023
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 28.07.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 566 days
Hometown: Navapolatsk
Date of birth: 20.10.1980
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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According to the case materials , in February 2022, she posted a comment that "insulted and humiliated the honor and dignity" of Podvoisky, Melnik, and Kozlov and "was aimed at undermining the authority of government officials." After the publication of a video on the CyberSlivy Telegram channel with a leaked telephone conversation between Podvoisky, Melnik, and Kozlov from September 2020, which became evidence that the police were telling judges what decisions to make for participants in peaceful protests. More than two dozen people left comments under it, including Ekaterina Lev. Ekaterina was detained a year later - on February 1, 2023.

Released on August 20, 2024, after being pardoned.

Trial outcome 30.05.2023:

2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

Natalia Eduardovna Zhlobо
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In custody: ~513 days
folder Categories of cases: Donate
Hometown: Maladzyechna
Date of birth: 21.05.1975
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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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.

Trial outcome 31.07.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 06.10.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~256 days
Hometown: Klimavichy
Date of birth: 16.08.1982
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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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.

Trial outcome 02.05.2023
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Victoria Anatolievna Gavrilina
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In custody: 586 days
Hometown: Kostyukovka
Date of birth: 06.01.1983
Number of children: 2 children
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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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.

Trial outcome 18.09.2023:

3 years 3 months imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 338 days
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 27.04.1967
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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The resident of Brest was accused of writing 2 comments under a video with Lukashenko on May 24, 2021, in the Facebook group “People’s Verdict”. One message said “sick person”, the second “schizophrenic”.

On May 16, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.

According to human rights activists, she was released in the winter of 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 12.04.2023:

1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony.

Former political prisoners
In custody: ~593 days
Hometown: Malye Chuchevichi
Date of birth: 08.12.1979
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
23.04.2025 She was sentenced to 2 years in prison for "slandering" Lukashenko. On August 20, 2025, she was pardoned (after serving 1 year and 9 months). She died in the spring of 2025. The official reason was that her heart gave out.
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According to the case materials , in December 2022, Tamara Karavai posted slanderous information about Alexander Lukashenko on the Internet via a messenger on the Odnoklassniki social network.

At the court hearing, Karavai fully admitted her guilt, but refused to testify.

It is known that Tamara Karavai has a minor child in her care. She was released on July 20, 2024, by pardon.

Tamara died in the spring of 2025. The woman's acquaintances reported her death to Nasha Niva . The official reason was that her heart gave out. The exact date of death is unknown, but Tamara was last online on VKontakte on April 23, 2025.

Trial outcome 29.03.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Olga Pavlovna Zhelobkova
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In custody: ~719 days
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 24.12.1989
Number of children: 2 children
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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According to human rights activists , she will be released in the spring of 2025.

Trial outcome 24.03.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 09.06.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~652 days
Hometown: Mogilev
Date of birth: 20.07.1990
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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According to the case materials , Olga Ivanchenko posted on her Odnoklassniki page in the public domain “text with an image containing deliberately false fabrications that disgrace Alexander Lukashenko, humiliate his honor and dignity, and are aimed at undermining his authority and creating a negative image.”

In addition, the woman posted “comments with a negative assessment of him, containing obscene language” under the post with an image of Alexander Lukashenko.

Olga has an autism spectrum disorder . After her arrest, she was held for about a month at the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Mental Health in Novinki.

On 20.06.2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.

According to human rights activists, she will be released in the fall of 2024.

Trial outcome 21.03.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 20.06.2023
unknown.
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