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Sandro Rosell
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The repressions in Belarusian Academy always had a face: might it be a rector, a dean or a proffessor responsible for the politically motivated expulsions and firings. "Student Observatory" collected the names and cases to present the Black Book in Academia.

We urge international actors: universities, research programmes, EU institutions - to implement a personal responsibility mechanisms for listed below people, excluding them from visit delegations and common projects.

NumNameUniversityPositionMisdemeanorDecriptionSource
 1   Vadim Bogush    BSUIR    Rector    Politically motivated expulsion, politically motivated dismissal    He expelled an least 4 students: Yan Solonovich, Dmitrij Mazuro, Matvej Fedosenko, Ivan Nikanov  1, 2
 He fired Vasil Peravoshchyikau, professor of the Department of the department of Information and Computer Systems Design  1
 He reprimanded proffesor because of his/her political activity  1
 2 Andrei Karol  BSU  Rector  Politically motivated expulsions  He expelled at least 3 students: Illya Trakhtenberg, Olha Vojtovich, Savelij Dubovik  1, 2, 3
 3  Ihar Voitau  BSTU   Rector  Allowed the police to detain students at the university  The police raid in the university resulted in detention of Yurij Karlenka, 4th year student  1
 4  Sergey Repkin  BSUPC  Rector  Politically motivated expulsions  He expelled at least 2 students: Volha Belomutova and Alexander Busen'  1, 2
 5  Natalia Karchevskaya  BSUCA  Rector  Politically motivated expulsions  She expelled at least 17 students  1, 2, 3
 6  Mikhail Barazna  Academy of Arts  Rector  Testifying against student in court, politically motivated expulsion, politicly motivated reprimands  He tetsified against ex-student of Belarusian State Academy of Arts Maria Kalenik, who is accused to student case. Probably commited perjury, because his statments during pre-trial proceedings and statments that he made during trial are sometimes completly different.
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 He expelled at least 3 students because of theire political activity.  1
 7  Vyacheslav Shutsilin  BSEU  Rector  Politically motivated expulsions  4 students who organized strikes and/or took part in peaceful protests were expelled from BSEU. Shutsilin's name and signature is included on the order expelling the students.  1
 8  Sergej Rubnikovich  BSMU  Rector  Threating students and academic staff  He organised prosecution and repressions of the BSMU against students who were participating in peaceful protests in and outside the University. A few days days after Lukashenka's October 27th order to expel / fire those who strike, Rubnikovich expelled more than 20 BSMU students for displaying their civil position in connection with the election fraud and violence in the country. On the 28th of October, the BSMU management has called OMON (special police unit) on parents who arrived to discuss the expulsion of their children.  1, 2
 9  Sergei Kharytonchyk  BNTU  Rector  Politically motivated expulsions  He organised prosecution and repressions of the BNTU students who were participating in peaceful protests bith inside and outside the University. A few days after Lukashenka's October 27th order to expel / fire those who strike, Kharytonchyk expelled 52 BNTU students for protecting their civil position in connection with the election fraud and violence in the country.  1, 2
 10  Aliaksandr Bakhanovich  BrSTU  Rector  Politically motivated expulsions  He organised prosecution and repressions of the BrSTU students who were participating in peaceful protests both inside and outside the University. A few days after Lukashenka's October 27th order to expel / fire those who strike, Bakhanovich and Jalovaja (Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs) prepared documents for the expulsion of 9 BrSTU students for displaying their civil position in connection with the election fraud and violence in the country. Lukashenka appointed Bakhanovich a chancellor on October 26, 2020 to deal with students' protests. Bakhanovich knew that his order was unlawful as he was told this by the legal advisor of BrSTU. He pushed with the order and forced the legal advisor to quit shortly after. 1, 2, 3
 11  Iryna Kiturka  GrSU  Rector  Politically motivated expulsions, politicly motivated dismisals  She signed orders for the expulsion of students, didn't prolonge contracts for undesirable employees and teachers, gave orders not to let dismissed employees / teachers into the university.  1, 2, 3, 4, 5
 12  Natallya Baranava  MSLU  Ex-Rector, Associate Professor  Testifying against student in court  She testified against Hleb Fitzner in court.  1
 13  Natallya Laptseva  MSLU  Rector  Politically motivated expusions  Appointed to the post of rector after protests, she expelled 15 people for participating in the strike and in protests. Prior to her appointment, she was Dean of the Faculty of the German Language, where she also expelled for political reasons.  1
 14  Maksim Davydov  BSUIR  First Vice-Rector  Testifying against profesor of BSUIR in court  He testified against Olga Filatchenkova, who is accused to student case  1
 15  Victor Rybak  BSUIR  Vice-Rector for Education  Testifying against profesor of BSUIR in court  He testified against Olga Filatchenkova, who is accused to student case  1
 16       Dzmitry Kuzniatsou       BSUIR       Vice-Rector for Personnel Development       Threating students       Threats students and organised meetings of active students with police representtives.  1
 He closed doors between differnt parts of the university for stopping student strike  1
 He was at every action and did everything for stopping student strikes, arranged for students' brainwash  1, 2, 3
 He threated students, who were arrested  1
 He deceives students, arranges meetings with representatives of the police department, leaks information about students and teachers to security officials  1, 2, 3
 He issues an ultimatum to the strike committee: "Either the protests will be stopped, or there will be student expulsions"  1
 17  Dmitry Medvedev  BSU  First Vice-Rector  Politically motivated dismissal  Politically motivated dismissal of Elena Laevskaja  1
 18  Ivan  Yanushevich  BSU  Vice-Rector of Education and Social affairs  Testifying against student in court  Tetsifyed against BSU students, who are occused to student case. Probably commited perjury, because his statments during pre-trial proceedings and statments that he made during trial are sometimes completly different.  1, 2 
 19  Sviatlana Koptseva  BSPU  First Vice-Rector  Testifying against student in court, Politically motivated dismissal  She testified against students of BSPU, who are accused to student case. Probably she commited perjury, because his statments during pre-trial proceedings and statments that he made during trial are sometimes completly different. She fired Aleksey Sloviov, teacher of additional education at the center of student creativity.  1, 2
 19  Aliaksandr Tsyhanau  BSTU  First Vice-Rector   Threating on academic staff  Tsyhanau issued an order to call in professors and students to work on the preparation of a new constitution, which was announced by Lukashenko  1
 20   Sviatlana Vinakurava    Academy of Arts   First Vice-Rector   Testifying against student in court, politicly motivated expulsion, politicly motivated expulsions   Tetsified against ex-student of Belarusian State Academy of Arts Maria Kalenik, who is accused to student case.  1
 She also expelled at least 3 students because of theire political activity and made at least 2 politically motivated reprimands  1
 21  Elena Kireeva  BSEU  First Vice-Rector  Politically motivated expulsions  Four students who organized strikes and/or took part in peaceful protests were expelled from BSEU. Kireeva's name and signature is included on the order expelling the students.  1
 22   Sergei Skriba   BSEU   Vice-Rector for Education   Intimidation of students, politically motivated expulsions   On behalf of the university, Skriba requested that the local Police Department charge students under Article 23.34 of the Administrative Code for their protest actions on October 13, 2020. Based on the reports, two of the students received 15 days of detention and others were fined.  1
 Four students who organized strikes and/or took part in peaceful protests were expelled from BSEU. Skryba's name and signature is included on the order expelling the students.  1
 23  Pavel Markautsan  BSMU  Vice-Rector for Academic and Educational work  Threating on students and academic staff, testifying against students  He is responsible for the dismissal of opposition-minded teachers. In December 2019, in an ultimatum form, he demanded that the dean's offices provide the girls for "viewing Lukashenko's protocol to the service. In May 2021, he initiated a search for a girl for the presidential graduation ball at the Belarusian State Medical University. For unwillingness to go to the ball, the girls received threats. He signed reprimands and orders to expel students of the Belarusian State Medical University . Perjured at the trial in the "student case" on May 20, 2021.  1, 2, 3
 24  Svetlana Shilova  BSMU  Vice-Rector for Medical work  Threating on students and academic staff, testifying against students  She exerted psychological pressure on students taking part in the protests. There were repeated threats of expulsion, retakes for unwanted students. Participated in rigging the 2020 presidential elections. She signed reprimands and orders for the expulsion of students. Perjured at the trial in the "student case" on May 20, 2021.  1, 2
 25  Heorhi Viarshyna  BNTU  First Vice-Rector  Politically motivated expulsions, testifying against student in court  He threatened students who gathered on the university's territory, that he would call for police to attack them (according to OMON witnesses). The students did not have any symbols, they did not make noise and did not violate the rules of the internal regulations of the university. Нe testified against the political prisoners of the BNTU's students in court, gave deliberately false testimony. Accuses students of organizing mass riots. He contributed to the expulsion of 54 BNTU's students for participating in a peaceful rally on October 26. Revoked the bonus sararies and than fired BNTU's teachers for politically motivated reasons.  1, 2, 3
 26  Vasiliy Sianko  HrSU  Vice-Rector for Educational Affairs  Intimidation of students  Organizes prevention councils for students and ethics commissions for teachers, is their chairman, solicits and signs reprimands to students and teachers for participating in actions or public support for such actions, exerts moral pressure on students / employees / teachers, causing them to have individual conversations , calls the police at rallies and single pickets, leaks data on students to the police and the military registration and enlistment office.  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
 27  Uladzimir Pashkievich // Vladzimir Pashkievich  MSLU  Vice-rector for Educational Work  Testifying against student in court  He testified against Hleb Fitzner in court.  1
 28  Alaksiej Dzierbin // Aleksey Derbin  MSLU  (Ex) Vice Rector for Internationalization   Testifying against student in court  He testified against Hleb Fitzner in court.  1
 29  Leonid Shylin  BSUIR  Dean of Faculty of Information Technologies and Control  Testifying against student and profesor of BSUIR in court  He testified against Artyom Vinakurau in court and had public argument with Artiom. Artiom Vinakurau was convicted and sentenced to 3 years restriction of liberty in an open prison.  1, 2, 3
 30     Dmitry Likhacheuski     BSUIR     Dean of Faculty of Computer-Aided Design     Threating students and academic staff     14 May started consideration of "students case". Near to the court bulding had gatherd around 200 people, some of them were arrested. Dmitry Likhacheuski threatend with explusion to students, who were arrested.  1
 On audio record Likhacheuski threats students and literally declairs war on students  1
 Likhachevski beefs with a professor who took part in a video message to the administration, during the lesson  1
 Likhacheuski reprimanded proffesor because of his/her political activity  1
 31  Sergei M. Bosiakov  BSU  Dean of the Faculty of the Mechanics and Mathematics  Testifying against student in court, threating students  Tetsifyed against BSU students, who are occused to student case.  1, 2
 32  Vadim Demidchik  BSU  Dean of the Faculty of Biology  Testifying against student in court  Tetsifyed against BSU students, who are occused to student case. Probably commited perjury, because his statments during pre-trial proceedings and statments that he made during trial are sometimes completly different.  1
 33  Vadim Demidchik  BSU  Dean of the Faculty of Biology  Testifying against student in court  Tetsifyed against BSU students, who are occused to student case. Probably commited perjury, because his statments during pre-trial proceedings and statments that he made during trial are sometimes completly different.  1
 34  Vadim Hihin  BSU  Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences  Threating students and academic stuff  Actively interferes with protest actions, puts pressure on students with an active civic position, forcing participants in protest actions to write explanatory notes. Since 2016, it has been keeping an internal list of opposition-minded students and professors of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences. Draws up reports to teachers addressed to the rector for political reasons to impose a disciplinary sanction on them as a basis for subsequent dismissal (the case of T. Sinitsa).  1
 35  Tatyana Mikhalyova  BSU  Dean of the Faculty of Law  Testifying against academic stuff in court  Testified against ex-associate professor Basalai in court on the claim for the reinstatement Basalai in BSU  1
 36  Sergey Maly  BSU  Dean of the Faculty of Radiophysics and Computer Technologies  Politically motivated dismissal  Politically motivated dismissal of Sviatlana Volchek, coordinator of BSU strike commetee  1
 37  Natalya Sankevich  BSU  Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry for social affairs  Testifying against student in court  Tetsifyed against BSU students, who are occused to student case. Probably commited perjury, because his statments during pre-trial proceedings and statments that he made during trial are sometimes completly different.  1, 2
 38  Hanna S. Bakun  BSU  Deputy Dean of Educational Work of the Faculty of Law  Testifying against student in court, threating students and academic stuff  Tetsifyed against BSU students, who are occused to student case. She called active students to a meeting with the prosecutor, and those who refused to come were forced to write explanatory notes. On the day of the start of the trial in the student case she checked the attendance in order to identify the students who went to the trial.  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
 39  Vital Sakhvon   BSU  Deputy Dean for educational work and social issues of the Faculty of Biology  Testifying against student in court  Tetsifyed against BSU students, who are occused to student case. Probably commited perjury, because his statments during pre-trial proceedings and statments that he made during trial are sometimes completly different.  1
 40  Valery Kursov  BSU  Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics  Testifying against student in court  Tetsifyed against BSU students, who are occused to student case. Probably commited perjury, because his statments during pre-trial proceedings and statments that he made during trial are sometimes completly different.  1
 41  Natallia Navumenka  BSPU  Dean of the Natural Science Department  Politically motivated dismissal  She fired Nikolai Strekha because of his political views. Nikolai Strekha was Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs of the Natural Science Depatment.  1, 2
 42   Anna Konanova   Academy of Arts   Dean of the Art Faculty   Testifying against student in court, politicly motivated expulsion, politicly motivated reprimands   Tetsified against ex-student of Belarusian State Academy of Arts Maria Kalenik, who is accused to student case.  1
 She also expelled at least 3 students because of theire political activity and made at least 2 politically motivated reprimands  1
 43  Vladimir Mischanchuk  Academy of Arts  Dean of Theatre Faculy  Politicly motivated expulsion, politicly motivated reprimands  He expelled at least 3 students because of theire political activity and made at least 2 politically motivated reprimands  1
 44  Elena Petrichenko  BSEU  Dean of Faculty of Economics and Managment  Politically motivated expulsions  Four students who organized strikes and/or took part in peaceful protests were expelled from BSEU. Petrichenko's name and signature is included on the order expelling the students.  1
 45  Dzmitryj Marushka  BSEU  Dean of the Faculty of Digital Economy  Politically motivated expulsions  Four students who organized strikes and/or took part in peaceful protests were expelled from BSEU. Marushka's name and signature is included on the order expelling the students.  1
 46  Vladimir Bierazouski  BSEU  Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Accounting  Politically motivated expulsions  Four students who organized strikes and/or took part in peaceful protests were expelled from BSEU. Bierazouski's name and signature is included on the order expelling the students.  1
 47  Alexandr I. Yerchak  BSEU  Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Tourism Industry  Politically motivated expulsions  Four students who organized strikes and/or took part in peaceful protests were expelled from BSEU. Yerchak's name and signature is included on the order expelling the students.  1
 48  Aleksandr Shkliareuski  BSEU  Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Tourism Industry  Politically motivated expulsions  Four students who organized strikes and/or took part in peaceful protests were expelled from BSEU. Jarchak's name and signature is included on the order expelling the students.  1
 49  Mikhail Mishkevich  BSEU  Dean of School of International Business Communications  Politically motivated expulsions  Four students who organized strikes and/or took part in peaceful protests were expelled from BSEU. Mishkevich was one of those who wrote a denunciation on them.  1
 50  Svetlana Razumova  BSEU  Dean of the Faculty of Marketing and Logistic  Politically motivated expulsions  Four students who organized strikes and/or took part in peaceful protests were expelled from BSEU. Mishkevich was one of those who wrote a denunciation on them.  1
 51  Oksana Matkovskaya  BSEU  Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Finance and Banking  Politically motivated expulsions  Four students who organized strikes and/or took part in peaceful protests were expelled from BSEU. Mishkevich was one of those who wrote a denunciation on them.  1
 52  Ludmila Marcusenko  BSEU  Deputy Dean of the Faculty of International Economic Relations  Politically motivated expulsions  Four students who organized strikes and/or took part in peaceful protests were expelled from BSEU. Mishkevich was one of those who wrote a denunciation on them.  1
 53  Andrey Safonov  BNTU  Dean of the Faculty of the Mechanical Engineering  Testifying against student in court  Нe testified against the political prisoners of the BNTU's students in court, gave deliberately false testimony. Accuses students of organizing mass riots.  1
 54  Volha Dashkevich  BNTU  Dean of the Architectural Faculty  Testifying against student in court  She testified against the political prisoners of the BNTU's students in court, gave deliberately false testimony. Accuses students of organizing mass riots.  1
 55  Natalja Shuljakovskaja // Natallia Shuliakouskaja  BNTU  Deputy Dean of Architectural Faculty  Testifying against student in court  She testified against the political prisoners of the BNTU's students in court, gave deliberately false testimony. Accuses students of organizing mass riots.  1
 54  GOLUBEVA Oksana / Aksana Holubeva  PSU  Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology  Intimidation of students  She put pressure on personal conversations in every possible way, prayed for the riot police.  1, 2
 55  Alexander Bakatovich  PSU  Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering  Intimidation of students  He repressed students with an active civic position (including summoning them for conversations, threatening with expulsion, reprimands.) In every possible way he interfered with the peaceful expression of civil position.  1
 56  Aleksandr Ponimatko // Aliaksandr Panimatka  MSLU  Dean of the Interpretors and Translators Faculty  Testifying against student in court  He testified against Hleb Fitzner in court.  1
 57  Dzmitryj Tupik // Dmitrij Tupik  MSLU  Dean of the Faculty of International Communications  Testifying against student in court  He testified against Hleb Fitzner in court.  1
 58  Valientyn Paulouski // Valentin Pavlovskij  MSLU  Dean of the Faculty of Romance Languages  Testifying against student in court  He testified against Hleb Fitzner in court.  1
 59  Siarhiej Aliejnik // Sergey Oleynik  MSLU  Dean of the Faculty of Chinese  Testifying against student in court  He testified against Hleb Fitzner in court.  1
 60  Liudmila Mikalayeva  BSUIR  Head of Department of Humanities  Politically motivated dismissal  Politically motivated dismissal of Mayya Gavryuchenkova, associate professor of Department of Humanities  1
 61  Galina Malychina  BSUIR  Chair of the Department of Philosophy, PhD, Associate Professor  Testifying against profesor of BSUIR in court  She testified against Olga Filatchenkova, who is accused to student case  1
 62  Ekaterina Zueva  BSU  Head of the Department of Education of Youth  Testifying against student in court, threating students and academic stuff  Tetsifyed against BSU students, who are occused to student case. Probably commited perjury, because his statments during pre-trial proceedings and statments that he made during trial are sometimes completly different.  1, 2
 63  Vladimir Maslenikov  Academy of Arts  Head of the Department of Painting  Denunction on active students  His denunctions were a reason to expell 3 students  1
 64  Irina Savostinkevich  Academy of Arts  Head of Trainig and Doctrine  Politicly motivated expulsion, politicly motivated reprimands  She expelled at least 3 students because of theire political activity and made at least 2 politically motivated reprimands  1
 65  Dmitrij Tsyhankov // Dzmitryj Cyhankou  BSEU  Head of the Department of Accounting Economics and Law  Politically motivated expulsions  Four students who organized strikes and/or took part in peaceful protests were expelled from BSEU. Cyhankou's name and signature is included on the order expelling the students.  1
 66  Danila Dabrarodni  BSEU  Head of the Institute of Social and Humanitarian Education  Politically motivated expulsions  Four students who organized strikes and/or took part in peaceful protests were expelled from BSEU. Cyhankou's name and signature is included on the order expelling the students.  1
 67  Nikolaj Vierbickij // Nikalaj Viarbicki  BSEU  Head of the Center for Personel and Legal Policy, Associate Professor  Politically motivated expulsions  Four students who organized strikes and/or took part in peaceful protests were expelled from BSEU. Cyhankou's name and signature is included on the order expelling the students.  1
 66  Kibik Natalia/Natalya  BSMU  Head of the department of educational work  Threating on students and academic staff  Forced professors to attend rallies for Lukashenka. Banned events in the Belarusian language at the university. Insults and threatens his own subordinates, colleagues, students. He heads the "student government organization", consisting of students loyal to the administration. Together with Markautsan, he leads the initiative to find a girl for the presidential graduation ball.  1, 2
 67  Ihar Puchenia // Igor’ Puchenya // Igor Puchenya  MSLU  Head of educational work with youth  Testifying against student in court  He testified against Hleb Fitzner in court.  1
 68  Evgeniy Olekhnovich  BSUIR  Assosiate Professor  Testifying against student in court  He testified against Artiom Vinakurau in court. Artiom Vinakurau was convicted and sentenced to 3 years restriction of liberty in an open prison.  1
 69  Vasili Miatselski  BSUIR  Assosiate Professor  Testifying against student in court  He testified against Artiom Vinakurau in court. Artiom Vinakurau was convicted and sentenced to 3 years restriction of liberty in an open prison.  1
 70  Yuliya Litvinovskaya  BSUIR  Assosiate Professor  Testifying against student in court  She testified against Artiom Vinakurau in court. Artiom Vinakurau was convicted and sentenced to 3 years restriction of liberty in an open prison.  1
 71  Kirill Surkov  BSUIR  Assosiate Professor  Underestimation due to political views  Changed the grades for students to a lower one because of their political views  1
 72  Fiodar Drobenya  BSU  Assosiate Professor  Testifying against student in court  Tetsifyed against BSU students, who are occused to student case.  1, 2
 73  Olga K. Yatskevich  BNTU  Assosiate Professor  Testifying against student in court  She testified against the political prisoners of the BNTU's students in court, gave deliberately false testimony. Accuses students of organizing mass riots.  1
 74  Valeryj Pishchykau // Valery Pishchikov  MSLU  Assosiate Professor  Fight with student  He started pushing one of the students taking part in the strike. When the column approached the door, Pishchykau pushed one of the students into the stairwell, which miraculously did not lead to a "domino" on the staircase, which was filled with other students.  1