In Belarus, a family was sentenced to lengthy prison terms in a treason case
A Belarusian court has sentenced members of a single family in a case involving treason and illegal possession of weapons. Dmitry Korsakov was sentenced to 14 years in prison, and his wife, Tatyana, was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Their daughter, Pelageya Korsakova, was sentenced in absentia—the court sentenced her to 11 years in prison. All three were involved in a case related to charges of crimes against the state.
According to her, her parents were detained in September 2025. After that, her father called her and told her that her mother had been hospitalized with a stroke, and asked her to return home.
“After that, someone who didn’t identify themselves took the phone and continued: ‘Your parents have been detained; if you want us to release them, you must come here,’” she said. “I found out that they had been taken—not even taken, but simply kidnapped from our home—when my mother returned from work. They conducted a search, ransacked everything, confiscated our electronics, and took the memory cards from the security camera installed in the apartment.”
Tatyana Korsakova worked as a nursery teacher and a mentor for children with autism, while Dmitry Korsakov was a worker at the same kindergarten.
Pelageya Korsakova herself left Belarus for Ukraine in 2021 due to fears of persecution after participating in protests. In Ukraine, she coordinates rapid-response volunteers who go to the sites of attacks and assist the victims.
She considers the charges brought against her and her parents “absolutely absurd.” “What weapons? What treason against the state! Our only ‘crime’ is that I am in Ukraine, and we stayed in touch, calling each other. Plus, my parents were worried about me. Based on this, it seems the authorities have let their wild imaginations run wild,” she said.
This was reported by Belarusian media.
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