Hi there! This is the BYSOL fundraising team checking in — and we have good news!
Last night our extraction team helped Nikita Losik — a former political prisoner and brother of Ihar Losik, blogger and author of the Belarus of the Brain channel — to escape.
Nikita was arrested in April 2025 for “facilitating extremist activities”: allegedly for forwarding a few photos of military equipment to the Belaruski Hajun channel. He was convicted under Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code of Belarus and sent to a remand centre for 3 months. Then came the trial, where he was sentenced to 3 years in an open correctional facility.
In addition, he was also charged with two more administrative offenses — for an anti-war status and for displaying the white-red-white and Ukrainian flags on VKontakte.
“I fundamentally disagree with the criminal war against Ukraine and the involvement of the Belarusian side in it,” says Nikita.
However, after the verdict was announced, instead of being transferred to the correctional facility, BYSOL’s extraction team helped Nikita leave. Now he is in a safe country.
We are opening this fundraiser at Nikita’s request to help him recover after the remand center and start a new life in safety.
With love,
The BYSOL Team.
Fundraising Goal
€3000
€1500 – housing for the first period (rent for 2–3 months + deposit)
€800 – food, clothes and basic household items
€500 – medical and psychological assistance
€200 – emergency reserve