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Maria Kalesnikava

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovna / Alyaksandrauna / Alaksandraŭna and the family name is Kalesnikava.

Maria Kalesnikava
Марыя Калеснікава
Мария Колесникова
Kalesnikava in 2020
Born (1982-04-24) 24 April 1982 (age 42)
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Minsk, Belarus)
Alma materBelarusian State Academy of Music
State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart
Occupation(s)Flutist, political activist, conductor, music teacher

Maria Kalesnikava[a] (Marya Alyaksandrauna Kalesnikava,[b] Belarusian: Марыя Аляксандраўна Калеснікава, IPA: [maˈrɨja alʲakˈsandrawna kaˈlʲɛsʲnʲikava]; Maria Aleksandrovna Kolesnikova, Russian: Мария Александровна Колесникова, IPA: [mɐˈrʲijə ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvnə kɐˈlʲesʲnʲɪkəvə]; born 24 April 1982) is a Belarusian professional flautist and political activist. In 2020, she headed Viktar Babaryka's electoral campaign during presidential elections of 2020 in Belarus.[1] Kalesnikava represented the united campaign of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, then she became a member of the presidium of the Coordination Council formed during the 2020 Belarusian protests in opposition to the regime of Alexander Lukashenko.[2] She is also a founder of the 'Razam' political party.

Kalesnikava was kidnapped by unidentified law enforcement officers on 7 September 2020. Early in the morning of 8 September 2020, she was by force taken to the Ukraine country border. Kalesnikava was intimidated and pressured to leave the country, but while being on neutral ground she got off the car from the rear window, tore her local passport to pieces and went back on foot. On Belarusian territory she was arrested immediately. On the next day, Maxim Znak, Kalesnikava's attorney, was also detained.

On 11 September 2020, Amnesty International recognized Kalesnikava as a prisoner of conscience.[3] She was awarded the International Women of Courage Award in 2021.[4]

On 6 September 2021, Kalesnikava was sentenced to 11 years in a penal colony for her political activity.[5][6]

She was last heard from on 12 February 2023.[7]


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  1. ^ "Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava: 'The international community should not stand aside'". atlanticcouncil.org. 22 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Сябры Каардынацыйнай Рады" [Members of the Coordinating Council]. rada.vision (in Belarusian). Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Заявление. Беларусь: "Похищают лучших из нас". Произвольные аресты и принудительные высылки из страны ведущих оппозиционеров". eurasia.amnesty.org (in Russian). 11 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  4. ^ "2021 International Women of Courage Award Recipients Announced". US Department of State. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Belarus opposition leader jailed in Lukashenko 'purge'". The Guardian. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Belarusian opposition leader smiles as she is sentenced to 11 years in prison for challenging Lukashenko". The Telegraph. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  7. ^ Без права переписки,novayagazeta.eu, 13 February 2024

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