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Maria Kalesnikava

January 30, 2023

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

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 flutist and political activist. In 2020, she headed Viktor Babariko’s electoral campaign during presidential elections of 2020 in Belarus.[1] Kalesnikava represented the united campaign of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, 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.

Maria Kalesnikava
Марыя Калеснікава
Мария Колесникова
Kalesnikava in 2020
Born (1982-04-24) 24 April 1982 (age 40)
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Minsk, Belarus)
NationalityBelarusian
Alma materBelarusian State Academy of Music
State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart
Occupation(s)Flutist, political activist, conductor, music teacher

Kolesnikova was kidnapped by unidentified law enforcement officers on September 7, 2020. Early in the morning of September 8, 2020, she was by force taken to the Ukraine country border. Kolesnikova 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, Kolesnikova’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]

Early life and musical career

Kalesnikava was born on 24 April 1982 in Minsk to a family of engineers. She has one sibling, a sister named Tatsiana.[7] According to Tatiana, their parents were deeply fond of music. They inspired interest in it in their daughters and in a certain way influenced Maria’s choice of profession.[8][9] Maria studied in a music school, then graduated from the Belarusian State Academy of Music as a flutist and conductor.[10][11]

At the age of 17, Kalesnikava started teaching the flute at a private gymnasium school in Minsk. She also played the flute at the National Academic Concert Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus under the direction of Mikhail Finberg.[7][12] She played on tours across Italy, Poland, and Lithuania.[11]

At the age of 25, she moved to Germany and enrolled to the State University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart. She got two master's degrees, one in Early Music, and another in Neue Musik in 2012.[13][14][11]

In the 2010s, Kalesnikava performed at concerts and was actively involved in organizing international cultural projects in Belarus and Germany,[15][16] for instance, she was one of the creators of ‘Eclat’ music festival.[17] Her other projects included ‘Music and the Holocaust’, school programm ‘Orchestra of Robots’, and a series of lectures under the title "Music Lessons for Adults".[18][19]

In 2017, Maria participated in one of the first TEDxNiamiha conferences in Belarus.[8] She took part in creation of the ‘Artemp’ art community that hosted contemporary art events.[20] In the same year, she became the art director of the ‘OK16’ culture centre in Minsk.[11][8]

Political activity

Main articles: 2020 Belarusian presidential election and 2020–2021 Belarusian protests
Kalesnikava campaigning for Tsikhanouskaya in Babruysk on 25 July 2020

In May 2020, Kalesnikava became the head of Viktar Babaryka's presidential campaign, who was Alexander Lukashenko’s greatest independent competitor at the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. When Babaryka was refused registration and detained,[21][22][23] on July 16, 2020, Kalesnikova and representatives of two other independent candidates’ campaigns — Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (wife of Sergei Tikhanovsky) and Veronika Tsepkalo (wife of Valery Tsepkalo) — announced creation of triple alliance.[24][25][26] Tsikhanouskaya became their mutual candidate, she gained wide support across the country.[27] When Lukashenko declared himself a winner with 80,1% of votes,[28] the opposition refused to acknowledge the results and accused Lukashenko of massive falsifications.[29][30] USA, Great Britain, Canada and 8 EU countries refused to acknowledge the election’s results as legitimate.[31] The street protests and meetings emerged across the country, demanding re-election and Lukashenko’s dismissal.,[32] brutally put down by law enforcement[33][34][35]

Kalesnikava in her interviews always emphasized that she wasn’t any kind of ‘protest leader’ and never took part in the meetings' organization. In that time Belarusian opposition pursued the idea that all citizens were protest leaders and everyone was responsible for his country’s future.[36][37] She visited protest meetings as a private person, via mass media she asked both citizens and law enforcement to preserve peace.[38][39][40]

On August 18, 2020, Kalesnikava joined the 7-member presidium of Coordination Council.[41][42] On August 19, she was selected as one of the main board members.[43][44][45]

By mid-August Tikhanovskaya and Tsepkalo were forced by authorities to leave the country.[46][47] Meanwhile, Kolesnikova stated to the media that she by no means would leave Belarus because she felt it was deeply personal not to flee while her colleagues and friends were jailed under unlawful charges.[8][48]

On August 31, 2020, Kalesnikova announced the start of a new political party ‘Razam’ that she intended to make a democratic tool to protect human rights in the country.[49][50]

Arrest and repressions

On September 7, 2020, Belarusian media published the news that Kalesnikava was kidnapped in the center of Minsk. Her friends and colleagues could not reach her by phone. Later, witnesses stated that a woman was forcibly put into a black minivan by some unknown men in civilian clothes with covered faces.[51] In the morning of September 8, 2020, the news was published that the authorities tried to deport Maria against her will, she was taken to the Alexandrovka border crossing with Ukraine. Later, Anton Gerashenko, Ukraine’s Deputy Home Minister, explained that ‘it was a deportation by force, against her will’.[52] The State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus reported that at 4 a.m. she left Belarus together with Eugene Kravtsov [ru] and Anton Rodnenkov [ru] passed the border control and headed towards Ukraine.[53] State-controlled TV-channels put around the story that Kalesnikava was detained at the border cross when trying to leave the country and move to her sister in Ukraine.[54] In fact, as confirmed by the witnesses Rodnenkov and Kravtsov, in the neutral zone Kalesnikava managed to escape through the rear window of the car where she was kept, tore her passport to pieces, then headed back to Belarusian border.[55][56][57][58] There she was immediately arrested.[52] Following these news, Bundestag vice-chairman Klaudia Roth promised to patronage Kalesnikava and help her via Libereco organization.[59]

On September 9, 2020, Kalesnikava’s colleague in Coordination Council, lawyer Maxim Znak was also arrested.[60] On the same day, Kalesnikava's father, Aliaksandar Kalesnikau, was notified by the police that she had been jailed at a detention centre in Minsk.[61][62][63][64] Through her lawyers, Maria appealed to the State Investigative Committee with the complaint that KGB and GUBOP officers threatened to kill her, they put a sack on her head and promised ‘to deport her whether in one piece or in many pieces’.[65][66] Deputy Head of Department of Home Affairs Gennadiy Kazakevich personally told Kalesnikava that she ‘will work in prison for 25 years without teeth’ if she further refuses to be deported.[67]

On August 20, Alexander Konyuk, the Prosecutor General of Belarus, initiated criminal proceedings against the members of the Coordination Council under Article 361 of the Belarusian Criminal Code, on the grounds of attempting to seize state power and harming national security.[68][69]

On September 12, Kalesnikava was transferred from Minsk to a temporary detention facility in Zhodino.[70] On 16 September, the Investigative Committee of Belarus charged Kalesnikava with "actions aimed at undermining Belarusian national security" using the media and the Internet.[71]

On 10 October 2020, Kalesnikava's attorney Aliaksandar Pylchanka announced that Lukashenko requested a meeting with her to discuss changes to the Constitution, to which she refused in an expression of solidarity with other imprisoned dissidents.[72] On 8 November 2020, the press office of the Babaryka campaign announced that investigators had extended Kalesnikava's detention until 8 January 2021.[73]

On 6 January 2021, the Coordination Council announced that investigators had extended Kalesnikava's pre-trial detention until 8 March.[74][75] She was transferred back to Minsk.[76] In the end of the month, on January 27, the Investigative Committee refused to open a criminal case against law enforcement officers who threatened to kill her.[66]

On 12 February, Kalesnikava and Maxim Znak were charged with "conspiracy to seize state power in an unconstitutional manner" and "establishing and leading an extremist organization".[77] Her attorney Liudmila Kazak was stripped of her license to practice law on 19 February by the Belarus Ministry of Justice.[78] On March 9, 2021, Viktar Babaryko's social media reported that Kalesnikava's pre-trial detention had been extended through 8 May.[79] Her attorney Ilya Salei is under house arrest through 16 April.[80] Final charges in May 2021 included three articles of the State Criminal Code.[81][82][83] The defence refused all accusations and demanded to drop all charges due to absence of the event of a crime.[84] The investigation and the trial were held behind closed doors, the accused were prohibited to study the case files.[85][86]

For a year, in detention, Kalesnikava was denied visitors and couldn’t meet her father.[87] According to Tatiana Kalesnikava, Maria wrote more than 150 letters per month while jailed, while no more than 20 were received by the addressees. The correspondences sent to her were heavily censored, as Kalesnikava received no more than 5% of letters written to her. She also was prohibited from getting a flute. A year without practice could forever ruin her mastery as a musician.[86]

Sentence

Starting 4 August 2021, after almost 11 months in custody, Kalesnikava and Maxim Znak stood trial behind closed doors in the Minsk Regional Court. They faced up to 12 years in prison. Maria pleaded non guilty and called any charges against her and Znak 'absurd'. Throughout the investigation and trial, the details of the charges were not publicly disclosed. The attorneys of Kalesnikava and Znak were under a nondisclosure agreement.[88][89][90] Though the authorities promised to make the proceedings public, in fact the courtroom was filled with some strangers, foreign ambassadors who wanted to support Kalesnikava and Znak weren’t allowed inside.[91]

On 6 September 2021, Kalesnikava was sentenced to 11 years in prison.[92] She is serving her sentence in penal colony no. 4 (Russian: ИК №4) in Gomel.[93] Both she and Znak refused to request for pardon because they believed they were innocent. They planned to appeal to a higher court.[94]

In a written interview, Kalesnikava told the media that in jail she was offered many times to make a movie ‘Protasevich-like’ with confessions and to admit guilt for her actions.[95] In her first interview after the sentence, given by phone to BBC journalist Sara Rainsford, Kolesnikova complained that in prison ‘everyone smokes everywhere’, and the prolonged passive smoking will forever ruin her chances to come back as a professional flutist. However, she says she regrets nothing and believes that the protests of 2020 were the beginning of a new era in the country.[96][97] According to Kalesnikava, triumph of democracy in Belarus is only a matter of time.[98]

On November 29, 2022, Kalesnikava was hospitalized in critical condition. As stated by Babariko’s press service, she was put in a punitive isolation cell no later than November 22.[99] In Homel hospital she was diagnosed with perforated ulcer and had urgent surgery. As mentioned by Maria’s sister, she never had any problems with GI tract before prison. In isolation cell she was denied visits of her lawyer, had faints and hypertension. Only in hospital she was allowed a 10-minutes visit of her father, with three law enforcement officers present.[100] On December 9, 2022, one of Kalesnikava’s lawyers Vladimir Pulchenko was disbarred.[100]

Reactions to Kalesnikava arrest

Human rights activists and international community condemn Kalesnikava’s sentence, the case is unanimously considered to be fabricated.[101][102] The sentence is repressive and made as Lukashenko’s political revenge.[103][104]

Awards

Notes

  1. ^ This is the name she chose to be identified with. Note that the first name (Maria) is Russian, and the surname (Kalesnikava) is Belarusian. It is unknown whether she prefers the Russian patronymic (Aleksandrovna) or one of the two Belarusian patronymics (Alyaksandrauna and Alaksandraŭna).
  2. ^ Also Maryja Alaksandraŭna Kalesnikava in the Belarusian Latin alphabet.

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January 30, 2023
maria, kalesnikava, this, name, that, follows, eastern, slavic, naming, conventions, patronymic, aleksandrovna, alyaksandrauna, alaksandraŭna, family, name, kalesnikava, marya, alyaksandrauna, kalesnikava, belarusian, Марыя, Аляксандраўна, Калеснікава, maˈrɨja. In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions the patronymic is Aleksandrovna Alyaksandrauna Alaksandraŭna and the family name is Kalesnikava Maria Kalesnikava a Marya Alyaksandrauna Kalesnikava b Belarusian Maryya Alyaksandrayna Kalesnikava IPA maˈrɨja alʲakˈsandrawna kaˈlʲɛsʲnʲikava Maria Aleksandrovna Kolesnikova Russian Mariya Aleksandrovna Kolesnikova IPA mɐˈrʲije ɐlʲɪkˈsandrevne kɐˈlʲesʲnʲɪkeve born 24 April 1982 is a Belarusian professional flutist and political activist In 2020 she headed Viktor Babariko s electoral campaign during presidential elections of 2020 in Belarus 1 Kalesnikava represented the united campaign of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya 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 Maria KalesnikavaMaryya Kalesnikava Mariya KolesnikovaKalesnikava in 2020Born 1982 04 24 24 April 1982 age 40 Minsk Byelorussian SSR Soviet Union now Minsk Belarus NationalityBelarusianAlma materBelarusian State Academy of MusicState University of Music and Performing Arts StuttgartOccupation s Flutist political activist conductor music teacherKolesnikova was kidnapped by unidentified law enforcement officers on September 7 2020 Early in the morning of September 8 2020 she was by force taken to the Ukraine country border Kolesnikova 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 Kolesnikova 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 Contents 1 Early life and musical career 2 Political activity 3 Arrest and repressions 3 1 Sentence 3 2 Reactions to Kalesnikava arrest 4 Awards 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksEarly life and musical career EditKalesnikava was born on 24 April 1982 in Minsk to a family of engineers She has one sibling a sister named Tatsiana 7 According to Tatiana their parents were deeply fond of music They inspired interest in it in their daughters and in a certain way influenced Maria s choice of profession 8 9 Maria studied in a music school then graduated from the Belarusian State Academy of Music as a flutist and conductor 10 11 At the age of 17 Kalesnikava started teaching the flute at a private gymnasium school in Minsk She also played the flute at the National Academic Concert Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus under the direction of Mikhail Finberg 7 12 She played on tours across Italy Poland and Lithuania 11 At the age of 25 she moved to Germany and enrolled to the State University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart She got two master s degrees one in Early Music and another in Neue Musik in 2012 13 14 11 In the 2010s Kalesnikava performed at concerts and was actively involved in organizing international cultural projects in Belarus and Germany 15 16 for instance she was one of the creators of Eclat music festival 17 Her other projects included Music and the Holocaust school programm Orchestra of Robots and a series of lectures under the title Music Lessons for Adults 18 19 In 2017 Maria participated in one of the first TEDxNiamiha conferences in Belarus 8 She took part in creation of the Artemp art community that hosted contemporary art events 20 In the same year she became the art director of the OK16 culture centre in Minsk 11 8 Political activity EditMain articles 2020 Belarusian presidential election and 2020 2021 Belarusian protests source source source source source source source source source source source source source source track Kalesnikava campaigning for Tsikhanouskaya in Babruysk on 25 July 2020 In May 2020 Kalesnikava became the head of Viktar Babaryka s presidential campaign who was Alexander Lukashenko s greatest independent competitor at the 2020 Belarusian presidential election When Babaryka was refused registration and detained 21 22 23 on July 16 2020 Kalesnikova and representatives of two other independent candidates campaigns Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya wife of Sergei Tikhanovsky and Veronika Tsepkalo wife of Valery Tsepkalo announced creation of triple alliance 24 25 26 Tsikhanouskaya became their mutual candidate she gained wide support across the country 27 When Lukashenko declared himself a winner with 80 1 of votes 28 the opposition refused to acknowledge the results and accused Lukashenko of massive falsifications 29 30 USA Great Britain Canada and 8 EU countries refused to acknowledge the election s results as legitimate 31 The street protests and meetings emerged across the country demanding re election and Lukashenko s dismissal 32 brutally put down by law enforcement 33 34 35 Kalesnikava in her interviews always emphasized that she wasn t any kind of protest leader and never took part in the meetings organization In that time Belarusian opposition pursued the idea that all citizens were protest leaders and everyone was responsible for his country s future 36 37 She visited protest meetings as a private person via mass media she asked both citizens and law enforcement to preserve peace 38 39 40 On August 18 2020 Kalesnikava joined the 7 member presidium of Coordination Council 41 42 On August 19 she was selected as one of the main board members 43 44 45 By mid August Tikhanovskaya and Tsepkalo were forced by authorities to leave the country 46 47 Meanwhile Kolesnikova stated to the media that she by no means would leave Belarus because she felt it was deeply personal not to flee while her colleagues and friends were jailed under unlawful charges 8 48 On August 31 2020 Kalesnikova announced the start of a new political party Razam that she intended to make a democratic tool to protect human rights in the country 49 50 Arrest and repressions EditOn September 7 2020 Belarusian media published the news that Kalesnikava was kidnapped in the center of Minsk Her friends and colleagues could not reach her by phone Later witnesses stated that a woman was forcibly put into a black minivan by some unknown men in civilian clothes with covered faces 51 In the morning of September 8 2020 the news was published that the authorities tried to deport Maria against her will she was taken to the Alexandrovka border crossing with Ukraine Later Anton Gerashenko Ukraine s Deputy Home Minister explained that it was a deportation by force against her will 52 The State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus reported that at 4 a m she left Belarus together with Eugene Kravtsov ru and Anton Rodnenkov ru passed the border control and headed towards Ukraine 53 State controlled TV channels put around the story that Kalesnikava was detained at the border cross when trying to leave the country and move to her sister in Ukraine 54 In fact as confirmed by the witnesses Rodnenkov and Kravtsov in the neutral zone Kalesnikava managed to escape through the rear window of the car where she was kept tore her passport to pieces then headed back to Belarusian border 55 56 57 58 There she was immediately arrested 52 Following these news Bundestag vice chairman Klaudia Roth promised to patronage Kalesnikava and help her via Libereco organization 59 On September 9 2020 Kalesnikava s colleague in Coordination Council lawyer Maxim Znak was also arrested 60 On the same day Kalesnikava s father Aliaksandar Kalesnikau was notified by the police that she had been jailed at a detention centre in Minsk 61 62 63 64 Through her lawyers Maria appealed to the State Investigative Committee with the complaint that KGB and GUBOP officers threatened to kill her they put a sack on her head and promised to deport her whether in one piece or in many pieces 65 66 Deputy Head of Department of Home Affairs Gennadiy Kazakevich personally told Kalesnikava that she will work in prison for 25 years without teeth if she further refuses to be deported 67 On August 20 Alexander Konyuk the Prosecutor General of Belarus initiated criminal proceedings against the members of the Coordination Council under Article 361 of the Belarusian Criminal Code on the grounds of attempting to seize state power and harming national security 68 69 On September 12 Kalesnikava was transferred from Minsk to a temporary detention facility in Zhodino 70 On 16 September the Investigative Committee of Belarus charged Kalesnikava with actions aimed at undermining Belarusian national security using the media and the Internet 71 On 10 October 2020 Kalesnikava s attorney Aliaksandar Pylchanka announced that Lukashenko requested a meeting with her to discuss changes to the Constitution to which she refused in an expression of solidarity with other imprisoned dissidents 72 On 8 November 2020 the press office of the Babaryka campaign announced that investigators had extended Kalesnikava s detention until 8 January 2021 73 On 6 January 2021 the Coordination Council announced that investigators had extended Kalesnikava s pre trial detention until 8 March 74 75 She was transferred back to Minsk 76 In the end of the month on January 27 the Investigative Committee refused to open a criminal case against law enforcement officers who threatened to kill her 66 On 12 February Kalesnikava and Maxim Znak were charged with conspiracy to seize state power in an unconstitutional manner and establishing and leading an extremist organization 77 Her attorney Liudmila Kazak was stripped of her license to practice law on 19 February by the Belarus Ministry of Justice 78 On March 9 2021 Viktar Babaryko s social media reported that Kalesnikava s pre trial detention had been extended through 8 May 79 Her attorney Ilya Salei is under house arrest through 16 April 80 Final charges in May 2021 included three articles of the State Criminal Code 81 82 83 The defence refused all accusations and demanded to drop all charges due to absence of the event of a crime 84 The investigation and the trial were held behind closed doors the accused were prohibited to study the case files 85 86 For a year in detention Kalesnikava was denied visitors and couldn t meet her father 87 According to Tatiana Kalesnikava Maria wrote more than 150 letters per month while jailed while no more than 20 were received by the addressees The correspondences sent to her were heavily censored as Kalesnikava received no more than 5 of letters written to her She also was prohibited from getting a flute A year without practice could forever ruin her mastery as a musician 86 Sentence Edit Starting 4 August 2021 after almost 11 months in custody Kalesnikava and Maxim Znak stood trial behind closed doors in the Minsk Regional Court They faced up to 12 years in prison Maria pleaded non guilty and called any charges against her and Znak absurd Throughout the investigation and trial the details of the charges were not publicly disclosed The attorneys of Kalesnikava and Znak were under a nondisclosure agreement 88 89 90 Though the authorities promised to make the proceedings public in fact the courtroom was filled with some strangers foreign ambassadors who wanted to support Kalesnikava and Znak weren t allowed inside 91 On 6 September 2021 Kalesnikava was sentenced to 11 years in prison 92 She is serving her sentence in penal colony no 4 Russian IK 4 in Gomel 93 Both she and Znak refused to request for pardon because they believed they were innocent They planned to appeal to a higher court 94 In a written interview Kalesnikava told the media that in jail she was offered many times to make a movie Protasevich like with confessions and to admit guilt for her actions 95 In her first interview after the sentence given by phone to BBC journalist Sara Rainsford Kolesnikova complained that in prison everyone smokes everywhere and the prolonged passive smoking will forever ruin her chances to come back as a professional flutist However she says she regrets nothing and believes that the protests of 2020 were the beginning of a new era in the country 96 97 According to Kalesnikava triumph of democracy in Belarus is only a matter of time 98 On November 29 2022 Kalesnikava was hospitalized in critical condition As stated by Babariko s press service she was put in a punitive isolation cell no later than November 22 99 In Homel hospital she was diagnosed with perforated ulcer and had urgent surgery As mentioned by Maria s sister she never had any problems with GI tract before prison In isolation cell she was denied visits of her lawyer had faints and hypertension Only in hospital she was allowed a 10 minutes visit of her father with three law enforcement officers present 100 On December 9 2022 one of Kalesnikava s lawyers Vladimir Pulchenko was disbarred 100 Reactions to Kalesnikava arrest Edit Human rights activists and international community condemn Kalesnikava s sentence the case is unanimously considered to be fabricated 101 102 The sentence is repressive and made as Lukashenko s political revenge 103 104 The European Commission condemned the 7 September arrest describing it as unacceptable 105 Germany demanded clarity on Kalesnikava s whereabouts and called for the release of all political prisoners in Belarus 106 Lithuania called Kalesnikava s abduction a disgrace comparing it to something that Stalin era secret police would have done and demanded her immediate release 107 Poland denounced Kalesnikava s abduction as contemptible and called on immediate release of all political prisoners in Belarus 108 109 The United Kingdom expressed serious concern for Kalesnikava s welfare and said that her release must be given the highest priority 110 The United States expressed concern about the attempt to expel Kalesnikava by the Belarusian authorities 111 Amnesty International recognized Kalesnikava as a prisoner of conscience and demanded her immediate release 112 Kosovo s speaker of the Assembly Vjosa Osmani along with 9 other members of the parliament signed a letter demanding the immediate release of Kalesnikava 113 114 Awards Edit2020 Sakharov Prize European Parliament Prize for Freedom of Thought 115 116 2021 Global Belarusian Solidarity Award by the Center for Belarusian Solidarity in the category Deed 117 On 8 March 2021 International Women s Day Kalesnikava was presented with the International Women of Courage Award from the US Secretary of State Tony Blinken The ceremony was virtual due to the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic and included an address by First Lady Jill Biden After the award ceremony all of the fourteen awardees were able to take part in a virtual exchange as part an International Visitor Leadership Program 118 2021 Lew Kopelew Preis Germany peace and human rights award 119 2021 Stuttgarter Friedenspreis Germany award for courageous struggle against the autocratic regime of Alexander Lukashenko 120 2021 Fritz Csoklich Preis Austria 121 2021 Menschenrechtspreis der Gerhart und Renate Baum Stiftung Germany human rights award 122 2021 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 123 2022 Theodor Haecker Prize de City of Esslingen 124 2022 Stig Dagerman Prize 125 2022 Charlemagne Prize 126 Notes Edit This is the name she chose to be identified with Note that the first name Maria is Russian and the surname Kalesnikava is Belarusian It is unknown whether she prefers the Russian patronymic Aleksandrovna or one of the two Belarusian patronymics Alyaksandrauna and Alaksandraŭna Also Maryja Alaksandraŭna Kalesnikava in the Belarusian Latin alphabet References Edit Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava The international community should not stand aside atlanticcouncil org 22 August 2020 Syabry Kaardynacyjnaj Rady Members of the Coordinating Council rada vision in Belarusian Archived from the original on 21 August 2020 Retrieved 18 August 2020 Zayavlenie Belarus Pohishayut luchshih iz nas Proizvolnye aresty i prinuditelnye vysylki iz strany vedushih oppozicionerov eurasia amnesty org in Russian 11 September 2020 Retrieved 20 September 2020 2021 International Women of Courage Award Recipients Announced US Department of State 4 March 2021 Retrieved 5 March 2021 Belarus opposition leader jailed in Lukashenko purge The Guardian 6 September 2021 Retrieved 6 September 2021 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 a b Mariya Kolesnikova rasskazala o sovetah Aleksievich ob istorii lozungov kampanii i sovmestnom shopinge s Cepkalo i Tihanovskoj Maria Kalesnikava on Advice of Alekseevich Campaign Slogans and Shopping with Tsepkalo and Tikhanovskaya in Russian Nasha Niva 4 August 2020 Retrieved 12 September 2021 a b c d Zhenshina v orkestre Kak Mariya Kolesnikova stala liderom belorusskogo protesta Woman from Orchestra How Maria Kalesnikava Became Leader of Belarusian Protests in Russian BBC 17 September 2020 Retrieved 12 September 2021 Masha krepkij oreshek i vsegda byla takoj Sestra Marii Kolesnikovoj rasskazyvaet o ee seme haraktere i vzglyadah Maria is a Tough Nut She Always Was Tatiana Kalesnikava on Her Family Character and Opinions in Russian Nastoyashee Vremya 10 September 2020 Retrieved 12 September 2021 Soŭs Hanna 4 August 2020 Maryya Kalesnikava pra movu gvalt shoping utroh i parady Aleksievich Radyyo Svaboda in Belarusian Retrieved 8 September 2020 a b c d Kto takaya Mariya Kolesnikova flejtistka art direktor glava shtaba Babariko Who is Maria Kalesnikava Flutist Art Director Head of Babariko Campaign in Russian Office Life 4 August 2021 Retrieved 12 September 2021 Mariya protiv Lukashenko kak flejtistka Kolesnikova vozglavila oppoziciyu Maria vs Lukashenko How Flutist Became Leader of Opposition in Russian Moskovskij Komsomolets 5 September 2020 Retrieved 12 September 2021 Maria Kalesnikava TRIO vis a vis triovisavis com in German Retrieved 8 September 2020 Nemeckaya kollega o Kolesnikovoj Politik byl v nej vsegda German Colleague about Kalesnikava She Always Was a Politician in Russian Deutsche Welle 5 August 2021 Retrieved 12 September 2021 Muzykant i serfingist Kto takaya Mariya Kolesnikova predstavitel shtaba Viktora Babariko Musician and Surfer Who is Maria Kalesnikava TUT BY in Russian 20 July 2020 Archived from the original on 21 July 2020 Retrieved 18 August 2020 Kto takaya Mariya Kolesnikova predstavitel shtaba Viktora Babariko Chto o nej izvestno Who Is Maria Kalesnikava Representative of Babariko s Campaign What Do We Know About Her belaruspartisan by in Russian Retrieved 19 August 2020 Isporchennyj pasport iz Belarusi v nemeckom gorode Marii Kolesnikovoj Torn Belarusian Passport in Kalesnikava s German City in Russian Deutsche Welle 5 February 2021 Retrieved 12 September 2021 Noty dlya Marii Kolesnikovoj Printed Music for Kalesnikava in Russian Novaya Gazeta 6 September 2021 Retrieved 12 September 2021 Gismart budet obuchat shkolnikov programmirovat robotov muzykantov Gismart Launches Educational Course for School Students will Programm Robots Musicians in Russian Dev by 4 June 2019 Retrieved 12 September 2021 Gulnya y klasiku interv yu z Maryyaj Kalesnikavaj 34mag net Demidova O 14 July 2020 CIK Belarusi ne zaregistriroval Viktora Babariko kandidatom v prezidenty in Russian Deutsche Welle Retrieved 13 September 2021 V Minske zaderzhan glavnyj opponent Lukashenko Chto stalo prichinoj i pomeshaet li eto ego uchastiyu v kampanii in Russian RBK 18 June 2020 Retrieved 13 September 2021 Byvshij kandidat v prezidenty Belarusi Viktor Babariko vystupil v sude s poslednim slovom in Russian BBC 28 June 2021 Retrieved 13 September 2021 Vremya zhenshin Time for Women 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Pravda in Russian Retrieved 29 December 2020 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Azar I 23 August 2020 Ya kazhdoe utro beru lopatu i kopayu Every Morning I Get Up and Start Digging in Russian Novaya Gazeta Retrieved 13 September 2021 Scena bolshaya mesta hvatit vsem Mariya Kolesnikova o tom budet li ona novym liderom protesta v Belarusi The Stage is Big Everyone Can Get His Part Maria Kalesnikava Tells What She Thinks About Being Protests Leader in Russian Nastoyashee Vremya 1 September 2020 Retrieved 13 September 2021 Protesty v Belarusi dni 3 5 Protests in Belarus days 3 5 in Russian Novaya Gazeta 11 August 2020 Retrieved 13 September 2021 Kolesnikova prizvala belorusov sohranyat mirnyj harakter protestov Kalesnikava Asks People to Preserve Peace in Russian Interfax 22 August 2020 Retrieved 13 September 2021 Shuvaev E 16 August 2020 Soratnica Tihanovskoj Mariya Kolesnikova priehala na miting oppozicii v Minske Tikhanovskaya s Supporter Maria Kalesnikava Joins Opposition Meeting in Minsk Izvestiya in Russian Retrieved 18 August 2020 V osnovnoj sostav Koordinacionnogo soveta belorusskoj oppozicii voshli 70 chelovek TASS Retrieved 27 October 2021 Dobysh A 18 August 2020 Proshla pervaya press konferenciya Koordinacionnogo soveta Svetlana Tihanovskaya planiruet vernutsya v Belarus Coordination Council to Give First Press Conference Tikhanovskaya Plans to Come Back to Belarus Komsomolskaya Pravda Retrieved 19 August 2020 Mariya Kolesnikova RBK Belorusy oshutili silu samim razobratsya Kalesnikava Belarusians Feel They Can Handle It in Russian RBC Retrieved 19 August 2020 Oppoziciya Belorussii izbrala prezidium Koordinacionnogo soveta Belarusian Opposition Selects Coordination Council Main Board TASS Retrieved 19 August 2020 V prezidium belorusskoj oppozicii voshli nobelevskij laureat i eks ministr Ex Minister and Nobel Prize Winner to Join Coordination Council Main Board in Russian RBC Retrieved 19 August 2020 Predstavitel Tihanovskoj zayavila chto ee vyvezli iz strany vlasti Belorussii Tikhanovskaya s Representative Claims She Was Forced to Leave by Authorities in Russian Interfax 11 August 2020 Retrieved 13 September 2021 God s nachala protestov v Belorussii Chto stalo s protivnikami Lukashenko Year Since Protests What Happened to Lukashenko s Opponents in Russian RBC 9 August 2021 Retrieved 13 September 2021 Eto budet poslednyaya oshibka Lukashenko Mariya Kolesnikova o novyh celyah oppozicii peregovorah s biznesom i trevozhnom zvonke v Moskvu That Would Be His Last Mistake Kalesnikava Explains Opposition s New Goals Negotiations and Lukashenko s Anxious Call to Moscow Forbes in Russian 16 August 2020 Retrieved 13 September 2021 Shuvaev E 31 August 2020 Belorusskaya oppoziciya obyavila o sozdanii partii Vmeste Belarusian Opposition Launches New Party Named Razam Izvestiya in Russian Retrieved 31 August 2020 Belorusskaya oppoziciya obyavila o sozdanii politicheskoj partii Belarusian Opposition Announced New Political Party TASS Retrieved 31 August 2020 SMI soobshili o pohishenii v Belorussii Kolesnikovoj Kalesnikava Kidnapped in Belarus in Russian RBC 7 September 2020 Retrieved 13 September 2021 a b Mariyu Kolesnikovu zaderzhali na granice s Ukrainoj Maria Kalesnikava Arrested at Ukraine Border in Russian Meduza 8 September 2020 Pogrankomitet Belarusi zayavil o peresechenii granicy s Ukrainoj chlenami KS Kravcovym i Rodnenkovym Kolesnikovu zaderzhali State Border Committee Reports that Kolesnikova Rodnenkov and Kravtsov Crossed Border Novaya Gazeta in Russian Retrieved 11 September 2020 Kolesnikova obratilas v SK po faktu pohisheniya i ugroz Kalesnikava Complaints on Abduction and Threats to the Investigating Committee in Russian BelNovosti 10 September 2020 Retrieved 12 September 2021 Ta kotoruyu ne smogli zapugat Za chto sudyat Mariyu Kolesnikovu The One They Couldn t Scare Why Is Maria Kalesnikava Facing Charges in Russian Deutsche Welle 4 August 2021 Retrieved 12 September 2021 Kolesnikova pri popytke nasilstvennogo vyvoza iz Belarusi porvala svoj pasport istochnik Source Claims Kalesnikava Tore Her Passport to Avoid Deportation in Russian Interfax Ukraine 8 September 2020 Retrieved 12 September 2021 Cherez drugoe okno ona vybralas i poshla v storonu belorusskoj granicy Kak Mariya Kolesnikova ne dala vyvezti sebya iz strany She Escaped through Window and Headed Back to Belarus How Maria Kalesnikava Didn t Let Herself Be Deported in Russian Nastoyashee Vremya 8 September 2020 Retrieved 12 September 2021 Ona vykinula pasport za okno Chto proishodilo s Mariej Kolesnikovoj na granice s Ukrainoj She Threw Away Her Passport What Really Happened to Maria Kalesnikava at Ukraine Border in Russian BBC 8 September 2020 Retrieved 13 September 2021 Izvestnyj nemeckij politik gotova vzyat shefstvo nad Kolesnikovoj v sluchae ee zaklyucheniya German Politician Ready to Patronage Kalesnikava in Case of Detainment in Russian Deutsche Welle 8 September 2020 Retrieved 13 September 2021 Belorusskij yurist i oppozicioner Maksim Znak v pisme Bi bi si dumayu o sude a ne o tyuremnom zaklyuchenii Belarusian Lawyer and Oppositionist Maxim Znak Writes to BBC I think about court hearings not about detainment in Russian BBC 8 August 2021 Retrieved 13 September 2021 Police in Belarus jail Maria Kolesnikova the last opposition leader who was still free and in the country Meduza 9 September 2020 Retrieved 9 September 2020 Written at Minsk Belarusian opposition member Kolesnikova arrested in Minsk Moscow TASS 9 September 2020 Retrieved 9 September 2020 Otec nazval mestonahozhdenie Kolesnikovoj Kalesnikava s Father Says She Is Jailed in Russian RBC 9 September 2020 Retrieved 13 September 2021 Kolesnikova podozrevaemaya po ugolovnomu delu o zahvate vlasti Kalesnikava Faces Criminal Charges TUT BY in Russian 9 September 2020 Archived from the original on 10 September 2020 Retrieved 9 September 2020 Menya vse ravno vyvezut zhivoj ili po chastyam Kolesnikova rasskazala o postupayushih ej ugrozah i popytke vydvoreniya iz strany They Threatened to Deport Me in Pieces Kalesnikava Tells How She Was Threatened in Russian Fontanka 10 September 2020 Retrieved 12 September 2021 a b Belorusskoj oppozicionerke Kolesnikovoj otkazali v vozbuzhdenii dela o pohishenii Kalesnikova Cannot Sue Policemen Who Kidnapped Her in Russian Interfax 2 February 2021 Retrieved 12 September 2021 Ta kotoruyu ne smogli zapugat Za chto sudyat Mariyu Kolesnikovu The One Whom They Couldn t Scare Why Is Maria Kalesnikava in Jail in Russian MSN 4 August 2021 Retrieved 13 September 2021 MAYa KRAINA BELARUS Telegram in Russian 20 August 2020 Retrieved 8 September 2020 Irfan Muhammad 20 August 2020 Belarus Opens Criminal Probe Against Oppositions Coordination Council Prosecutor General UrduPoint Retrieved 8 September 2020 Mariyu Kolesnikovu pereveli iz minskogo SIZO v Zhodino Vedomosti in Russian 12 September 2020 Retrieved 14 September 2020 Vasilyeva Nataliya Crisp James 17 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brought against Maria Kolesnikova and Maxim Znak in Belarus in Russian Deutsche Welle Retrieved 5 May 2021 Tolkacheva Elena 9 March 2021 Mariya Kolesnikova ostaetsya v SIZO do 8 maya Maria Kolesnikova remains in jail until 8 May news tut by in Russian Retrieved 5 March 2021 Tolkacheva Elena 9 March 2021 Maksim Znak ostaetsya v SIZO do 9 maya Maxim Znak remains in jail until 9 May news tut by in Russian Retrieved 5 May 2021 Prodlenie nezakonno Advokat Kolesnikovoj Ilya Salej ostaetsya pod domashnim arestom do aprelya Renewal is illegal Kolesnikova s lawyer Ilya Salei remains under house arrest until April news tut by in Russian 3 March 2021 Retrieved 5 May 2021 Chlenu soveta belorusskoj oppozicii Kolesnikovoj predyavili okonchatelnoe obvinenie Coordination Council Oppositionist Kalesnikava Receives Final Charges in Russian TASS 13 May 2021 Retrieved 13 September 2021 Deutsche Welle www dw com V Belarusi oppozicionerke Marii Kolesnikovoj predyavleny obvineniya Maria Kalesnikava Faces 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let I m Ready to Anything Kalesnikava Stands Trial in Minsk in Russian BBC 4 August 2021 Retrieved 12 September 2021 Tearing up my passport was the right decision Belarusian oppositionist Maria Kolesnikova talks to Dozhd ahead of trial in Minsk Meduza 4 August 2021 Retrieved 25 August 2021 Belarus Protest Leader Kolesnikova Goes on Trial The Moscow Times 4 August 2021 Retrieved 25 August 2021 Belarus crackdown fails to crush opposition spirit BBC 7 August 2021 Retrieved 25 August 2021 U Aleksandra Lukashenko dlinnye sroki Hard Sentences by Lukashenko in Russian Kommersant 7 September 2021 Retrieved 13 September 2021 Belarus protest leader Kolesnikova jailed for 11 years 6 September 2021 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help She s alive she s lost weight and doesn t yet have much strength Maria Kalesnikava s father visits her in prison The Insider 5 December 2022 Retrieved 6 December 2022 Prigovor Maksimu i Mashe kogda deti budut svobodny poklonyus tem kto podderzhal Sentence to Misha and Masha When They re Free I ll Deeply Thank All Who Supported us Euroradio fm in Russian Retrieved 6 September 2021 Mariya Kolesnikova rasskazala o popytkah sklonit ee k intervyu na goskanale a lya Protasevich Maria Kalesnikava Says She Was Offered to Make Movie Like Protasevich in Russian TV Rain 3 August 2021 Retrieved 13 September 2021 Ves god oni delali vse chtoby ya pozhalela Kolesnikova dala pervoe intervyu posle prigovora They Try Hard to Make Me Regret Staying Kalesnikava s First Interview After 11 Year Sentence in Russian The Village Belarus 30 September 2021 Retrieved 18 October 2021 Rainford S 30 September 2021 Mariya Kolesnikova Tyurma eto otvratitelnoe mesto no zdes ya osobenno chuvstvuyu sebya svobodnoj Maria Kalesnikava Prison Is Disgusting But I Fell Especially Free Here in Russian BBC Russia Retrieved 18 October 2021 Aleksandrovskaya B 2 December 2021 Mariya Kolesnikova iz SIZO Rezhim vybral 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2020 Retrieved 8 September 2020 Przydacz Marcin marcin przydacz 7 September 2020 The kidnapping of M Kalesnikava is unacceptable Treating opposition leaders in such an unlawful amp contemptible manner is below any standards We expect that all political prisoners in Belarus are promptly released from custody Dialogue is the solution not force Tweet Retrieved 8 September 2020 via Twitter Sky News 7 September 2020 Belarus protests UK says release of abducted Maria Kolesnikova must be highest priority Yahoo News UK Retrieved 7 September 2020 US Considering Sanctions Against Belarus After Unjustified Violence and Repression Pompeo Says Voice of America 9 September 2020 Retrieved 9 September 2020 BELARUS FREE OPPOSITION LEADER MARYIA KALESNIKAVA Amnesty International 23 September 2020 Retrieved 30 September 2020 Osmani Vjosa VjosaOsmaniMP 4 October 2020 Together with 9 other Kosovo MP colleagues we joined Members of U S Congress WilliamKeating Marcy Kaptur and more than 300 transatlantic legislators from 30 countries in signing a letter to the illegitimate President of Belarus Lukashenko Tweet Retrieved 4 October 2020 via Twitter Osmani Vjosa VjosaOsmaniMP 4 October 2020 demanding the immediate release of opposition leader Marya Kalesnikava and all other political prisoners Kosovo stands with the people of Belarus and supports efforts against human rights offenders in Belarus HouseForeign EP President Tweet Retrieved 4 October 2020 via Twitter The democratic opposition in Belarus 2020 Belarus Europaisches Parlament zeit de Belarussische Opposition erhalt Sacharow Preis Belsat wins Global Belarusian Solidarity Award Belsat D AP Sonia PErez 3 female Guatemalan judges defend rule of law Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved 9 March 2021 Lew Kopelew Preise gehen nach Belarus und Russland Zeit Online 16 April 2021 Maria Kolesnikowa Belarussische Burgerrechtlerin erhalt Stuttgarter Friedenspreis Stuttgarter Zeitung 13 July 2021 Fritz Csoklich Preis Auszeichnung fur Frauen Trio Die Presse 16 July 2021 Belarus Aktivistin Maria Kalesnikowa ausgezeichnet SWR 8 February 2021 2021 Vaclav Havel Prize awarded to Belarusian human rights activist Maria Kalesnikava Preisverleihung 2022 www esslingen de Nyblom Sofia 21 May 2022 Sofia Nyblom Belarusiska aktivisten Maryja Kalesnikava far Stig Dagerman priset DN SE in Swedish Retrieved 6 June 2022 Welle www dw com Deutsche Belarusian opposition figures win Charlemagne Prize DW 26 05 2022 DW COM Retrieved 8 August 2022 External links Edit Media related to Maria Kalesnikava at Wikimedia Commons Maria Kalesnikava on Facebook Maria Kalesnikava on Twitter Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maria Kalesnikava amp oldid 1133233713, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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