{"id":124124,"date":"2025-01-29T21:28:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T18:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/124124\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"riot-police-chief-elected-as-chairman-of-dynamo-sports-society","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/124124\/","title":{"rendered":"Riot police chief elected as chairman of Dynamo sports society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1129\" height=\"932\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mvd-kubrakov-16-01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mvd-kubrakov-16-01.jpg 1129w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mvd-kubrakov-16-01-286x236.jpg 286w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mvd-kubrakov-16-01-594x490.jpg 594w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mvd-kubrakov-16-01-768x634.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1129px) 100vw, 1129px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Ba\u0142aba (left)\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(MVD)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 29, Pozirk. <\/strong>D\u017amitryj Ba\u0142aba, Minsk\u2019s riot police commander associated with brutality during 2020 post-election protests, has been elected chairman of Dynamo, a Belarusian physical education and sports society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since January 2020, the society was headed by Ihar Abiaremka, whose term of office has expired, the interior ministry reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Security Council head Alaksandar Valfovi\u010d recommended Ba\u0142aba, 52, for the job during a meeting of the Dynamo central council. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka had approved his candidacy, Valfovi\u010d said. Those present unanimously voted to approve the appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not clear whether Ba\u0142aba will remain commander of the OMON riot police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democratic countries have added Ba\u0142aba to sanctions lists for the suppression of protests and arrests that followed the 2020 disputed election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 29, Pozirk. D\u017amitryj Ba\u0142aba, Minsk\u2019s riot police commander associated with brutality during 2020 post-election protests, has been elected chairman of Dynamo, a Belarusian physical education and sports society. Since January 2020, the society was headed by Ihar Abiaremka, whose term of office has expired, the interior ministry reported. 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