{"id":135811,"date":"2025-04-25T21:15:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135811\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"russian-born-butraniec-appointed-as-deputy-chairman-of-state-border-committee","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135811\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian-born Butraniec appointed as deputy chairman of State Border Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/butranec_zarya_by_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/butranec_zarya_by_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/butranec_zarya_by_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/butranec_zarya_by_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/butranec_zarya_by_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/butranec_zarya_by_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Zarya.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 25, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has promoted Russian-born Maksim Butraniec from head of the Brest Border Group to deputy chairman of the State Border Committee, the Belarusian ruler\u2019s press office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Butraniec replaces Ihar Pie\u010da\u0144 who has retired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in Russia\u2019s Sverdlovsk in 1978, Butraniec holds degrees from the Military Academy of Belarus and the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada, the United States, the UK and the European Union slapped him with an entry ban and asset freeze in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuania, Latvia report a spike in irregular border crossing attempts<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 25,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Lithuanian and Latvian border guards have reported a spike in irregular border crossing attempts at the border with Belarus. 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