{"id":139335,"date":"2025-05-22T14:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T11:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139335\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-puts-former-hrodna-region-head-in-charge-of-academy-of-sciences","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139335\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka puts former Hrodna region head in charge of Academy of Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 22,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has appointed U\u0142adzimir Karanik, a deputy prime minister until recently, as head of the National Academy of Sciences, replacing U\u0142adzimir Husako\u016d, who has led that state-run research institution since October 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move comes months after the Belarusian ruler blasted the academy as useless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have very few groundbreaking scientific achievements,\u201d his press office quoted him as saying on December 3. \u201cWe don\u2019t see the expected impact of the academy\u2019s activities. There is no monetization of the Academy of Sciences\u2019 research and development. And that is the main criterion for assessing its effectiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Natalla Piatkievi\u010d, ex-deputy chief of the \u0141uka\u0161enka administration, has filled the position left vacant by Karanik, while U\u0142adzimir Piarco\u016d, the administration\u2019s propaganda chief, has been promoted to first deputy chief of the administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka has also appointed Valer Vakul\u010dyk, the Committee for State Security (KGB) chief from 2012 to 2020, as chief of staff at the Council of Ministers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karanik, a former health minister and Hrodna region governor, served as deputy prime minister for less than three months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/128370\/\">\u0141uka\u0161enka appoints deputy prime minister, communications minister<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 22,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has appointed U\u0142adzimir Karanik, a deputy prime minister until recently, as head of the National Academy of Sciences, replacing U\u0142adzimir Husako\u016d, who has led that state-run research institution since October 2013. The move comes months after the Belarusian ruler blasted the academy as useless. \u201cWe have very few groundbreaking scientific achievements,\u201d his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-139335","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u0141uka\u0161enka puts former Hrodna region head in charge of Academy of Sciences | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 22,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has appointed U\u0142adzimir Karanik, a deputy prime minister until recently, as head of the National Academy of\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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