{"id":151071,"date":"2025-08-13T22:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/151071\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"officials-conceal-loss-of-125-heads-of-cattle-face-restricted-freedom-sentences","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/151071\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials conceal loss of 125 heads of cattle, face restricted freedom sentences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 13, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus has sentenced several local officials to restricted freedom, a type of home confinement, for concealing cattle mortality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office, the officials acted out of a desire to embellish their account of the economic situation and avoid criticism from higher management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between October 2023 and October 2024, the defendants ordered their subordinates to hide the loss of livestock by entering false information in documents. \u201cAs a result of these illegal actions, two enterprises in the Dziar\u017eynsk and Minsk districts concealed the loss of 125 heads of cattle,\u201d the prosecutors said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case apparently involved eight officials, including a meat processing plant director, a livestock specialist and veterinarians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides sentencing them to two\u2013five years of restricted freedom, justices fined them 12,600\u201316,800 rubels ($3,800\u2013$5,000) and banned them from holding management positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The judgment is not yet final and may be appealed through the appellate process.<\/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\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 cattle population shrinks<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 29, Pozirk. Belarus counted 3.98 million head of bovine animals in late May, 2.3 percent fewer than a year earlier, according to the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat).\u00a0A decline is reported in all regions. For example, the population of cows &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/144525\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 13, Pozirk. Belarus has sentenced several local officials to restricted freedom, a type of home confinement, for concealing cattle mortality. According to the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office, the officials acted out of a desire to embellish their account of the economic situation and avoid criticism from higher management. 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