{"id":152102,"date":"2025-08-21T19:15:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T16:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152102\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"russia-belarusian-workers-deny-forced-labor-claims","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152102\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia: Belarusian workers deny forced labor claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 21, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Several citizens of Belarus\u2019 Pinsk district have stated that they are working in Russia\u2019s Voronezh province of their own free will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This comes after the Belarusian embassy in Russia looked into the alleged forced labor of several dozen people in the Voronezh province, including Belarusians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The citizens have told the police that \u201cno unlawful actions were committed against them by any party,\u201d said Iryna Velhina from the Brest region\u2019s migration deparment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She informed reporters that earlier this year, Brest\u2019s law enforcers received requests to locate people who traveled to Russia for work and went off the grid.<\/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\/2025\/08\/voronezh-varandej-livejournal-com-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/voronezh-varandej-livejournal-com-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/voronezh-varandej-livejournal-com-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/voronezh-varandej-livejournal-com-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/voronezh-varandej-livejournal-com-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/voronezh-varandej-livejournal-com.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Embassy looks into allegations of forced labor for Belarusians in Russia<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 19, Pozirk. The Belarusian embassy in Russia has said that it is looking into the alleged forced labor of several dozen people in the Voronezh province, including Belarusians. The diplomats reportedly identified the phone numbers of the Belarusians and &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/151808\">\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 21, Pozirk. Several citizens of Belarus\u2019 Pinsk district have stated that they are working in Russia\u2019s Voronezh province of their own free will. This comes after the Belarusian embassy in Russia looked into the alleged forced labor of several dozen people in the Voronezh province, including Belarusians. 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