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August 25, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Anatol Kota\u016d of the Belarusian Sports Solidarity Fund (BSSF) stopped replying to calls and messages four days ago after leaving Warsaw for Istanbul, BSSF head Alaksandar Apejkin has said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kota\u016d’s family members filed a report with the Turkish police and the Polish consulate in Istanbul, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is the only reliable information. Any other information is untrue and is speculation,\u201d he stressed amid rumors that Kota\u016d might have been arrested in Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A former Belarusian diplomat and Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka’s administration official, Kota\u016d left government service in 2020 and supported the postelection protests in Belarus. Later, he joined the BSSF and emigrated to Poland, fearing politically-motivated persecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One year ago, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison in Belarus without being present at the trial on extremism-related charges that Minsk often uses to punish exiled opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, another high-profile Belarusian opposition politician, An\u017ealika Mielnikava, disappeared after leaving the European Union. Her whereabouts remain unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mielnikava was accompanied by Belarusian agent during 2023 vacation in Cuba \u2013 Polityka<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

August 25, Pozirk. Anatol Kota\u016d of the Belarusian Sports Solidarity Fund (BSSF) stopped replying to calls and messages four days ago after leaving Warsaw for Istanbul, BSSF head Alaksandar Apejkin has said on Facebook. Kota\u016d’s family members filed a report with the Turkish police and the Polish consulate in Istanbul, he added. \u201cThis is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":152441,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-152454","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAnother high-profile exiled opposition activist goes missing | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 25, Pozirk. 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