{"id":164741,"date":"2025-11-19T14:45:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T11:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/164741\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"missing-activists-wife-hopes-washington-may-help-find-her-husband","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/164741\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing activist&#8217;s wife hopes Washington may help find her husband"},"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\/08\/kotov-belsat.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kotov-belsat.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kotov-belsat-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kotov-belsat-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kotov-belsat-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kotov-belsat-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(belsat.eu)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 19, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Anastasija Pilip\u010dyk, the wife of opposition activist Anatol Kota\u016d, missing since August 21, has expressed hope that her husband will be found as part of Minsk&#8217;s deal with Washington, <em>Reuters <\/em>reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kota\u016d, who lived in Poland, disappeared after landing in Turkey. He reportedly left the country the same evening on a private yacht, which departed from the Black Sea port of Trabzon for Russia&#8217;s Sochi,\u00a0<em>DW\u00a0<\/em>reported, citing a Trabzon police source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His wife fears he may be held by the Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB). If that is the case, his liberation could be part of a potential prisoner release deal between Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and US President Donald Trump\u2019s envoy John Coale, Pilip\u010dyk said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A former Belarusian diplomat and official in \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s administration, Kota\u016d left government service in 2020 and supported the post-election protests in Belarus. Later, he joined the Belarusian Sports Solidarity Fund (BSSF) and emigrated to Poland, fearing politically motivated persecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, he was sentenced in absentia to 12 years in prison in Belarus on extremism-related charges, a label Minsk frequently applies to punish opponents in exile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, another high-profile Belarusian opposition figure, An\u017ealika Mielnikava, also disappeared after leaving the European Union. Her whereabouts remain unknown.<\/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\/dzhon_koul_POZ_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dzhon_koul_POZ_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dzhon_koul_POZ_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dzhon_koul_POZ_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dzhon_koul_POZ_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dzhon_koul_POZ_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Trump nominates special envoy for Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 9, Pozirk. United States President Donald Trump has nominated John Coale as special envoy to Belarus, according to his post on Truth Social. Previously, Coale served as deputy to Keith Kellogg, Trump\u2019s special envoy for Ukraine, and negotiated the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/163441\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 19, Pozirk. Anastasija Pilip\u010dyk, the wife of opposition activist Anatol Kota\u016d, missing since August 21, has expressed hope that her husband will be found as part of Minsk&#8217;s deal with Washington, Reuters reports. Kota\u016d, who lived in Poland, disappeared after landing in Turkey. 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