{"id":170758,"date":"2026-01-06T19:51:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/170758\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"workers-demolishing-notorious-valadarka-prison-in-minsk","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/170758\/","title":{"rendered":"Workers demolishing notorious Va\u0142adarka prison in Minsk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/volodarka_blizko_by.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/volodarka_blizko_by.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/volodarka_blizko_by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/volodarka_blizko_by-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/volodarka_blizko_by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/volodarka_blizko_by-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>blizko.by<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 6, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Workers are demolishing the 200-year old Pi\u0161\u010da\u0142a\u016d Castle in downtown Minsk, which used to house Detention Center No.1 also known as Va\u0142adarka, <em>blizko.by<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alaksandar Kochan, CEO of the contractor Minskaja Spad\u010dyna, said in March that five of the complex\u2019s buildings would be repurposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The detention center moved to the Kaladzi\u010dy industrial area near the village of Pa\u0161kovi\u010dy just outside Minsk in August 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Va\u0142adarka is the facility where many political prisoners have been held over the last two centuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 6, Pozirk. 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