{"id":190196,"date":"2026-06-02T13:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/190196\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:11:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:11:49","slug":"former-kgb-officer-arrested-on-return-from-poland-charged-with-high-treason","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/190196\/","title":{"rendered":"Former KGB officer arrested on return from Poland, charged with high treason"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 2, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>A former officer of the Committee for State Security (KGB) has been arrested and charged with high treason after returning from Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ihar Sutyrka was arrested on April 10, soon after coming back to Belarus, reported the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sutyrka resigned from the KGB a decade ago to became a software engineer. He lived in Poland for several years and holds both Belarusian and Polish citizenship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man is currently held in the KGB detention center in Minsk. He has a wife and a young daughter.<\/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\"> 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\">Reprisals: pressure on jailed dissidents, harassment of exiles continue<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 30, Pozirk. 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Sutyrka resigned from the KGB a decade ago to became a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63152,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-190196","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former KGB officer arrested on return from Poland, charged with high treason | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 2, Pozirk. 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