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Yuri Garavsky has confessed to being involved in the kidnapping of political opponents of Belarus' leader in 1999. They were later murdered. He now is on trial in Switzerland and the verdict is expected on Thursday.
Belarus: Lukashenko may end up like Gadhafi
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko faced protests and strong opposition in the 1990s. Yuri Zakharenko, one of his critics, was among many who disappeared back then. His daughter Elena draws parallels with today.
Elena Zakharenko still doesn t know the full truth about what happened to her father
One year ago, DW revealed how opponents of the Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, were kidnapped and murdered at the end of the 1990s. Yuri Garavski, a former soldier with the SOBR special unit, told DW in an exclusive interview how he had assisted in the abduction and murder of prominent Belarusian opposition politicians including the former interior minister, Yuri Zakharenko.
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