{"id":136315,"date":"2025-04-30T20:57:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/136315\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"belarusian-us-lawyer-ziankovic-released","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/136315\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian-US lawyer Ziankovi\u010d released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 30, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus has released Jura\u015b Ziankovi\u010d, <em>CNN <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2025\/04\/30\/politics\/american-detained-belarus-freed\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a>, quoting a US official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ziankovi\u010d was arrested in Moscow in 2021 and then transferred to Minsk, where he was accused of being part of a supposed US-backed conspiracy against Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no prisoner exchange that led to the lawyer&#8217;s release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once free, he was taken to neighboring Lithuania by a team of US officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed the news, without naming Ziankovi\u010d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawyer&#8217;s wife, Alena Dzienisaviec, thanked Rubio, US President Donald Trump, his special envoy for hostage affairs&nbsp;and others for the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minsk Regional Court in September 2022 sentenced Ziankovi\u010d to 11 years in prison after finding him guilty of conspiracy to overthrow the government, forming an extremist group and incitement to hatred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In December 2022, he was reportedly tried in the Minsk region\u2019s Miadziel district for insulting a state servant. The judge added six months to his sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During Trump&#8217;s first term, the United States sought to improve diplomatic relations with Minsk, but those efforts were put on hold after \u0141uka\u0161enka declared himself the winner of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also cracked down hard on protesters and civil society, drawing criticism from the Trump administration.<\/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\/09\/zenkovich-bt-19-09-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/zenkovich-bt-19-09-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/zenkovich-bt-19-09-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/zenkovich-bt-19-09-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/zenkovich-bt-19-09-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/zenkovich-bt-19-09.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\">Ziankovi\u010d given two more years for disobedience<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 7, Pozirk. Mahilo\u016d&#039;s Leninski district court has sentenced Juryj Ziankovi\u010d, a Belarusian-US lawyer serving a sentence for alleged conspiracy to assassinate Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, to two more years in prison, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. The judge found him &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/108258\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 30, Pozirk. Belarus has released Jura\u015b Ziankovi\u010d, CNN reported, quoting a US official. Ziankovi\u010d was arrested in Moscow in 2021 and then transferred to Minsk, where he was accused of being part of a supposed US-backed conspiracy against Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka. There was no prisoner exchange that led to the lawyer&#8217;s release. 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