{"id":88120,"date":"2024-05-30T23:02:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T20:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/88120\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"putin-rewards-belarus-paralympian-suspected-of-ukraine-kids-deportation","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/88120\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin rewards Belarus Paralympian suspected of Ukraine kids deportation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n Alaksiej Ta\u0142aj in the Dubrava camp (Salihorsk district, Minsk region) with children from the occupied regions of Ukraine (October 2022).\n <\/div>\n \n
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May 30, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded the Order of Friendship to Alaksiej Ta\u0142aj, the Belarusian Paralympian and activist sanctioned by the European Union and the United States, state media reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moscow established the Order of Friendship in 1994 to honor Russian and foreign citizens for strengthening peace, friendship, cooperation and mutual understanding between peoples, as well as for other achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After receiving the award, Ta\u0142aj said it was “truly one of the most important days” in his life. He sent Putin “great greetings and a deep bow from all the patriots of Belarus.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ta\u0142aj explained why he “decided to help the residents of Donbas” \u2013 according to him, “the whole nation rallied to help its neighbors, our people.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Dozens of tons of cargo” are collected “from all regions of the country and sent to Donbas” every month, he claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March 2023, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin and his children\u2019s rights commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, over alleged deportations of children from the occupied territories of Ukraine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian opposition is seeking a similar warrant for Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka on the same grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critics say that at least 2,500 children have been transferred from the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine to Belarus since the start of the war and subjected to pro-Russian and anti-Ukrainian indoctrination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ta\u0142aj, Bie\u0142aru\u015bkalij, the Belarusian Republican Youth Union, the Belarusian Red Cross and others are suspected of involvement in these transfers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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