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* [http://www.hri.org/news/balkans/rferl/2000/00-05-19.rferl.html#39 Where are Belarus' disappeared oppositionists?] on hri.org
* [http://www.hri.org/news/balkans/rferl/2000/00-05-19.rferl.html#39 Where are Belarus' disappeared oppositionists?] on hri.org
* [http://www.charter97.org/index.phtml?sid=3&did=Zaharenko&lang=3 Zakharanka case on Charter97.org]
* [http://www.charter97.org/index.phtml?sid=3&did=Zaharenko&lang=3 Zakharanka case on Charter97.org]
* [http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2003/01/21/nv Oleg Alkaev: Video Records of Zakharenko, Gonchar and Krasovsky’s Murders Exist Indeed]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930190037/http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2003/01/21/nv Oleg Alkaev: Video Records of Zakharenko, Gonchar and Krasovsky’s Murders Exist Indeed]
* [http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2001/07/17/13 Orders to Annihilate Zakharenko, Gonchar and Krasovsky Emanated from Sheiman and Sivakov]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930202203/http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2001/07/17/13 Orders to Annihilate Zakharenko, Gonchar and Krasovsky Emanated from Sheiman and Sivakov]
* [http://www.solidarity16.org/ Solidarity with Belarus]
* [http://www.solidarity16.org/ Solidarity with Belarus]



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Yury Zakharanka
Юры Захаранка
Minister of Interior
In office
July 28, 1994 – October 16, 1995
Prime MinisterMikhail Chyhir
Preceded byUladzimer Yahoraw
Succeeded byValyantsin Ahalets
Personal details
Born (1952-01-01) January 1, 1952 (age 72)
Vasilyevichy, Soviet Union
NationalityBelarusian
Political partyAPH
SpouseVolha Zakharanka
Childrentwo daughters
Residencemissing
Military service
AllegianceSoviet Union
Belarus
Branch/serviceLaw Enforcement
RankMajor-General (1994)
Colonel (1996)
CommandsInterregional department in fight with organized crime

Colonel Yury Zakharanka (Belarusian: Юры Захаранка, Russian: Юрий Захаренко, Yuri Zakharenko; January 1, 1952 - 1999(?) ) was the Belarusian minister of internal affairs and oppositional politician abducted and probably killed in 1999.

Early life

Yury Zakharanka was born in a small city of Vasilyevichy, Rechytsa Raion.

Political career

At the moment when Belarus gained independence Zakharanka was deputy chief of Interregional Organised criminality fighting department of the Soviet MVD. In 1994 he was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus. On October 16, 1995 he was dismissed from this position by president Alexander Lukashenko. Zakharanka joined the opposition to the president and was elected member of the governing board of the United Civil Party of Belarus. Having strong support among top officers in the army and the State Security Agency ("KGB") Zakharanka was a dangerous enemy for Lukashenko.

Abduction

The ex-minister was abducted in the evening of May 7, 1999. The state did not make serious attempts to search for the politician. Several years later the former MVD official Aleh Ałkajeǔ fled to Germany and stated that he was witness of that Zakharanka and several other abducted opposition leaders have been murdered on the orders of top Lukashenko's helpers. In commemorance with the abducted politicians and political prisoners of Belarus, the Belarusian opposition and its supporters have on the 16th of every month The Day of Solidarity with Belarus.