Victor received his higher education at the Faculty of Radiophysics at BSU, and later also graduated from the Academy of Management.
He has a long-standing management career behind him: Victor headed a department at the Russian tire holding Amtel, managed the trading house of the Belgospischeprom concern in Russia, worked as the first deputy general director of Norilskgazprom and Taimyrgaz within the Norilsk Nickel structure, and also managed the companies Izobud and Bauservis.
From 2017 to 2021, Gurin headed Composite Structures, an ambitious €220 million project in the Great Stone Industrial Park that was intended to become a major research and production center for polymer composites.
After serving as COO at the furniture holding company Angstrem, Viktor became First Deputy General Director of Belvest in December 2022. There, he oversaw innovative projects such as the digitalization of production, automated leather cutting, and the implementation of robotic systems with machine vision and neural networks.
In 2020 and 2021, Viktor left numerous comments in Telegram groups negatively assessing the actions of law enforcement officers, riot police, and Lukashenko. He was detained in March 2026.
Viktor underwent eye surgery in pretrial detention and requires constant eye medication after the surgery. He also has respiratory problems.
