Vital Mikhajlavich Asotski

Number of repressed:

1

Birthday:

30 january 1976

Former head of the Volkovysk District Executive Committee's Department of Internal Affairs. Police Colonel. His police career began in 1996 as a patrol officer in Volkovysk. In 2001, he tried his hand as a junior detective in the Vice and Drug Trafficking Unit, then worked in the Missing Persons Department. He also served in the so-called "homicide department," which solves serious and especially serious crimes against individuals. Until October 2017, Osotsky served as the head of criminal investigation at the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs in Grodno. From October 2017 to May 2019, he served as the first deputy head of the Slonim District Department of Internal Affairs. Then, from May 2019 to the end of August 2022, he was removed from his post. In 2019, Vitaly Osotsky received the Medal "For Impeccable Service," 2nd Class. On October 7, 2019, he was promoted to the rank of police colonel. He led the violent suppression of peaceful protests in Vawkavysk. On August 10, 2020, he harassed a man in the main square of Vawkavysk. A video shows the man lying on the ground, not resisting arrest, while officer Osotsky kneeled on his back and pulled him by the nostrils. In a later interview, officer Osotsky called this method of arrest a "special technique." He was a victim in the case of pensioner Galina Mikhalchuk, where he demanded 1,500 rubles in compensation for moral damages. The Grodno Regional Executive Committee's Department of Internal Affairs filed a lawsuit against Vitaly Osotsky. The civil case "On compensation for property damage caused by employees in the performance of their official (labor) duties" began on March 6.