Anastasiia Uladzimirauna Benedzisiuk
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Anastasiia Uladzimirauna Benedzisiuk
Capital Television CJSC. Head of the Reporting Department at the Television News Agency of the national state television channel Belarus 1.
Covers events in Ukraine in a manner reminiscent of Russian propaganda. Currently, BT regularly airs Anastasia Benedisyuk's stories on the war in Ukraine, but these materials rarely use the word "war."
The presentation of information follows a standard propaganda pattern: Ukrainian soldiers are portrayed negatively and accused of extremism, while civilians, including children, are presented as victims of military action.
Produces reports on LGBT soldiers in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as materials dedicated to the "shortcomings" of Ukrainian television channels. Furthermore, she attempts to promote the idea that Western PR agencies are shaping Ukraine as a victim.
In one of her reports, she expressed a cynical attitude toward Belarusian volunteers who died during the fighting in Ukraine while serving with the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Her statements condemned their participation in the war, as well as adopted an ironic tone toward the dead.
This portrayal of events in Ukraine and her attitude toward Belarusian volunteers calls into question the neutrality of her journalistic approach and may indicate bias in her reporting.
She was awarded by Lukashenko for "significant contribution to the implementation of state information policy, high professionalism, and objective and comprehensive coverage of the country's socio-political and socio-cultural life."
She also visits prison colonies with a film crew, where she participates in so-called "repentant interviews" and staged reports with political prisoners. On March 6, 2024, Zarechye recorded such an "interview" with political prisoner Polina Sharenda-Panasyuk at PK-24. In 2026, she also filmed a pregnant Natalia Levaya in a Gomel prison colony.
Capital Television CJSC. Head of the Reporting Department at the Television News Agency of the national state television channel Belarus 1.
Covers events in Ukraine in a manner reminiscent of Russian propaganda. Currently, BT regularly airs Anastasia Benedisyuk's stories on the war in Ukraine, but these materials rarely use the word "war."
The presentation of information follows a standard propaganda pattern: Ukrainian soldiers are portrayed negatively and accused of extremism, while civilians, including children, are presented as victims of military action.
Produces reports on LGBT soldiers in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as materials dedicated to the "shortcomings" of Ukrainian television channels. Furthermore, she attempts to promote the idea that Western PR agencies are shaping Ukraine as a victim.
In one of her reports, she expressed a cynical attitude toward Belarusian volunteers who died during the fighting in Ukraine while serving with the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Her statements condemned their participation in the war, as well as adopted an ironic tone toward the dead.
This portrayal of events in Ukraine and her attitude toward Belarusian volunteers calls into question the neutrality of her journalistic approach and may indicate bias in her reporting.
She was awarded by Lukashenko for "significant contribution to the implementation of state information policy, high professionalism, and objective and comprehensive coverage of the country's socio-political and socio-cultural life."
She also visits prison colonies with a film crew, where she participates in so-called "repentant interviews" and staged reports with political prisoners. On March 6, 2024, Zarechye recorded such an "interview" with political prisoner Polina Sharenda-Panasyuk at PK-24. In 2026, she also filmed a pregnant Natalia Levaya in a Gomel prison colony.
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A 38-year-old illustrator. She quit her job at a large IT company. Her colleagues, shocked, tried to talk her out of it, so she decided to go home. She claimed she already had a certificate from the KGB showing she'd paid back the full amount of her 2020 donation. She was tired of being homeless. She was detained at the border.
According to the prosecution's case, as presented by the Prosecutor General's Office press service, between 2021 and 2022, Natalia Levaya transferred cash and cryptocurrency totaling at least four thousand four hundred rubles (equivalent to approximately 1,275 euros today) to bank accounts and virtual wallets "used by members of extremist groups, including armed groups such as the Kalinovsky Regiment." Furthermore, she was fined 1,000 basic units—almost the same amount she donated to initiatives and foundations. This is the penalty requested by the prosecution in court. The trial was held behind closed doors.
She was pardoned on February 19, 2026, in her 8th month of pregnancy.
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The social activist was detained on January 3, 2021, at her home after security forces broke down the door, conducted a search, and seized some of her belongings. Polina was convicted of "threatening to use violence against an internal affairs officer" and "insulting a government official." She refused to testify either during the investigation or in court.
In April 2022, Polina's sentence was extended on charges of "disobeying the demands of the prison administration," and in October 2023, she was convicted again under the same article. Polina is the first female political prisoner in Belarus to be convicted under this article. The article is used against prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the administration, often for alleged violations.
The political prisoner is systematically subjected to psychological pressure and physical violence; she has been repeatedly placed in solitary confinement, punishment cells and punishment cells.
The BNR Rada awarded Polina Sharendo-Panasyuk the Order of the Pursuit.
In March 2024, a propaganda story about Polina accidentally showed a yellow tag indicating the end date of her imprisonment: May 21. However, she was not released on that day, and she was charged for the third time with “disobeying the prison administration,” for which she was convicted again in October 2024.
She was released on February 1, 2025, having fully served her sentence (4 consecutive terms).