Belarusian presidential hopeful Viktor Babaryko arrested
On 18 June 2020 Belarusian authorities detained Viktor Babaryko, former head of Belgazprombank and a leading rival to Alexander Lukashenko in the August 2020 election, on money-laundering and tax charges he called political.
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On 18 June 2020 Belarusian authorities detained Viktor Babaryko, former head of Belgazprombank and a leading rival to Alexander Lukashenko in the August 2020 election, on money-laundering and tax charges he called political. State television said about 20 people had been held in related Belgazprombank investigations, some of them testifying against him.
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Viktor Babaryko
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Belarusian presidential hopeful Viktor Babaryko arrested. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
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- 1.bbc.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: babaryko+detain · verified
- 2.themoscowtimes.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: babaryko+detain · verified
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Factrail. (2026). Belarusian presidential hopeful Viktor Babaryko arrested. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/babaryko-arrested-2020-06-18
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Accessed 15 October 2026.
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