Who secured the dictator Lukashenko’s seventh term? Who did Lukashenko thank for his reappointment? Who signed the country's sentence for another five years? Who gets paid for selling the future of their country, the future of Belarusians?
The team of the National Anti-Crisis Management (NAM) continues its work on forming sanctions proposals. The dossiers prepared by the National Anti-Crisis Management are meticulously collected materials that substantiate the need for imposing sanctions on individuals who have committed illegal actions. These dossiers are not just justifications for sanctions but also materials that will serve as the foundation for future criminal cases. We have already submitted these proposals, and a decision will be made soon. So, here are the specific names in this material from the NAM.
Terror, atrocities, mass repressions — these are all associated with Lukashenko's regime today. And there are people who signed to ensure that this continues for the next five years. These are the employees of the so-called Central Election Commission (CEC) — an organization specializing in election falsification in Belarus. People who turn elections into a tragic circus. Do people buy tickets for the circus? We will offer them tickets to the sanctions world for the circus they have organized. The main impression — don't travel abroad. And the key adventure — potential criminal cases in New Belarus.
Even before the so-called election campaign in Belarus, the process was called a farce by representatives of many civilized countries. This conclusion was based on concrete facts: the presence of thousands of political prisoners, including former presidential candidates; mass persecution of the population for political reasons; forced deportation of dissidents — these facts allowed for the conclusion that holding full-fledged presidential elections in Belarus was impossible. Furthermore, violations of voting rights and mass falsifications are criminal offenses. Offenses that are punishable even by current legislation.
Behind the commission of these crimes in 2025 are specific perpetrators, members of the Central Election Commission. We know about these people. And fragments from the existing dossiers on the new figures involved in our sanctions proposals will be discussed in today’s video.
So, who and how gets into the composition of the CEC members? What loyalty tests do these figures undergo: preliminary eavesdropping, perhaps even polygraphs? What achievements can get someone into the CEC? And who is currently a candidate for inclusion in the EU sanctions lists, which are being formed, including based on the proposals from the National Anti-Crisis Management?
Denis Vladimirovich Duk
Member of the CEC. Rector of Mogilev State University named after Arkady Kuleshov
Denis Vladimirovich Duk was born in Novopolotsk. He studied well, graduated from Polotsk University, and later entered the postgraduate program at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. In 2004, he defended his candidate dissertation, and the following year, he became the head of the department at his alma mater. In 2011, at the age of 34, Duk defended his doctoral dissertation. A great career for the benefit of science. Since 2013, Duk has been the vice-rector for academic work at his university, and in 2017, at the age of 40, he became the rector of Mogilev University — the same university where dictator Lukashenko once studied. This seemed like the pinnacle of a career. In his pocket — an honorary certificate from the Ministry of Education, a prize from the Academy of Sciences, and the Francisk Skaryna Medal. However, everything changed in 2020, when Denis Vladimirovich faced a moral choice. Duk chose the criminal path: the path of politically motivated repression, pressure, and persecution of dissidents. Duk took responsibility for destroying the careers of students and fellow professors. He personally summoned university staff he considered unreliable and threatened them with career ruin.
According to the "Honest People" initiative, at least two students were expelled from Mogilev State University, three underwent so-called preventive talks, and four professors lost their jobs. One of the university staff — a department head, a candidate of biological sciences — was sent to prison on politically motivated charges.
On May 31, 2021, an attestation commission completed its work at Mogilev State University named after Arkady Kuleshov. As a result, some staff members were dismissed by the rector's order. In particular, a colleague of Duk’s, a historian who had worked at the university since 1991, was fired, as well as a professor from the natural sciences department who had been at the university since 1993 — a person considered the best geographer in the city. Another professor, an associate professor of literature and intercultural communications, who had worked at the university for twenty-one years, was also forced to leave.
For his loyalty and devotion, Duk was appointed a member of the CEC in 2021. In 2024, already among the falsifiers, Duk gave a monologue to the students of Mogilev University, threatening them with criminal prosecution.
Alexander Genadievich Tkachev
Member of the CEC. Deputy General Director for Security, Regime, and Personnel at the production association "Belorusneft".
Tkachev was born in Zhlobin. He comes from the security forces. He started his career in the Department of Internal Affairs of the Zhlobin District Executive Committee, then worked in the KGB of Gomel Region and as deputy head of the Department for Personnel, Ideology, and Organizational Work at the Institute of National Security of Belarus — the main training ground for KGB cadres.
From there, Tkachev moved to the Gomel District Executive Committee, where he became head of affairs, and in 2018, he became chairman of the district council of deputies. According to the publication "Flagstok", after Tkachev was elected to the council, an investigation was initiated against his former boss — head of the district executive committee Alexander Sitnitsa. After the trial and a ten-year sentence, Tkachev moved to the Ministry of Justice.
In September 2021, Tkachev joined "Belorusneft", leaving his previous position as head of the Department in the Gomel Regional Executive Committee. He started by visiting the subsidiaries of "Belorusneft" and questioning employees about their attitude towards the authorities and about arrests during protests. It was during this period that more dismissals took place.
As a result, in December 2021, the production association "Belorusneft" was included in the EU and US sanctions against Belarus due to repression against the company’s employees, an area for which Tkachev was responsible.
Alexander Vladimirovich Yuzhik
Member of the CEC. First Deputy Head of the Main Department of Justice of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee.
Alexander Yuzhik was born in 1975. In 1996, he graduated from the law faculty of Grodno State University and began working in the prosecutor's office.
It was prosecutor Yuzhik in 2011 who requested the sentence for journalist Andrzej Poczobut to serve three years in a general regime colony. Yuzhik considered Poczobut’s statements about Lukashenko to be libel. He also played a role in politically motivated cases targeting artists and activists.
In December 2021, he was appointed to the CEC.
Five out of 12 CEC members are already under EU sanctions:
Igor Vasilievich Karpenko (Chairman of the CEC)
Andrei Anatolievich Gurzhiy
Olga Leonidovna Dorochenko
Sergey Alekseyevich Kalinovsky
Alexander Mikhailovich Losyakin
The other members of the CEC are also included in our recent sanctions proposals:
Denis Vladimirovich Duk
Alexander Genadievich Tkachev
Alexander Vladimirovich Yuzhik
Alexey Vladimirovich Bashan
Elena Anatolievna Baldovskaya
Elena Konstantinovna Kuntsevich
Ekaterina Alexandrovna Fedosenko
As members of the CEC, all of these people are responsible for illegal actions during the so-called 2025 presidential elections, for failing to meet international standards, and for falsifying election results. In simple terms, they are responsible for the continuation of Lukashenko’s reign of terror over Belarus for the next five years.
They are the ones Lukashenko entrusted with conducting his reappointment. Their actions confirm that the elections in Belarus cannot be considered honest, free, or fair. By studying their biographies, one can ask rhetorical questions: Can people involved in politically motivated persecution coordinate a legitimate electoral process? Can people involved in repression uphold the free will of the people?
The answer to these questions is obvious — no. And these figures in the new sanctions proposals demonstrate what the so-called Central Election Commission represents today.
These people took responsibility for sentencing our country to another five years of darkness under dictatorship. They make a circus out of the election process, which should be the cornerstone of the country’s political life. But they will not escape responsibility.
The team of the NAM continues its work. Today, these people are in our sanctions dossiers. They won’t be able to spend the money they’ve earned selling the future of our country on resorts, travels, and comfortable vacations in Europe. But that’s not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the materials in these dossiers will eventually serve as the basis for criminal cases.
The members of the CEC — figures in the NAU’s sanctions proposals — should remember: accountability is inevitable.
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