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Two Months On, Anatol Kotau Remains Kidnapped. The Silence is Deafening.

Belarusian sports whistleblower Anatol Kotau vanished in Turkey in August. Everything points to a kidnapping plot by Russia and Belarus. Yet international pressure to retrieve him has been pathetic.

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Chris Dalby
Oct 20, 2025
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Two months after the disappearance of Anatol Kotau, the 52-year-old former Secretary General of the Belarusian Olympic Committee and co-founder of the Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation (BSSF), no trace has surfaced.

The evidence strongly points to a deliberate cross-border abduction orchestrated by Belarusian and Russian security services.

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