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.
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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