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Dzyanis Ivashin
Dzianis Jaŭhienavič Ivashyn (also Dzyanis Ivashyn, Denis Ivashin; ; ; born 6 June 1979, Hrodna, USSR) is a Belarusian journalist. He works as a freelance correspondent of Belarusian ''Novy Chas'' newspaper and a volunteer investigator of the Ukraine, Ukrainian Inform Napalm project. He was arrested in 2021 by the KGB (Belarus), Belarusian KGB and charged with Treason, high treason. His colleagues believe that this arrest was connected with his publications about former Berkut (special police force), Ukrainian Berkut members employed by the Belarusian police. Journalist Ivashyn participated in the 2014 Euromaidan in Ukraine, and later that year he entered the Ukrainian investigative project Inform Napalm as an editor of its Belarusian edition. In 2018, he became a freelance correspondent of ''Novy Chas'' newspaper. His main publications were dedicated to the foreign influence of Russia in Belarus and Syria, commercial development near the Kuropaty mass grave of the 1930s' Great P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrodna
Grodno, or Hrodna, is a city in western Belarus. It is one of the oldest cities in Belarus. The city is located on the Neman River, from Minsk, about from the border with Poland, and from the border with Lithuania. Grodno serves as the administrative center of Grodno Region and Grodno District, though it is administratively separated from the district. the city has a population of 363,718. The modern city of Grodno, founded in 1127, originated as a small fortress and trading outpost on the border of the Baltic tribal union of the Yotvingians. It was also a home to the Dregoviches Slavic tribe. It was a significant city in Black Ruthenia and later part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which joined the Polish-Lithuanian Union in 1385. Grodno faced numerous invasions, most notably by the Teutonic Knights. The city was a key trade, commerce, and cultural center in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and one of its royal residences, and '' de facto'' capital in the 1580s. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
