Dzmitry Baskau (

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: Дзмітрый Юр’евіч Баскаў,

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: Дмитрий Юрьевич Басков; born on August 25, 1978, in

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) is a Belarusian former

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player and businessman. He served as chief of

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in 2020–2021. He is the chief of the ice hockey group of

Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, making hi ...

and also the chief of the

HC Dinamo Minsk Hockey Club Dinamo Minsk or HC Dinamo Minsk (; , ''Dynama-Minsk'') is a professional ice hockey club based in Minsk, Belarus. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Dinamo has qualified for the KHL playof ...

from 2018 to 2020.Басков Дмитрий Юрьевич на сайте НОК Беларуси
/ref> On 14 September 2021, he was appointed to the Council of the Republic.

Life

Until 2002 Baskau studied law at

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. Then he got learning on an ice hockey

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done in the Institute of Advanced Training and Retraining of Belarusian State University of Physical Culture. He got a

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from the IPM Business School in 2018. He was put in the news for the time of the 2020 Belarusian protests. According to

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Baskau was among the persons who beat

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Raman Bandarenka Raman Bandarenka () (August 1, 1989, Minsk – November 12, 2020, Minsk) was an aspiring Belarusians, Belarusian designer, and manager, shop manager. His death is associated with the 2020 Belarusian protests, protests against the 2020 Belarusian p ...

in Minsk. After that, Raman Bandarenka died on November 12, 2020, in the hospital. On November 16, 2020,

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imposed a travel ban against Baskau and

Dmitry Shakuta Dmitry "Shok" Shakuta (, born August 7, 1980) is a Belarusian Muay Thai super middleweight kickboxer fighting out of Minsk, Belarus for the SK-55 gym. He is an eight-time amateur and professional world champion, most well-known for being the It ...

who is also accused of participating in the attack against Bandarenka.

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and

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made the same on November 20, 2020. The

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opened a private inquiry (an act of asking for information) on the

matter. The

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banned Baskau of taking part in its events. In the spring of 2021, he had

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s of at least several million US dollars (parts of companies,

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s). Part of the assets was listed as his wife's. On September 8, 2021, the

disqualified him for five years. For ten months, the

investigated his actions and found that Baskau used

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and threats against sportspersons because of their political views. On September 10, Baskau resigned from the post of chairman of the

. On September 14, 2021,

appointed Baskau a member of the Council of the Republic of the

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. Lukashenko noted that Dmitry Baskau will deal with social issues, as well as sports topics in the upper house of parliament. On December 2, 2021, Dzmitry Baskau was added to the

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by the

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investigation has uncovered that Dzmitry Baskau had gifted a 1949 GAZ 20 worth more than half a hundred US dollars to Lukashenko.

Personal life

Dzmitry Baskau got married with Aliaksandra Baskava (Shyshko). She is a daughter of the chief of Brestenergo and the member of the

Council of the Republic (Belarus) The Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus (; ) is the upper house of the National Assembly of Belarus, parliament of Belarus. History It was established after the Constitution of Belarus was amended in 19 ...

Uladzimir Shyshko.

References

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