Dmitri Zavadsky was a cameraman with the Russian TV station ORT. He disappeared on July 7, 2000 at Minsk airport. He was Belarussian President Lukashenko's personal cameraman until he resigned from the government-run TV station in 1996 and went to work for ORT. He was imprisoned with an ORT colleague for two months in 1997 after reporting gaps in Belarus' security along the border with Lithuania. Several current and former Belarussian security officials were convicted of his murder in 2002. He was murdered due to his critical reporting of the government of Belarus. His body was never recovered.
Dmitri Zavadsky was a cameraman with the Russian TV station ORT. He disappeared on July 7, 2000 at Minsk airport. He was Belarussian President Lukashenko's personal cameraman until he resigned from the government-run TV station in 1996 and went to work for ORT. He was imprisoned with an ORT colleague for two months in 1997 after reporting gaps in Belarus' security along the border with Lithuania. Several current and former Belarussian security officials were convicted of his murder in 2002. He was murdered due to his critical reporting of the government of Belarus. His body was never recovered.
Bio by: Joe Walker
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