Lieutenant-General Yuri Viktorovich Zhadobin (

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: Юрый Віктаравіч Жадобін) was the Chairman of the KGB of the Republic of Belarus from 2007 to 2008 and the

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from 4 December 2009 to 27 November 2014.Retirement Ceremony held for Lieutenant-General Yuri Zhadobin
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and was succeeded by

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. Zhadobin was subject to international sanctions as a person responsible for political repressions and

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Biography

Yuri Viktorovich Zhadobin was born on 14 November 1954 in

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. In 1976, he was admitted to the Kazan Higher Tank Command School. In 1985, he joined the command department of the Military Academy of Armored Forces. In 1999, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. In September 2003, he became the head of the Presidential Security Service. He was appointed chairman of the KGB on 17 July 2007. He served as the State Secretary of the Security Council from 2008 to 2009.

Accusations, international sanctions

As part of the

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against the regime in

following a crackdown of the opposition following the

2010 Belarusian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 19 December 2010. The elections were had originally been planned for the beginning of 2011. However, the final date was set during an extraordinary session of the National Assembly on 14 September 20 ...

, Zhadobin became subject to travel ban and asset freeze by the

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as part of a list of Belarusian officials responsible for political repressions, vote rigging and propaganda. In its 2012 decision, the EU Council stated regarding Zhadobin:

As a member of the Security Council, he approves the repressive decisions agreed at ministerial level, including the decision to repress the peaceful demonstrations on 19 December 2010. After December 2010, he praised the "total defeat of destructive forces", when referring to the democratic opposition."'' Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus

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, 2012

References

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