Aleksey Avramenko

Aleksey Avramenko
Aleksey Avramenko
Minister of Transport and Communications
	In office; 15 January 2019 – 4 July 2023
Preceded by	Anatoly Sivak
Personal details
Born	Aleksey Nikolaevich Avramenko; 11 May 1977; Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
Died	4 July 2023 (aged 46)
Nationality	Belarusian
Education	Belarusian National Technical University ; Academy of Public Administration

Aleksey Nikolaevich Avramenko (Belarusian: Аляксей Мікалаевіч Аўраменка; 11 May 1977 – 4 July 2023) was a Belarusian politician who served as Minister of Transport and Communications from 2019 to 2023.[1]

Avramenko was likely responsible for the 23 May 2021 Ryanair Flight 4978 being diverted to Minsk airport as it travelled from Greece to Lithuania, allowing journalist Roman Protasevich to be arrested in Belarus.[2]

Following the Ryanair flight diversion, Avramenko was sanctioned by a number of countries. The diversion was considered a politically motivated decision aimed at arresting and detaining Pratasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega and being a form of repression against civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus.[3]

Avramenko died suddenly on 4 July 2023, at the age of 46.[4]

References

"Указ Президента Республики Беларусь от 15 января 2019 года № 23 «Об А. Н. Авраменко»". Pravo.by (in Russian).
"Belarusian minister behind plane diversion to arrest opposition journalist mysteriously dies aged 47". 5 July 2023.
"Alexey Nikolaevich AVRAMENKO". 21 June 2021.
"Умер министр транспорта и коммуникаций Беларуси Алексей Авраменко". Belarusian Telegraph Agency (in Russian). 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

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[1] "Указ Президента Республики Беларусь от 15 января 2019 года № 23 «Об А. Н. Авраменко»". Pravo.by (in Russian).

[2] "Belarusian minister behind plane diversion to arrest opposition journalist mysteriously dies aged 47". 5 July 2023.

[3] "Alexey Nikolaevich AVRAMENKO". 21 June 2021.

[4] "Умер министр транспорта и коммуникаций Беларуси Алексей Авраменко". Belarusian Telegraph Agency (in Russian). 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.