Yury Karayeu

Yury Khadzhimuratavich Karayeu (Belarusian: Юрый Хаджымуратавіч Кара́еў, Russian: Ю́рий Хаджимура́тович Кара́ев, Yuriy Karayev, born 21 June 1966) is a Russian-born Belarusian General of Militsiya. He was the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus from 11 June 2019 to 29 October 2020. He is also a Major General of the Police.[2]

Yury Karayeu
Юрый Караеў
Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus
In office
11 June 2019 – 29 October 2020
LeaderAlexander Lukashenko
Preceded byIgor Shunyevich
Succeeded byIvan Kubrakov
Personal details
Born
Yury Khadzhimuratavich Karayeu

(1966-06-21) 21 June 1966
Ordzhonikidze, North Ossetia, Soviet Union
Alma materSaratov Higher Military Command School (1987)
Frunze Military Academy (1996)
Military Academy of Belarus
ProfessionPolice
Awards Order For Service to the Homeland, 3rd Class (2005)[1]
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Belarus
Branch/serviceSoviet Union Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs
Belarus Internal Troops of Belarus

Biography

Karayeu was born on 21 June 1966 in the capital of North Ossetia, Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz). He graduated from the Saratov Military Institute of the Interior Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union in 1987 and was sent to serve in Mahiliou, Belarus, then part of the USSR. He was later transferred to an operational regiment stationed in Minsk and spent several months serving in the Southern Caucasus during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[3]

In 1996[3] or 1997,[4] he graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in Moscow, Russia.

In 1999-2009 he served as commander of various police and internal troops units in Babruysk, Homiel and Minsk.[3]

In 2009, Karayeu was appointed First Deputy Chief of Operational and Combat Training of Internal Troops at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. From 2012 to 11 June 2019 he was the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus and commander of the Internal Troops of Belarus.

On 11 June 2019 he was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus by President Alexander Lukashenko.

Role during the protests of 2020

Yury Karayeu has been one of the central figures of the 2020 Belarusian protests following the disputed 2020 Belarusian presidential election. On the 4th day of protests after the presidential elections, Karayeu confirmed that the Ministry of Internal Affairs officers were allowed to use force against the protestors. On 29 August, the Coordination Council of the Belarusian democratic opposition called for Karayeu's resignation following his responsibility for police brutality during the protests on the first days after the election.[5] Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus (11 June 2019 - 29 October 2020), Police Lieutenant General. Head of punitive operations against civilians during the 2020 protests. Responsible for the concealment of the election results in August 2020, who gave orders for the violent dispersal of peaceful rallies and the use of rubber bullets, firearms, flash grenades and water cannons against unarmed protesters, as well as for violence and torture in the Belarusian security forces and prisons.

On 31 August 2020 Karayeu was included in the list of persons who were banned indefinitely from entering Latvia, as well as received a five-year ban on entry into Estonia and a ban on entry into Lithuania due to the fact that by his actions he organized and supported the "falsification of the presidential elections on August 9" and subsequent violent suppression of peaceful protests.[6][7]

On 2 October 2020, Karayeu was banned from entering the European Union[8] and put on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List by the United States Department of the Treasury.[9][10] He was also sanctioned by the United Kingdom,[11] Switzerland,[12] and Canada.[13]

On 29 October 2020 Karayeu, by presidential decree, was removed from office. On the same day he was appointed Assistant to the President of the Republic of Belarus - Inspector for the Grodno Region.[14]

On 4 March 2021 the BYPOL initiative published an audio recording of Karaev's alleged address to the staff of the Chief Organized Crime and Corruption Fighting Directorate (Russian: Главное управление по борьбе с организованной преступностью и коррупцией, GUBOPiK) in autumn 2020.[15] In the transcript of the speech, the then Minister of Internal Affairs makes insults towards Belarusians and also instructs the employees of the GUBOPiK regarding the ways and methods of extrajudicial reprisals against people.[16][15]

On 19 March 2021 it was reported by the Russian news agency TASS that Alexander Lukashenko has named Karayeu and Health Minister Vladimir Karanik as his preferred choices for succeeding him as President of Belarus in the event Lukashenko leaves office.[17]

Family

Yury Karayeu is married and has a son.[3]

See also

References
  1. УКАЗ ПРЭЗІДЭНТА РЭСПУБЛІКІ БЕЛАРУСЬ 27 лютага 2015 г. № 108 Аб узнагароджанні [Presidential awarding decree, 27 February 2015] - pravo.by, official legislation web portal of Belarus
  2. Dadalka, Maria (11 June 2019). "Yury Karayeu Becomes Interior Ministry Head". Charter 97.
  3. Пяць фактаў пра новага міністра ўнутраных спраў Юрыя Караева [Five facts about Yury Karayeu, the new interior minister] - Nasha Niva, 11 June 2019
  4. Новый глава МВД — один из первых белорусских "краповиков" [The new interior minister is one of the first Belarusian maroon beret awardees] - Sovetskaya Belorussiya, 11 June 2019
  5. Каардынацыйная рада заклікала Караева падаць у адстаўку - Nasha Niva, 29 August 2020
  6. Латвія, Літва і Эстонія ўключылі Лукашэнку і яшчэ 29 чыноўнікаў ў спіс пэрсон нон-грата. ПОЎНЫ СЬПІС [Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia added Lukashenka and 29 more officials to a list of personae non grata. FULL LIST] - Radio Svaboda, 31 August 2020
  7. Лукашенко, ЦИК, силовики. Страны Балтии ввели санкции в отношении белорусских чиновников [Lukashenka, the Central Elections Commission, security services. Baltic states introduced sanctions against Belarusian officials] - TUT.by, 31 August 2020
  8. "Council implementing regulation (EU) 2020/1387 of 2 October 2020 implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus". Official Journal of the European Union. 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  9. Belarus Designations; Issuance of Belarus General License 3 and related Frequently Asked Questions - U.S. Department of Treasury, 06/21/2021
  10. "Treasury Sanctions Belarus Officials for Undermining Democracy". U.S. Department of Treasury. 2020-10-02. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  11. "Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets in the UK" (PDF). Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation HM Treasury. 2021-06-25.
  12. Searching for subjects of sanctions
  13. "Consolidated Canadian Autonomous Sanctions List". Global Affairs Canada. 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  14. "Лукашенко уволил Караева с поста министра внутренних дел Беларуси". Novaya Gazeta (in Russian). 29 October 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  15. "В Сети опубликован полный список карателей из ГУБОПиК" (in Russian). Charter 97. 2021-03-05. Archived from the original on 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  16. "Саморазоблачение преступника: выступление Караева, которое будет использовано на Гаагском трибунале". Салідарнасць (in Russian). Charter 97. 2021-03-04. Archived from the original on 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  17. "Lukashenko names potential candidates to lead Belarus".
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