Valery Ruselik

Affiliated media: Belsat TV , Journalist, Blogger

Incident date: April 9, 2025

Attack type:

• Pressure on a media worker via judicial and/or economic pressure on relatives and loved ones

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Grodno

Additional information:

Authorities visited the mother of journalist and blogger Valery Ruselik. They asked questions about her son and his whereabouts. According to the journalist, such visits have become regular. He reports two other similar incidents in 2025. Valery Ruselik lives in exile and is known as the creator of the YouTube channel Daroha. Recently, after a two-and-a-half-year break, Valery returned to the Belsat TV channel, where he previously worked.