Valery Ruselik

Affiliated media: Belsat , Journalist

Incident date: December 13, 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, Hrodna

Additional information:

It has become known that law enforcement officers visited the mother-in-law of journalist Valery Ruselik to question her. They asked where Ruselik is currently staying, what he is doing, and similar matters. An official interview record was drawn up. Representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs regularly visit the journalist’s mother and other relatives. Ruselik considers these visits to be psychological pressure on his family. Valery Ruselik is a journalist originally from Grodno. He has lived in Warsaw for many years and works for the Belsat TV channel. His authorial project Daroha has been designated by the Belarusian authorities as an extremist formation.