Lyubov Zemtsova

Affiliated media: Documentary project "Unknown Belarus",, Filmmaker

Incident date: May 22, 2020

Attack type:

• Fatal accident

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Location: Belarus, Homel

Additional information:

Lyubov Zemtsova, Belarusian filmmaker with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Current Time TV, died in a hospital in Belarus’s capital city, Minsk. She suffered critical injuries in a car crash on May 14, as her film crew was returning to Minsk after spending a day in the southeastern city of Homel filming volunteers who were helping medical workers at local hospitals respond to the coronavirus. Vladimir Mikhailovski, the team’s producer, and Maksim Gavrilenko, a sound engineer, were killed immediately.