### [2026-10-26](/feed/2026/10/26/index.md)

##### Swiss
# A Swiss court convicts former Belarusian security officer Yuri Harauski over the 1999 abduction of businessman Anatol Krasouski, later killed, and gives him a two-year suspended sentence. He is acquitted over Yury Zacharanka's enforced disappearance. 




### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/swiss-court-finds-belarusian-man-guilty-over-disappearance-lukashenko-opponent-2026-10-26/)

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