A Girl From the Cockroach's Entourage, Who Raided Minsk Courtyards Along With the Eismant-Baskau Gang, Was Identified

She could have been on the Square of Changes on the night of the murder of Raman Bandarenka.

One of the "guests" of Minsk courtyards, who went to cut white-red-white ribbons in the company of Dzmitry Baskau and others, could be a girl from Lukashenka's entourage.

Several readers of tut.by expressed their conjecture at once.

According to them, the stranger reminded them of a doctor who has been flashing at official events for several years. It is possible that she could have witnessed the events on the "Square of Changes" on November 11. We tried to verify this information.

A stranger in a red sweatshirt who cut ribbons in Lebiadziny, Megapolis, and Square of Changes

More than a month ago, tut.by published an article about what happened on the Square of Changes on November 11. That evening, unknown people who came to a foreign yard to cut off the white-red-white ribbons seized a local resident, 31-year-old Raman Bandarenka. Later, relatives found the young man in the hospital, where he died from serious injuries without regaining consciousness. Nothing is known about the initiation of a criminal case.

Among the "guests" on the Square of Changes, including the previously identified Dzmitry Shakuta and Dzmitry Baskau, there was also a noticeable girl dressed in a bright red sweatshirt, a light brown down jacket, and cropped straight-cut jeans. She hid her face under the visor of the cap and the hood. The "guest" cut ribbons and argued with local residents.

One eyewitness recalled how she answered a question from local residents about the purpose of the visit: "The meaning was like 'we are cleaning the city of ribbons, we want to cleanse Belarus of people like you.' What did she mean? She said, they say, they are not indifferent, they do not want the country to be ruined, that they are for the current government. And we are... unwanted, let's say. "Another eyewitness also remembered the "guest": "She was very talkative and not tongue-tied."

There is even a picture: the girl was in the same frame with Raman Bandarenka (she is on the left, cuts ribbons, and the guy sits on a swing).

It was not the first time that the girl "put things in order" in other people's yards. On the night of October 18-19, she was in Megapolis in the company of Dzmitry Baskau with Dzmitry Shakuta. The "guest" herself swore with people:

- I live here, and I'm already tired of it, honestly. You like it, but I don't like it! Why should I respect it? Hang it at home if you will like it. If this works for you, then decorate your apartment, your car!

The first photo is from the Square of Changes, and the other two are from Megapolis

We managed to find a few more videos of that evening; they had not been published in the media before. In one of them, the girl explains her refusal to take off her mask and act openly:

- What does the health care organization say? How is the second wave of covid treated? How? (…) Listen, how? (…) With respect for social distancing, right? Wearing a mask and disenfecting hands, am I correct? And what was said? Wait!

The video below shows three fragments with quotes from a stranger from different eyewitness videos.

In conversations with tut.by, Megapolis residents clarified that despite the phrase "I live here," the girl was not recognized as a housemate. Plus, there were recordings from surveillance cameras, as she, in a large company of unknown people, came to the complex with the same purpose on the night of October 24. There is a video from surveillance cameras.

This guest was also filmed by residents of the Lebiadziny microdistrict in the evening of October 18: with the same company, she came with spray cans to paint over murals in the yards.

After the events on the Square of Changes (on the night of November 11-12), the woman came to cut ribbons in Megapolis together with other people. There are camera records to support this.

A doctor from Lukashenka's entourage: she was present at tournaments, receptions, and even in the fields

After publication, several of our readers immediately said that the woman in the video from Megapolis reminds them very much of a certain Alena Kazak from Aliaksandr Lukashenka's entourage: her appearance (although her face was partially hidden by a mask), clothes, voice, and gestures.

Who is Alena Kazak? It turned out that the Belarusians could see her more than once in the photographs of the press service of Aliaksandr Lukashenka, although her name remained unknown to the general public. We found this out when we looked at a lot of protocol shots from events and TV spots.

In November 2017, Alena was among those who, together with Lukashenka, watched tennis matches at the Federation Cup (on the 11th and 12th). The blonde girl in the photo to the right of Natallia Eismant .

Already in May 2018, Alena Kazak was in the company of Lukashenka among the spectators of the beauty contest "Miss Belarus" (a girl in white in front).

And in August 2018, in a women's company, she collected watermelons on the so-called presidential field (there were also employees of the protocol service, students, the alleged doctor of Lukashenka Sviatlana Kanashenka, the first teacher of Mikalai Lukashenka, Maryja Bahamolava, press secretary Natallia Eismant). In the picture below, Alena Kazak is wearing a bright orange T-shirt.

As tut.by found out, Alena Heorhieuna Kazak is an anesthesiologist-resuscitator by profession, graduated from BSMU about ten years ago. She is over 30. For several years she worked at the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Cardiology (in the material of Medical Bulletin, she was mentioned as a researcher at the laboratory of chronic heart failure). With scientific work on this topic in 2017, she spoke at an international conference abroad; she studied abroad for some time. According to unconfirmed reports, she worked in the Republican Clinical Medical Center of Lukashenka's Administrative Department in Zhdanovichy (when and whether she still works there is unknown).

In social networks, we found several more pictures of Alena Kazak in the company of people close to Lukashenka. For example, in 2018, she was a guest at the official reception on the occasion of the old New Year, where awards are usually presented. And in June 2019, next to Natallia Eismant and the president's family, she watched one of the II European Games tournaments.

In addition, on August 29, 2020, Alena Kazak was noticed at the pro-government rally "For a United Belarus" next to Natallia Eismant and Dzmitry Baskau (on footage of BelTA, ONT, and Belarus 1).

In the same company, the girl was spotted in pictures on social networks from the Dynama hockey match in October and later from the largest motor rally on November 8 (fighter Dzmitry Shakuta and head coach of the hockey team Mikhail Zakharau were also in the pictures).

Readers paid attention to Alena's red sweatshirt and short jeans, in which she was on the rally - they were similar to the stranger from the courtyards.

Finally, we noticed Alena in a white dress in the circle of those who participated in the recording of Aliaksandr Lukashenka's New Year greetings on the eve of 2021. The reception was attended by the aforementioned Dzmitry Baskau, some athletes and artists, employees of the state media, participants in pro-government rallies.

It is not known for certain what position Alena Kazak holds, but with such work experience and qualifications, it can be assumed that the girl did not leave the profession. And, probably, that is why she flashes next to Lukashenka.

We add that there is almost no information on the Network about such a person. Only references to works in cardiology and also a mention of a certain Alena Kazak, who in February 2019 took part in the Minsk Ski Track relay (Aliaksandr Lukashenka also skied there). A girl with that name took sixth place, being on the President's Security Service team. According to unofficial information, this is still the same woman-doctor.

"I haven't been anywhere"

Is it possible that Alena Kazak is the stranger who cut ribbons in Megapolis on October 18 in the company of Baskau and Shakuta and on November 11 at the Square of Changes, where Raman Bandarenka was kidnapped?

Note: a stranger in a red sweatshirt was noticed only cutting off the ribbons; she did not touch Bandarenka, judging by the photo and video. But since we can talk about a possible witness of the events, tut.by turned to Alena Kazak for a comment. We explained that several people allegedly identified her in the footage and asked her to answer: is it true or not, and if so, what happened to Raman Bandarenka that evening?

After we explained the reason for the call and the essence of the questions, the woman replied that she did not understand "why you are calling" - and hung up. We had to dial again.

- I do not understand what you are talking about. I have nothing to talk about with you," the woman repeated.

- Could you answer: is this unreliable information - or not?

- I'll tell you again: you call me and say some nonsense, so I don't even know how to comment on it.

- Okay, I'll repeat: several people indicated that they identified you in the pictures. You might answer: [your presence there], is it true or not?

After the question, the woman hung up again. And we had to bother her again.

- We still wanted to clarify with you: were you at the Square of Changes on November 11 or not?

- (Sighs) I haven't been anywhere. I'm busy right now, and you're distracting me. I don't understand why you are calling me.

- [We are calling] because several readers have indicated that you probably witnessed the events on the Square of Changes.

- I don't know which readers and what they are telling you. Ask these readers - I don't know what they write or say to you. Because you do not understand why you are calling, it's the wrong address.

- We explained to you why we are calling you. You live in Belarus, and you are obviously aware of what happened on the Square of Changes on November 11 and that this is a resonant event. We cannot ignore this information. Therefore, we call you to clarify.

- You are calling the wrong address. I repeat to you. Therefore…

- So you could answer our question: were you on November 11 at the Square of Changes?

- I told you again: I haven't been anywhere.

- You weren't at the Square of Changes, right?

- Do you need me to repeat?

- You say that you haven't been "anywhere." We want to clarify specifically: were you on the Square of Changes?

After that, the woman finally broke off communication.

Note that a certain "Lena" appeared in the "leaked" conversation between Dzmitry Baskau and Natallia Eismant (a separate phonoscopic study previously confirmed that the voices belong to them). The conversation allegedly took place on 18-19 of October (on the same day there was a visit of a group of people to Megapolis), where the interlocutors discussed who would go to the courtyards. "Lena comes on her own," it was mentioned there.

Subsequently, several "guests" from Megapolis for October 18 were identified in the media. The names of these people coincided with those that were voiced in the "leaked" conversation. Thus, Dzmitry Baskau and Dzmitry Shakuta, hockey player Pavel Volchak and his wife Zhaneta were identified among the "guests" of that evening. Plus, a woman very similar to Natallia Eismant was seen.

By the way, in the conversation, the license plates of the cars on which the "guests" were going to the courtyards were named. First, Baskau mentioned a white car, "which I drive" and which "my federation driver" allegedly planned to drive. Secondly, the black "car of the federation too, Zakharau's" and the number 0020 AA-7 were mentioned. So, even before the telephone conversation was "leaked" into the Network, local residents gave us plate numbers of two cars on which there were "guests": a black minibus 0020 AA-7 and a white minibus 0420 MI-7. By the way, a black car with the same numbers flashed on the footage from the pro-government rally on November 8.

On the run, as it was later found out, these shots were taken for the ONT plot: Dzmitry Shakuta, Alena Kazak, Natallia Eismant, Hanna Eismant, Zhaneta Volchak, Dzmitry Baskau, and Mikhail Zakharau shout the slogan "For united Belarus!" into the camera.

Note that shortly before the release of this material, the BYPOL initiative published its own investigation into the Raman Bandarenka case. Among other things, there, based on the geolocation of mobile numbers, it was concluded who was present at the Square of Changes on November 11. At the request of the tut.by portal, the members of the initiative promptly clarified that among them is the number of Alena Kazak.

Let us remind you that, until now, the Prosecutor General's Office has not opened a criminal case into the death of Raman Bandarenka. There is only a check. But the family, including personally Raman's mother, Alena, has not learned anything new from the authorities since November 11 about the circumstances of the guy's death. The woman was not even recognized as a victim, and, therefore, she was denied access to the materials.

Relatives also do not know if there are suspects in the case and who gave testimony, whether a stranger in a red sweatshirt is among the witnesses, and who she really is.