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Leanid Mikalaievich Churo

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Type Individual
Gender Male
List name United Kingdom
Programs (1) Belarus
Listed (1) 21.06.2021

Names (6)

Last name/Name Churo
First name/Name Leanid
Second name/Name Mikalaievich
Full name/Name Leanid Mikalaievich Churo
Type Primary name
Description Director General, Belaeronavigatsia Republican Unitary Air Navigation Services Enterprise
Last name/Name Churo
First name/Name Lieanid
Second name/Name Mikalajevich
Full name/Name Lieanid Mikalajevich Churo
Type Primary name variation
Description Director General, Belaeronavigatsia Republican Unitary Air Navigation Services Enterprise
Last name/Name Churo
First name/Name Leonid
Second name/Name Nikolaevich
Full name/Name Leonid Nikolaevich Churo
Type Primary name variation
Description Director General, Belaeronavigatsia Republican Unitary Air Navigation Services Enterprise
Last name/Name Churo
First name/Name Leanid
Second name/Name Mikalaevich
Full name/Name Leanid Mikalaevich Churo
Type Primary name variation
Description Director General, Belaeronavigatsia Republican Unitary Air Navigation Services Enterprise
Full name/Name ЧУРО Леанід Мікалаевіч
Type Non-Latin script
Full name/Name ЧУРО Леонид Николаевич
Type Non-Latin script

Birth data (1)

Birthdate

Notes (2)

In his position as Director General of Belaeronavigatsia Republican Unitary Air Navigation Services Enterprise, Leanid Churo is responsible for Belarusian air traffic control. He therefore bears responsibility for the order to intercept passenger flight FR4978 and compel its landing at Minsk airport, without proper justification, on 23 May 2021. In doing so, he acted on the direction of Alexander Lukashenko and in conjunction with the Belarusian defence forces. This resulted in the forced redirection of flight FR4978, the detention of the aircraft, its passengers and the crew, and the arrest of opposition journalist and civil society actor Roman Protasevich and Protasevich’s partner Sofia Sapega. This politically-motivated decision was aimed at arresting and detaining opposition journalist Protasevich and Sapega and constitutes a form of repression against civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. Churo is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus and so undermined democracy and the rule of law there.
In his position as Director General of Belaeronavigatsia Republican Unitary Air Navigation Services Enterprise, Leanid Churo is responsible for Belarusian air traffic control. He therefore bears responsibility for the order to intercept passenger flight FR4978 and compel its landing at Minsk airport, without proper justification, on 23 May 2021. In doing so, it acted on the direction of Alexander Lukashenko and in conjunction with the Belarusian defence forces. This resulted in the forced redirection of flight FR4978, the detention of the aircraft, its passengers and the crew, and the arrest of opposition journalist and civil society actor Roman Protasevich and Protasevich’s partner Sofia Sapega. This politically-motivated decision was aimed at arresting and detaining opposition journalist Protasevich and Sapega and constitutes a form of repression against civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. Churo is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus and so undermined democracy and the rule of law there.

Historical data

Names (8)

Status Historical (last time active at 13.07.2021 05:15)
Last name/Name Churo
First name/Name Leanid
Second name/Name Mikalaievich
Full name/Name Churo Leanid Mikalaievich
Type Prime alias
Description Director General, Belaeronavigatsia Republican Unity Air Navigation Services Enterprise
Status Historical (last time active at 28.02.2022 05:16)
Last name/Name Churo
First name/Name Leanid
Second name/Name Mikalaievich
Full name/Name Churo Leanid Mikalaievich
Type Prime alias
Description Director General, Belaeronavigatsia Republican Unitary Air Navigation Services Enterprise
Status Historical (last time active at 28.02.2022 05:16)
Last name/Name Churo
First name/Name Leanid
Second name/Name Mikalaevich
Full name/Name Churo Leanid Mikalaevich
Type AKA (also known as)
Description Director General, Belaeronavigatsia Republican Unitary Air Navigation Services Enterprise
Status Historical (last time active at 13.07.2021 05:15)
Last name/Name Churo
First name/Name Lieanid
Second name/Name Mikalajevich
Full name/Name Churo Lieanid Mikalajevich
Type AKA (also known as)
Description Director General, Belaeronavigatsia Republican Unity Air Navigation Services Enterprise
Status Historical (last time active at 13.07.2021 05:15)
Last name/Name Churo
First name/Name Leonid
Second name/Name Nikolaevich
Full name/Name Churo Leonid Nikolaevich
Type AKA (also known as)
Description Director General, Belaeronavigatsia Republican Unity Air Navigation Services Enterprise
Status Historical (last time active at 13.07.2021 05:15)
Last name/Name Churo
First name/Name Leanid
Second name/Name Mikalaevich
Full name/Name Churo Leanid Mikalaevich
Type AKA (also known as)
Description Director General, Belaeronavigatsia Republican Unity Air Navigation Services Enterprise
Status Historical (last time active at 28.02.2022 05:16)
Last name/Name Churo
First name/Name Lieanid
Second name/Name Mikalajevich
Full name/Name Churo Lieanid Mikalajevich
Type AKA (also known as)
Description Director General, Belaeronavigatsia Republican Unitary Air Navigation Services Enterprise
Status Historical (last time active at 28.02.2022 05:16)
Last name/Name Churo
First name/Name Leonid
Second name/Name Nikolaevich
Full name/Name Churo Leonid Nikolaevich
Type AKA (also known as)
Description Director General, Belaeronavigatsia Republican Unitary Air Navigation Services Enterprise

Citizenships (1)

Status Historical (last time active at 28.02.2022 05:16)
Country Belarus

Birth data (1)

Status Historical (last time active at 28.02.2022 05:16)
Birthdate
Updated: 30.04.2025. 06:16
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