Previously, Yury Makhnach was a PPS company commander in Lida. In August 2020, TUT.BY published his appeal. Yury Makhnach spoke about the beating of people in the Lida District Department of Internal Affairs, paddy wagons, and at a car wash in the department's service garage. Then, on August 18 , he resigned from service in the police .
On August 18, 2020, he resigned and later left Belarus for Poland due to the threat of persecution.
