The daughter of political prisoner journalist Kirill Poznyak, Yanina was detained along with her father on September 4, 2025. Initially, she was placed in a temporary detention facility, and a few days later, she was charged with a criminal offense and transferred to Pretrial Detention Facility No. 1.
A criminal case has been opened against 20-year-old Yanina Poznyak for cooperation with an "extremist group."
On September 4, the day Kirill Poznyak and Yanina Poznyak were detained, the State Security Committee of Belarus (KGB) declared the YouTube channel "Platform 375" and its affiliated TikTok accounts an "extremist group." According to the KGB, "a group of citizens representing the group" is engaged in "extremist activity," with Kirill Poznyak named as the organizer.
On September 16, 2026, she was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.
