Vital Mikhajlavich Asotski
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Vital Mikhajlavich Asotski
Former head of the Volkovysk District Executive Committee's Department of Internal Affairs. Police Colonel.
His police career began in 1996 as a patrol officer in Volkovysk. In 2001, he tried his hand as a junior detective in the Vice and Drug Trafficking Unit, then worked in the Missing Persons Department. He also served in the so-called "homicide department," which solves serious and especially serious crimes against individuals. Until October 2017, Osotsky served as the head of criminal investigation at the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs in Grodno. From October 2017 to May 2019, he served as the first deputy head of the Slonim District Department of Internal Affairs. Then, from May 2019 to the end of August 2022, he was removed from his post.
In 2019, Vitaly Osotsky received the Medal "For Impeccable Service," 2nd Class. On October 7, 2019, he was promoted to the rank of police colonel.
He led the violent suppression of peaceful protests in Vawkavysk. On August 10, 2020, he harassed a man in the main square of Vawkavysk. A video shows the man lying on the ground, not resisting arrest, while officer Osotsky kneeled on his back and pulled him by the nostrils. In a later interview, officer Osotsky called this method of arrest a "special technique."
He was a victim in the case of pensioner Galina Mikhalchuk, where he demanded 1,500 rubles in compensation for moral damages.
The Grodno Regional Executive Committee's Department of Internal Affairs filed a lawsuit against Vitaly Osotsky. The civil case "On compensation for property damage caused by employees in the performance of their official (labor) duties" began on March 6.
Former head of the Volkovysk District Executive Committee's Department of Internal Affairs. Police Colonel.
His police career began in 1996 as a patrol officer in Volkovysk. In 2001, he tried his hand as a junior detective in the Vice and Drug Trafficking Unit, then worked in the Missing Persons Department. He also served in the so-called "homicide department," which solves serious and especially serious crimes against individuals. Until October 2017, Osotsky served as the head of criminal investigation at the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs in Grodno. From October 2017 to May 2019, he served as the first deputy head of the Slonim District Department of Internal Affairs. Then, from May 2019 to the end of August 2022, he was removed from his post.
In 2019, Vitaly Osotsky received the Medal "For Impeccable Service," 2nd Class. On October 7, 2019, he was promoted to the rank of police colonel.
He led the violent suppression of peaceful protests in Vawkavysk. On August 10, 2020, he harassed a man in the main square of Vawkavysk. A video shows the man lying on the ground, not resisting arrest, while officer Osotsky kneeled on his back and pulled him by the nostrils. In a later interview, officer Osotsky called this method of arrest a "special technique."
He was a victim in the case of pensioner Galina Mikhalchuk, where he demanded 1,500 rubles in compensation for moral damages.
The Grodno Regional Executive Committee's Department of Internal Affairs filed a lawsuit against Vitaly Osotsky. The civil case "On compensation for property damage caused by employees in the performance of their official (labor) duties" began on March 6.
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Galina was initially detained in the fall of 2021 on charges of participating in post-election protests. The charges were later reclassified, and after two months of detention, a court hearing was held. She was convicted of insulting a government official and sentenced to house arrest.
In February 2022, Galina was found guilty under a similar charge for comments left on a Telegram channel. The victims were Mikhail Sitko, Chairman of the Volkovysk District Executive Committee (the only one who did not file a claim for moral damages), Darya Bondarchuk and Maria Mazurkevich, OMON officers from the Grodno Department of Internal Affairs, Valery Romanchik, Chief of the Volkovysk District Police Service, and Vitaly Osotsky, Chief of the Volkovysk District Police Service.
The victims estimated their emotional distress at 5,000 rubles, while Galina's pension was 500 rubles. In her final statement, she said that imprisonment would be a "death sentence" for her, but Judge Andrei Tolochko delivered exactly that sentence.
Galina was released in September 2022 under a pardon.