Zhadobin was subject to international sanctions as a person responsible for political repressions and human rights violations in Belarus.

Yuri Viktorovich Zhadobin was born on 14 November 1954 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR.

[citation needed] In 1976, he was admitted to the Kazan Higher Tank Command School.

[citation needed] As part of the international sanctions against the regime in Belarus following a crackdown of the opposition following the 2010 Belarusian presidential election, Zhadobin became subject to travel ban and asset freeze by the European Union as part of a list of Belarusian officials responsible for political repressions, vote rigging and propaganda.

After December 2010, he praised the "total defeat of destructive forces", when referring to the democratic opposition."