Yury Voskresensky (Yuri Vaskrasenski, Belarusian: Юрый Валер'евіч Васкрасенскі, Russian: Юрий Валерьевич Воскресенский; born 24 February 1977, Minsk) is a Belarusian politician from pro-Lukashenko Communist Party of Belarus and businessman closely collaborating with the regime of Alexander Lukashenko.
In 2020, he organized a "Round table of democratic forces" intended to become a dialogue platform, but all major opposition figures refused to collaborate with him.
[11] He was sent to KGB SIZO (detention prison), but gave several interviews to the state TV channels criticizing opponents of Lukashenko.
[14] On 11 November 2020, Voskresensky announced that he created "Round table of democratic forces" (Russian: Круглый стол демократических сил; KSDS) and said that it should become the opposition platform for dialogue with the authorities.
[16] Opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya refused to participate in Voskresensky's activities, claiming that he imitates dialogue and acts in the interests of authorities.
[19] Another opposition candidate in 2020 elections Andrey Dmitriyeu refused to participate in Voskresensky's KSDS, calling it a "stillborn initiative designed to discredit the idea of dialogue".
[20] Analytical center in exile iSANS[clarification needed] characterized Voskresensky's role as a negotiator with the authorities who was designated by them.
[1] Voskresensky claimed that he wanted to meet with the representatives of Ministry of foreign affairs of Poland and start negotiations about the lifting of sanctions against Belarus.