Vitaliy Potehin

Vitaliy Potehin is a former military personnel who has been appointed as the chair of the Bialorus Liberty fund, which supports the Coordination Council and the Cyber Partisans in Belarus. He has been sentenced in absentia to 24 years in prison for an attack on a police base in Belarus. His recent appointment comes amid controversy surrounding the disappearance of Angelika Melnikova, the previous head of the fund, and the withdrawal of funds from the organization. Potehin is expected to oversee the investigation into these events, although he has currently declined to make any public comments.