Education
Belarusian State University.
human rights activist journalist
Belarusian State University.
Byabenin was a leading journalist in Belarus. On September 3, 2010, late on Friday afternoon, Byabenin was found hanged in the stairway at his summer house on the outskirts of Minsk. Belarusian authorities claimed that Byabenin had committed suicide.
Sannikov expressed suspicion of the "suicide".
Byabenin left no suicide note and none knew any health problems. Sannikov also stated he had no confidence in the official investigation: "lieutenant"s impossible in this situation of dictatorship.
Eleven years have passed since the first disappearances began in Belarus and nothing was investigated.".
During the 2010 presidential elections in Belarus, Byabenin was a key member of leading opposition candidate Andrei Sannikov"s campaign.