Daughter of a Major Agro-Complex Director Mysteriously Disappears in Central Minsk
21-year-old Yana Kastrankova stopped responding on December 30. Her whereabouts are currently unknown.
Yana Kastrankova. Photo from her social media
The missing girl is Yana Kastrankova. In 2021, she graduated from Smalyavichy District Gymnasium with a gold medal, was a winner of the regional geography Olympiad, and a laureate of the district competition for research papers.
According to Yana's social media, the girl works as a photographer. She is the daughter of Yury Kastrankov, director of OJSC "Agro-Lyaskavichy" (the farm is part of the Presidential Affairs Management structure). Yury was appointed to the position last year in February 2025. A couple of months ago, he reported to Lukashenka, who decided to visit the agro-complex in an exemplary agro-town in Petrykav district.
Previously, Kastrankov headed the state-owned Belarusian Forestry Company.
Information that 21-year-old Yana cannot be found by her relatives was published by the search and rescue squad "Angel". It was reported that contact with the girl was lost on December 30, 2025, and she has not returned home (Yana lives in "Mayak Minska") to this day.
Yana's mother writes on social media that her daughter's phone was last registered that day at 18:27 near Chelyuskintsev Park. The woman says she spoke with her daughter on the day of her disappearance around 14:30. Yana said that she would probably come to her parents' house to celebrate New Year.
The mother stated on social media that they called 102 on January 1, and immediately sent a photo to the police so that cameras could be used to search for her daughter. On January 2, she filed a missing person report.
Thanks to city cameras, it was only possible to ascertain that at 16:30 Yana entered "Dana Mall", and later met with a woman near "Uruchcha" metro station. That woman was the owner of an apartment Yana wanted to rent, but then changed her mind — the woman returned her deposit near the metro.
Screenshots of surveillance camera video, posted on social media. It was recorded on December 30 around 14:00. Yana enters the entrance of her house (K. Turauskaha St., 14).
The girl's passport remained at home, and as far as is known, she did not cross the country's borders.
Among Yana's distinctive features are tattoos: an infinity symbol on her right wrist and a moon on her left shoulder.
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