What about the real estate of propagandist Ryhor Azaronak?

Ryhor Azaronak. Photo: sb.by

Family Nest

According to sources of "Zerkalo", Ryhor does not own much real estate. Only one third of a three-room apartment in Minsk's Malinovka, at Slobodskaya, 117, is registered in his name. Its total area is 63.4 square meters.

Two-thirds of this apartment were initially also owned by the propagandist's father and mother. Ryhor's father — former propagandist and official of Lukashenka's Administration, Yury Azaronak — died in February 2025.

After the death of Azaronak senior, an inheritance case was opened, and heirs claimed their rights. It is likely that the three-room apartment is still in the process of re-registration, as several shares are not yet registered to anyone, and the deceased Yury, according to papers, remains the owner of a small part of it.

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Multi-story building on Slobodskaya Street, where Ryhor and his parents jointly owned an apartment. Photo: wikimapia.org

Mortgage for 40 years

It's interesting that this apartment has a mortgage. It was taken out back in 2016, and the amount was about 374 million Belarusian rubles before denomination (equivalent to approximately 19 thousand dollars at the exchange rate at that time).

The mortgage is for 40 years and has not yet been repaid. Until the full cost of the apartment is repaid, the owners do not have the right to sell it.

The owner of the mortgage rights is listed as the administration of the Moscow district of Minsk. The fact that the loan was arranged by city authorities, not a bank, may indicate that one of the preferential lending schemes was used. However, what exactly was the basis for such a loan is unknown.

Lived with parents until 27 years old

Ryhor is now 30 years old. He remains registered at his parents' apartment, but apparently does not live there. In an interview with Russian journalist Ksenia Sobchak, Ryhor said that he lived with his parents until he was 27, because he didn't have money for a rented apartment. The dialogue went like this:

— Well, there wasn't any (money. — Ed. note). For a rented apartment, — Azaronak explained.

— And did the TV company not pay you enough? — Sobchak asked.

— No, well, they paid a salary, but... At that time, it wasn't enough, yes.

— So you have some special connection with your parents?

— Well, everyone probably should have some special connection with their parents. Absolutely.

— No, why do you... No, I'm just asking about you — I'm sincerely curious. And these questions are not meant to trick you. I'm just really curious: you're an adult...

— Well, I didn't even think about it. There was no reason. I didn't reflect on any connections — special, not special, and so on. I just lived, that's all.

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The area in the agro-town Zdanovichy, where Ryhor Azaronak likely lived in 2022. Image: yandex.by

According to leaked data, in 2022 Ryhor indicated his address not as his parents' home, but another location — a multi-story building on Parkovaya Street in the agro-town Zdanovichy near Minsk.

What else did he work as?

According to the propagandist's autobiography, which "Zerkalo" obtained with the help of the Belpol organization, Azaronak began his career quite modestly. From 2011 — while still a school student and then a university student — he managed to work as a janitor, general laborer, and security guard.

In 2016, Ryhor got a job as an educator-organizer at Minsk Secondary School No. 145. In 2017, he received a diploma from the Belarusian State Academy of Arts with a specialization in "film and television directing" and joined the STB TV channel.

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Ryhor Azaronak during the filming of a report on the harvest for STB TV channel. Minsk region, August 2017. Photo: vk.com

In 2018, his career had to be interrupted for compulsory military service. After the army, he returned to the same channel, but already as a "political observer."

Later, in 2022, Ryhor received a second higher education: he graduated from the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Belarus with a specialization in "public administration and ideology." In the 2023/2024 academic year, he began to deliver lectures and seminars on "fundamentals of media business" at Polotsk State University. Currently, Azaronak's name is not on the university's schedule, but in his Telegram channel, he was mentioned as a guest speaker.

According to data previously obtained by "Zerkalo" with the help of "Cyberpartisans," his activities do not end there. In 2022-2023, he was featured in the lists of "Belaya Rus" (in his biography, he noted that he was a member of its "supreme political council"). And in 2024, he also cooperated with the state agency "Minsk-Novosti" and the Gomel branch of the Belarusian society "Knowledge."

At the time of writing his autobiography — in 2023 — Ryhor noted that he was not married.

He separately mentioned that while performing his official duties, he "demonstrates exceptional diligence, has a high degree of organization, can correctly allocate time and opportunities for fulfilling tasks." He characterized himself as a "morally stable and responsible" specialist.

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