How a Belarusian Dissident Vanished at Sea

Alleged abduction of Anatol Kotau from a yacht near Sukhumi, Abkhazia: sources and satellite images suggest a vessel matching a Russian coast guard patrol boat intercepted the yacht and removed Kotau, while border records show two Russian passengers disembarked in Abkhazia; Polish and Turkish authorities have not opened investigations, and the region’s legal gray-zone complicates the search.