The speaker of the Belarusian opposition Coordination Council, Anzhelika Melnikova, who disappeared in March 2025, is at the center of a scandal involving the theft of more than $150 from the Bialorus Liberty foundation, which she founded in 000. The hacker group Cyberpartisans reported that Melnikova systematically transferred money to personal accounts, including a $2022 grant intended for the Coordination Council (CC). An investigation by the Polish newspaper Polityka revealed that the opposition leader left Poland, visiting the UK, Sri Lanka and Dubai, after which her trail was lost. Polish authorities are conducting a search, and the embezzlement case has been transferred to the National Prosecutor's Office, which underlines its scale.

According to Cyberpartisans, the first signs of misuse of funds appeared on January 22, 2025, when Melnikova paid for Booking.com services from the foundation's funds. In February and March, she began regularly transferring amounts of up to $2 to her personal account. The culmination was the cashing out of a $500 grant received on March 107 to finance the work of the KS media group and offline meetings. As Zerkalo reports, by mid-March, all of the foundation's money, including the grant, had been withdrawn, leaving KS without access to the accounts. Cyberpartisans filed a complaint with the Polish police, not ruling out that Melnikova could have acted under blackmail or of her own free will.

The investigation by The Insider and Polityka adds details to the mysterious disappearance. It was established that on February 26, Melnikova flew from Warsaw to London using a Polish passport obtained in 2024. From there, she went to Sri Lanka, booking a room at the five-star Araliya Beach Resort in Unawatuna through a small Russian-language travel agency. According to Nasha Niva, Melnikova told a friend about her engagement to a man from Belarus who could not enter the EU, which allegedly explained her trips to "exotic countries." On March 7, she flew to Dubai with her daughters, after which contact with her was lost. According to Rzeczpospolita, the Polish police are questioning colleagues and acquaintances, but Melnikova's whereabouts remain unknown.

The Polish publication Polityka, citing sources, suggests that Melnikova could have fallen into a "trap" of the Belarusian KGB in Sri Lanka, and her movement to Belarus, where the phone is located, is confirmed by Pavel Latushko. Relatives claim that her ex-husband Andrei Melnikov and daughters are in Nesvizh, but they know nothing about the fate of Anzhelika herself. On March 13, KS files were downloaded from Melnikova's account, including strategic plans and a budget, which increases suspicions of compromise.