Banned YouTube project raises funds to operate until April

February 26, Pozirk. Obychnoe Utro, a Russian-language Belarusian show labeled “extremist group” in Belarus, has collected €25,186 in donations to finance salaries and studio rent in February and March, the team said on Telegram.
Obychnoe Utro launched the fundraiser in late January after US President Donald Trump suspended all foreign aid from Washington for 90 days.
The show, hosted by prominent Belarusian journalists Kanstancin Kavieryn and Maryna Mentusova, has 42,200 followers on YouTube.
Last year, the Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) branded it an extremist group following an earlier extremist content designation, as authorities in Belarus equate criticism, advocacy, free media and free expression to extremism and terrorism.
Many Belarusian independent media outlets faced financial problems last year, including KYKY, Reform, Belsat, Plan B and ex-press.live. The Belarus Service of the Poland-based radiounet.fm stopped broadcasting over a lack of funding.
Trump suspends foreign aid, EU steps up to support independent journalism
- SocietyŁukašenka orders emergency ministry to supply humanitarian aid to VietnamThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyPrime minister urges diplomats to keep up efforts to boost ties with EuropeThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Society, SportŚvirydzienka earns Belarus second medal at Paralympic GamesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy, PoliticsUkraine’s MPs appeal to EU countries to ban trade with BelarusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy
- Society
- Politics, SecurityPoland to build additional border fence in Podlaskie voivodeshipThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics
- Society
- PoliticsPoland suspends investigation against ex-judge sheltered by BelarusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsCichanoŭskaja meets with Italy’s foreign minister, parliamentary speakerThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics
- Society, SportSkier Raman Svirydzienka opens Belarus’ medal count at 2026 Paralympics with sprint goldThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyCore inflation slows to 6.8 percent in FebruaryThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Security, SocietyPoland spots 13 undocumented migrants at border with BelarusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsMinsk declares Telegram chats of Belarusians in Valencia as extremist groupThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Society, SportEx-BATE executive Zacharčanka elected chairman of Belarusian Tennis FederationThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyBanks have enough reserves to underwrite exporters, says central bank headThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsCichanoŭskaja discusses political prisoners with Italian presidentThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Security, Society


