{"id":130858,"date":"2025-03-20T17:13:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130858\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"kgb-labels-center-for-new-ideas-extremist","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130858\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB labels Center for New Ideas &#8220;extremist group&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 20, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus&#8217; Committee for State Security (KGB) has declared the Center for New Ideas an extremist group, the country&#8217;s interior ministry reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The security agency named prominent Belarusian researchers Ryhor Astapienia, Stas Harelik, Anastasija \u017da\u016dryd, Hienad\u017a Kor\u0161una\u016d, Pavie\u0142 Macukievi\u010d, Anton Radnianko\u016d, Darja Ruble\u016dskaja and Alesia Rudnik as members of the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The think tank said the designation &#8220;means nothing,&#8221; noting that its team is based abroad. It pledged to continue its research and education activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Police brand 20 &quot;Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s think-tankers&quot; as extremists<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 28, Pozirk. Belarusian authorities on Friday added 50 people to the list of persons &quot;involved in extremist activity,&quot; including a group of experts nicknamed by officials and propagandists &quot;Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s think-tankers.&quot; All of them \u2013 Ryhor Astapenia, Filip Bikana\u016d, Alaksandar &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/111587\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 20, Pozirk. Belarus&#8217; Committee for State Security (KGB) has declared the Center for New Ideas an extremist group, the country&#8217;s interior ministry reported. 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