{"id":139130,"date":"2025-05-21T14:10:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T11:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139130\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"kgb-brands-prominent-sociologists-initiative-as-extremist-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139130\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB brands prominent sociologist&#8217;s initiative as extremist group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 21, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) branded the Belarusian Analytical Workshop as an extremist group last week, taking the total on the register to 288 entries, according to the updated interior ministry&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The KGB listed prominent sociologist Andrej Vardamacki, political scientist Pavie\u0142 Vusa\u016d and Maryna Novikava as members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vardamacki left Belarus in 2010 and founded the Belarusian Analytical Workshop as an independent sociological and analytical initiative in Warsaw two years later. Its activities include public opinion surveys in Belarus as well as research and analysis of political attitudes and media consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the 2020 political crisis, authorities in Belarus equated criticism, solidarity, advocacy, free media and free expression to extremism and terrorism.<\/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                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Think tanker Parotnika\u016d among 29 added to extremist list<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 8,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The Belarusian interior ministry has designated 29 more individuals as extremists, taking the total to 5,257 entries. Among the new designees is Andrej Parotnika\u016d, of Belarus Security Blog. Human rights organizations assume that most of the listed individuals are &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/137260\">\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>May 21, Pozirk. The Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) branded the Belarusian Analytical Workshop as an extremist group last week, taking the total on the register to 288 entries, according to the updated interior ministry&#8217;s website. The KGB listed prominent sociologist Andrej Vardamacki, political scientist Pavie\u0142 Vusa\u016d and Maryna Novikava as members. 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