{"id":167026,"date":"2025-12-05T17:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"kgb-designates-poland-based-companies-jazz-club-as-extremist-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167026\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB designates Poland-based companies, jazz club as extremist group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December<\/strong><strong> 5,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Belarus\u2019 Committee for State Security on November 12 designated two Polish event agencies, Terra Group Event and SSL Production, and Sk\u0142ad Butelek, a Warsaw-based bar and jazz club that often hosts Belarusian performers, as extremist groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The interior ministry added the entities to its list of extremist groups on November 5. The list contains 321 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It mentions Vital Kry\u016dko and Andrej Jara\u0161evi\u010d as persons associated with Terra Group Event and SSL Production, and Valancin Bachtina\u016d, Siarhiej Sala\u0161, D\u017amitryj Babicki, Alaksandra Vi\u0161ne\u016dskaja, Nasta Ciare\u0161ka, Valeryja Bielskaja, Juryj Du\u0161yn, Volha Stra\u0142ko\u016dskaja, Kiryl Skabiejka, D\u017amitryj Kavalonak and Siarhiej Statkievi\u010d as individuals associated with Sk\u0142ad Butelek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Terra Group Event organized events for IT companies, such as Wargaming, Softswiss and Andersen, while SSL Production stages events in Poland, Germany, Austria, Greece, Turkey and Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Viasna Human Rights Center, Terra Group Event employed opposition activist Anatol Kota\u016d, who disappeared in Turkey in August. Kota\u016d\u2019s whereabouts are unknown, but his wife fears that he was kidnapped by Belarusian or Russian secret services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The extremist designation carries punishment of up to 10 years in prison for anyone associated with these entities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay-333x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay-333x236.jpg 333w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay-690x490.jpg 690w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay.jpg 775w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/>                        <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\">Interior ministry brands jailed journalist Ilja\u0161, 23 others as extremists\u00a0<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 5, Pozirk. The Belarusian interior ministry has added 24 more people to the list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activity,\u201d taking the total number of entries on the official extremist register to 6,066. Seventeen of them are serving their &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/166988\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 5,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Belarus\u2019 Committee for State Security on November 12 designated two Polish event agencies, Terra Group Event and SSL Production, and Sk\u0142ad Butelek, a Warsaw-based bar and jazz club that often hosts Belarusian performers, as extremist groups. The interior ministry added the entities to its list of extremist groups on November 5. 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