{"id":179022,"date":"2026-03-11T22:43:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179022\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T22:43:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:43:21","slug":"kgb-adds-alleged-skinhead-to-list-of-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179022\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB adds alleged skinhead to list of \u201cterrorists\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 11, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The Committee for State Security (KGB) has extended its list of \u201cpersons involved in terrorist activities\u201d to include Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Varonin, a 19-year-old member of a \u201cskinhead\u201d group that allegedly terrorized homeless and drunken people in the Homiel region and posted recordings of violent assaults on their victims on a Telegram channel titled Dukh Rusi (Spirit of Russia).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 27, Belarus\u2019 interior ministry added Varonin to its list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Homiel Regional Court found him guilty under nine articles of the Criminal Code, along with Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Bandar\u010duk and Arciom Alifiarovi\u010d, over alleged links to Dukh Rusi.\u00a0 On December 4, 2024, the KGB branded the channel an \u201cextremist group.\u201d A Telegram chat titled HAPPY EXTREMIST and a closed Telegram chat titled Karatelny Batalion (Punitive Battalion) were mentioned in connection with the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group\u2019s social media content was declared xenophobic and anti-Semitic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the charges against Varonin are slandering Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and discrediting Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, the official \u201cterrorist\u201d list features 1,425 names, including nearly 700 Belarusians, according to the Viasna Human Rights Center. 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