{"id":193536,"date":"2026-06-26T18:43:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/193536\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T18:43:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:43:37","slug":"interior-ministry-labels-17-people-as-extremists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/193536\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry labels 17 people as \u201cextremists\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 26,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/strong>Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has added&nbsp;17&nbsp;names to its list of people it considers \u201cinvolved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total to 6,745&nbsp;entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eleven&nbsp;of the recently added&nbsp;individuals&nbsp;are serving sentences on extremism-related charges.Among them is&nbsp;Vadzim Kryva\u0161eje\u016d, former director of the Olympic freestyle skiing center,&nbsp;who was sentenced to 12 years in prison in absentia in March 2026. The other ten people are Volha Sidarava, Leanid Pa\u016dluko\u016d, Alaksiej Rakievi\u010d, Ja\u016dhien Sidaruk, Vadzim \u017dydzis, Siarhiej Dubinski, Pavie\u0142 Ancipienka, Mika\u0142aj Bahdan\u010dyk, D\u017amitryj Rudako\u016d, and Aksana Valva\u010dova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sentences of&nbsp;six&nbsp;blacklisted persons remain incomplete, which means that they may be serving non-custodial terms. They are Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Harba\u010do\u016d, Raman Alaksandra\u016d, Alena Chu\u0142up, Ta\u0107ciana Ka\u015bcienka, Juryj Bajduk, and U\u0142adzimir Kandraciuk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People placed on the list of individuals involved in extremist activities are banned from any education- and publishing-related activity, as well as from holding state positions and from doing military service, for five years after completing their sentences or after the related conviction is deleted from the criminal record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their financial transactions are subject to close monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the crackdown on the 2020 post-election protests, authorities in Belarus equated criticism, solidarity, advocacy, the free media and free expression\u00a0with\u00a0extremism and terrorism.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 26,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has added&nbsp;17&nbsp;names to its list of people it considers \u201cinvolved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total to 6,745&nbsp;entries. Eleven&nbsp;of the recently added&nbsp;individuals&nbsp;are serving sentences on extremism-related charges.Among them is&nbsp;Vadzim Kryva\u0161eje\u016d, former director of the Olympic freestyle skiing center,&nbsp;who was sentenced to 12 years in prison in absentia in March 2026. 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