{"id":207287,"date":"2026-10-13T22:23:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/207287\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T22:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:23:45","slug":"belarus-opens-genocide-denial-case-against-exiled-influencer-vadanosava","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/207287\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus opens \u201cgenocide denial\u201d case against exiled influencer Vadanosava"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n Kaciaryna Vadanosava \n <\/div>\n \n
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October 13, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus\u2019 Investigative Committee has opened \u201cspecial\u201d criminal proceedings against exiled influencer Kaciaryna Vadanosava (Ka\u0142an\u010duk-Vadanosava) for allegedly \u201cglorifying Nazism\u201d and \u201cdenying the genocide of the Belarusian people\u201d in her educational videos on history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vadanosava, who currently lives in Poland, has been summoned to appear before the Minsk city office of the Investigative Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agency reported on an inquiry against Vadanosava on March 16, accusing her of acting in collusion with \u201cextremist groups\u201d to disseminate content aimed at \u201cglorifying Nazism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to investigators, Vadanosava \u201cgrossly falsifies and distorts historical facts,\u201d in particular, by \u201copenly glorifying the main Nazi criminal in the Belarusian land, Weissruthenia\u2019s General Commissioner Wilhelm Kube, who is directly responsible for the massacre of least 50,000 Jews in the Minsk Ghetto in 1942 and who pursued a policy of the complete extermination of the Jewish population.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement that did not name Vadanosava but contained enough details to identify the well-known social media personality, the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office said on March 11 that that she \u201cportrayed Nazi criminals and their accomplices as heroes\u201d in a YouTube video about Wilhelm Kube, Germany\u2019s commissar general for Belarus during the Second World War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vadanosava, a historian by training, fled Belarus amid the regime\u2019s crackdown on opponents after the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The charges against Vadanosava appear to reflect the authorities\u2019 growing efforts to police public interpretations of the Second World War and enforce the government\u2019s official narrative of the conflict, which occupies a central place in Belarusian state ideology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian authorities began actively promoting the concept of the \u201cgenocide of the Belarusian people\u201d five years ago, as part of their post-election crackdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka signed legislation allowing the criminal prosecution of deceased individuals and criminalizing the denial of genocide. Denial of genocide carries a penalty of up to five years in prison, while repeat offences are punishable by up to 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historians and analysts say the authorities also use the genocide narrative to discredit opponents by associating their symbols with Nazi collaborators as well as to justify the regime\u2019s support for Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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