{"id":46796,"date":"2023-05-11T17:44:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/us-embassy-slams-sentence-for-symbal-by-store-owner\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"us-embassy-slams-sentence-for-symbal-by-store-owner","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46796\/","title":{"rendered":"US embassy slams sentence for Symbal.by store owner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>May 11, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> By sentencing Symbal.by owner Pavie\u0142 Bie\u0142avus, the \u0141uka\u0161enka regime is essentially criminalizing the Belarusian language, culture and history, the US embassy in Minsk has said.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cLong live Belarusian language, culture and history. Long live Belarus!\u201d the embassy tweeted in Belarusian.<\/p>\n<p> Today, the Minsk City Court sentenced the founder and owner of the online store selling Belarusian-themed goods to 13 years in prison. Judge \u017danna Brysina also fined him 18,500 rubels (some $7,300).<\/p>\n<p> Opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja commented by saying that \u201cthis is a sentence to all Belarusians who dream of&#8230; a country where they know their history, honor their traditions, have national dignity and speak their mother tongue.\u201d The \u0141uka\u0161enka regime regards all of this as \u201cextremism,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>People who issued the ruling would gladly accept Belarus\u2019 incorporation into Russia, she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 11, BPN. 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