The Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Gipboard) of Belarus recognized by extremist formations Association of former security forces BYPOL and a plan “Peramoga” (“Victory”). It is reported by the press service of the Office in Telegram-Channel.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the creators, the leaders of these extremist formations, as well as its participants (persons who have been registered on the relevant resources) faces criminal liability in the form of restriction of freedom for up to 7 years. The activities of the specified resources in the country will continue forbidden.
The “Pereman” plan (“Victory”), which is to create a chat bot to coordinate the actions of oppositionists, was announced by the former presidential candidate of the Belarusian Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in June. Chat Bot massively and at the same time sent notifications of specific actions in order to combat the head of state Alexander Lukashenko for the “restoration of legality in the country.”
BYPOL initiative was created by former staff of power structures to counter the Belarusian authorities. The union has its youtube- and Telegram channels, which publishes various videos associated with security forces, and also merges the law enforcement officials.
Since October, the Belarusian authorities began to prosecute to the criminal responsibility of Telegram-channel subscribers recognized by extremist formations. This classification has recently received many opposition channels, which actively covered protests in the country after presidential elections in 2020.