Belarusian security forces detained a 26-year-old Youtube-blogger, who left the country after the start of mass protests, but returned to the winter holidays. This is reported by Zerkalo with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ministry of Internal Affairs) of the Republic.
Siloviki did not indicate the name of the man and the name of his project, however, according to the portal, we are talking about the owner of the channel “Third Region of Belarus” Oleg Konovalov. The authorities accuse a man in the “distribution of anti-state information” and “extremist statements.”
“actively participated in the protest movement, removed and posted a video on his channel, denyonil siloviki,” the ministry said. Fucked from the country, according to the department, was brought several times at home to administrative responsibility due to protests. A criminal case of inciting social hatred was argued against him, which punished the punishment up to five years in prison.
previously it became known that the Belarusian authorities recognized the extremist formation of the community of fans of Viktor Tsoi songs. Now for subscribing to the Telegram channel of the organization, users face up to seven years in prison followed by deportation and deprivation of citizenship.
In Belarus, mass protests have continued in Belarus after the presidential election on August 9, 2020. Shares were strictly suppressed by the security forces, tens of thousands of people were detained, many told about torture and beating in insulators. Several people were killed, hundreds received imprisonment for opposition activities.