Belarusian court declares Ukrainian blogger’s content extremist

November 25, BPN. A district court in Homiel recognized the content of Ukrainian blogger BalaganOFF’s YouTube and Telegram channels, as well as of his Telegram chat, as extremist on November 23.

BalaganOFF (Oleksandr Rykov) primarily comments on events in Ukraine and Belarus, inviting experts to discuss them. He has 105,000 subscribers on YouTube and 16,300 subscribers on Telegram. His chat room has a little over 600 members.

On March 1, 2022 the Belarusian Ministry of Information blocked access to Ukrainian media Hordon, created by famous journalist Dmytro Hordon, and Obozrevatel. On March 3, it blocked news agency RBC Ukraine and Kyiv-based website Inforesist.org.