{"id":114122,"date":"2024-11-17T14:44:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T11:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/114122\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"minsk-moves-to-dissolve-federation-of-practical-shooting","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/114122\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk moves to dissolve Federation of Practical Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 17, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Minsk City Court on November 26 will consider dissolving the Belarusian Federation of Practical Shooting (BFPS), as part of a broader campaign against NGOs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The request to shut down the federation was filed by the justice ministry, an online schedule of court proceedings said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Practical Shooting Sport - 2021 Edition\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e1N7N0-Tddk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Introducing practical shooting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the BFPS website, it was founded in 2008 with the help and support of Maj. Gen. Jury Barodzi\u010d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In February 2011, the BFPS received the status of a national federation for the sport of practical shooting, which opened wide opportunities for the federation to develop practical shooting in Belarus,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barodzi\u010d, 67, served in the Soviet KGB and later in the Belarusian intelligence agency of the same name. He led the Alpha unit in 1992\u20131995 and the Presidential Security Service in 1995\u20131998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1998\u20132004, he was the Belarusian KGB&#8217;s official representative to the Russian Federal Security Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also headed the Belarusian Ice Hockey Federation and the central council of the Dynamo sports society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Practical shooting is a dynamic shooting sport where participants engage in timed courses, emphasizing precision, power and speed through challenging scenarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n                                <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Government moves to shut down 35-year-old NGO<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 4, Pozirk. The Minsk City Court has scheduled a hearing for November 12 of the justice ministry&#039;s lawsuit to shut down the Belarusian Association in Support of the United Nations . The association was launched in October 1989. In &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/112579\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 17, Pozirk. The Minsk City Court on November 26 will consider dissolving the Belarusian Federation of Practical Shooting (BFPS), as part of a broader campaign against NGOs. The request to shut down the federation was filed by the justice ministry, an online schedule of court proceedings said. 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