{"id":124738,"date":"2025-02-03T18:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T15:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/124738\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"kgb-declares-gronka-crowdfunding-platform-extremist-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/124738\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB declares Gronka crowdfunding platform extremist group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n (Gronka team)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

February 3, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>The Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) on January 27 declared the crowdfunding project Gronka an extremist group, according to the interior ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It named Pavie\u0142 Libier and Kry\u015bcina Droby\u0161, an actress, as individuals associated with the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In December 2024, authorities said that Droby\u0161 was a member of the extremist group Volnyja Kupa\u0142a\u016dcy, a Belarusian theater company based abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September last year, the KGB designated Libier, a software engineer, and his Golos platform, which had been used in 2020 to verify voting results, as extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gronka was launched in July 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minsk\u2019s list of extremist groups contains 261 entries, including 89 added in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2024, authorities designated 10 media outlets, all factions in the opposition Coordination Council, Volnyja Kupa\u0142a\u016dcy, NGOs and foreign foundations, according to the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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