{"id":132891,"date":"2025-04-04T12:47:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T09:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132891\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"russian-consulate-allocated-building-seized-from-dissolved-polish-educational-society","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132891\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian consulate moves into building seized from dissolved Polish NGO in Hrodna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/konsulstvo-grodno-posolstvo-ros.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/konsulstvo-grodno-posolstvo-ros.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/konsulstvo-grodno-posolstvo-ros-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/konsulstvo-grodno-posolstvo-ros-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/konsulstvo-grodno-posolstvo-ros-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/konsulstvo-grodno-posolstvo-ros-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        (Opening ceremony)\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(belarus.mid.ru)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 4, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>The Consulate General of Russia in Hrodna has moved into a building confiscated from a Polish minority association at Haradni\u010danskaja Str 40.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, the building hosted the Polska Macierz Szkolna educational society, which was forced to shut down in 2022 as Belarusian authorities cracked down on NGOs and public initiatives. The building, constructed in 2011, was confiscated and put up for an auction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Polska Macierz Szkolna was active in Hrodna since 1995, operating a public lyceum named after Eliza Orzeszko, a library, an education initiative for seniors and a women&#8217;s club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reprisals targeting the Polish minority in Belarus intensified after the 2020 disputed presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/gryzlov-1128-ria-novosti-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/gryzlov-1128-ria-novosti-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/gryzlov-1128-ria-novosti-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/gryzlov-1128-ria-novosti-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/gryzlov-1128-ria-novosti-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/gryzlov-1128-ria-novosti.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Russian envoy pushes back hard against any suggestion that Russia seeks to absorb Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 2, Pozirk. Belarus faces &quot;a new attempt of creeping Polonization&quot; from political emigrants, reads an article by Boris Gryzlov, the Russian ambassador in Belarus, distributed by Russian propaganda outlets. He refers to the Belarusian emigrants who fled political reprisals &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/132674\">\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>April 4, Pozirk. The Consulate General of Russia in Hrodna has moved into a building confiscated from a Polish minority association at Haradni\u010danskaja Str 40.\u00a0 Previously, the building hosted the Polska Macierz Szkolna educational society, which was forced to shut down in 2022 as Belarusian authorities cracked down on NGOs and public initiatives. 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