{"id":140107,"date":"2025-05-27T17:28:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/140107\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"popular-youtube-channel-declared-extremist-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/140107\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular YouTube channel declared extremist group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/zhizn_malinaTG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/zhizn_malinaTG.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/zhizn_malinaTG-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/zhizn_malinaTG-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/zhizn_malinaTG-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/zhizn_malinaTG-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Mikita Mie\u0142kaziora\u016d\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n        Telegram         <span>(zhizn-malina)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 27, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Belarusian interior ministry has declared the YouTube channel <em>zhizn-malina<\/em> an extremist group, a pro-government Telegram channel reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this regard, the channel advised its viewers in Belarus to take care of their safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>zhizn-malina<\/em> (98,800 subscribers) is run by blogger Mikita Mie\u0142kaziora\u016d, who regularly interviews Belarusian \u00e9migr\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, his content was banned as extremist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials routinely ban the information they don&#8217;t like as &#8220;extremist,&#8221; while human rights activists accuse them of abusing anti-extremist laws to stifle dissent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Separately, the officials maintain a list of &#8220;extremist groups,&#8221; which currently contains 300 entries.<\/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\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">KGB brands prominent sociologist&#039;s initiative as extremist group<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 21, Pozirk. The Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) branded the Belarusian Analytical Workshop as an extremist group last week, taking the total on the register to 288 entries, according to the updated interior ministry&#039;s website. The KGB listed &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/139130\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 27, Pozirk. The Belarusian interior ministry has declared the YouTube channel zhizn-malina an extremist group, a pro-government Telegram channel reported. In this regard, the channel advised its viewers in Belarus to take care of their safety. zhizn-malina (98,800 subscribers) is run by blogger Mikita Mie\u0142kaziora\u016d, who regularly interviews Belarusian \u00e9migr\u00e9s. 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