{"id":156879,"date":"2025-09-24T13:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/156879\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"kgb-brands-defunct-initiative-as-extremist-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/156879\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB brands defunct initiative as extremist group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 24, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Committee for State Security (KGB) branded the Synthetic Overdose initiative as an extremist group last week, taking their total to 351, the interior ministry\u2019s website said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The KGB listed Mikita Ziuzika\u016d and Dzianis Lichalet, both born in 2003, as members, accusing them of posting neo-fascist content and scenes of violence and school shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The extremist designation also covers the initiative&#8217;s Telegram channel, known for posting memes, though it has not been updated since May.<\/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\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy, Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">BEROC think tank declared extremist<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 18, Pozirk. The Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) on Monday designated the BEROC think tank as an extremist group, according to an update to the extremist list. The KGB named Pavie\u0142 Danejka, D\u017amitryj Kruk, Kaciaryna Barnukova, Anastasija \u0141uzhina, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/156187\">\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>September 24, Pozirk. The Committee for State Security (KGB) branded the Synthetic Overdose initiative as an extremist group last week, taking their total to 351, the interior ministry\u2019s website said. The KGB listed Mikita Ziuzika\u016d and Dzianis Lichalet, both born in 2003, as members, accusing them of posting neo-fascist content and scenes of violence and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-156879","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>KGB brands defunct initiative as extremist group | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 24, Pozirk. 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