{"id":162300,"date":"2025-10-30T14:19:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T11:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/162300\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"russia-extradites-belarusian-man-convicted-over-online-joke","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/162300\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia extradites Belarusian man convicted over online joke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

October 30, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>The Viasna Human Rights Center has reported that 51-year-old Vasil Kra\u016d\u010duk was extradited to Belarus after being arrested in Russia earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is held in \u201cone of the Belarusian pre-trial detention centers,\u201d Viasna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On October 17, 47news.ru<\/em> reported on Kra\u016d\u010duk\u2019s detention in St. Petersburg. His name was on Russia\u2019s wanted list for three years before authorities found him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2022, a Pinsk court sentenced Kra\u016d\u010duk to two years of restricted freedom, a type of home confinement, finding him guilty of insulting an official in a comment on the Telegram messenger application, Viasna reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posted on the banned Telegram channel Karniki Belarusi, the comment targeted a juvenile affairs officer. Kra\u016d\u010duk said the comment was a joke that he borrowed from a comedian on TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The man reportedly had posted the comment in December 2020 under a news piece about a police officer shouting at Belarusian school children using obscene language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kra\u016d\u010duk fled Belarus after the conviction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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