{"id":163761,"date":"2025-11-11T23:42:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T20:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163761\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"wargaming-co-founder-kacalapau-branded-as-extremist","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163761\/","title":{"rendered":"Wargaming co-founder Kaca\u0142apa\u016d branded as extremist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 11, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian authorities have added seven more people to the list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of them is Mika\u0142aj Kaca\u0142apa\u016d, the co-founder of the video gaming company Wargaming who was sentenced <em>in absentia <\/em>for making donations to civil society and opposition groups<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court upheld the guilty verdict on October 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, the Minsk City Court sentenced him to 13 years in a medium-security penal colony, without the defendant being present. He was found guilty of financing extremist and terrorist activities. Independent sources, however, say the prosecution was linked to his donations to civil society and opposition groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remaining six are Ludmi\u0142a Ta\u0142pyha, Andrej Sacevi\u010d, Natalla Siemianovi\u010d, Mikita Piatro\u016dski, Rus\u0142an Raviaka (former journalist of the privately-owned Intex-Press, Baranavi\u010dy) and Ludmi\u0142a Ziela\u0144kova. All of them were found guilty of breaking the Criminal Code article against facilitating extremism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The extremist list on the interior ministry\u2019s website includes 5,964 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\/2025\/07\/kacelapov_sk-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kacelapov_sk-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kacelapov_sk-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kacelapov_sk-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kacelapov_sk-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kacelapov_sk.jpg 1080w\" 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\">Belarus brings charges against Wargaming co-founder<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 1, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against Mika\u0142aj Kaca\u0142apa\u016d, a co-founder and former top manager of the Wargaming game development company, the agency&#039;s press office reported. Kaca\u0142apa\u016d, who is based abroad, is accused of extremism &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/144868\">\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>November 11, Pozirk. Belarusian authorities have added seven more people to the list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activities.\u201d One of them is Mika\u0142aj Kaca\u0142apa\u016d, the co-founder of the video gaming company Wargaming who was sentenced in absentia for making donations to civil society and opposition groups. The Supreme Court upheld the guilty verdict on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-163761","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>Wargaming co-founder Kaca\u0142apa\u016d branded as extremist | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 11, Pozirk. 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