{"id":169311,"date":"2025-12-22T18:30:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169311\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"culture-initiative-branded-extremist-group-prominent-musician-feared-arrested","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169311\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture initiative branded \u201cextremist&#8221; group, prominent musician feared arrested"},"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\/12\/chumakov-hrodna-life.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chumakov-hrodna-life.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chumakov-hrodna-life-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chumakov-hrodna-life-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chumakov-hrodna-life-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chumakov-hrodna-life-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Ale\u015b \u010cumako\u016d \n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(hrodna.life)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 22, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>The Committee for State Security (KGB) branded the Da Zora\u016d culture initiative as an \u201cextremist&#8221; group, according to the interior ministry&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The KGB listed Ale\u015b \u010cumako\u016d of the medieval music band Stary Olsa and Siamion Ma\u0142a\u0161anka\u016d as members. The extremist designation also covers the initiative\u2019s Instagram page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u010cumako\u016d is likely under arrest, according to a report by <em>Na\u0161a Niva<\/em>. The Viasna Human Rights Center said that arrests linked to the Da Zora\u016d initiative took place in late November but could not confirm any names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian authorities routinely use extremism designations to silence critical voices after the disputed 2020 presidential election. Association with an extremist group carries a penalty of two to seven years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Interior ministry brands former Kalino\u016dski fighter, 31 others as extremists<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 20, Pozirk. The Belarusian interior ministry has added 32 more people to the list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activity,\u201d taking the total number of entries on the official extremist register to 6,116. All blacklisted people were convicted in &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/169091\">\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>December 22, Pozirk. The Committee for State Security (KGB) branded the Da Zora\u016d culture initiative as an \u201cextremist&#8221; group, according to the interior ministry&#8217;s website. The KGB listed Ale\u015b \u010cumako\u016d of the medieval music band Stary Olsa and Siamion Ma\u0142a\u0161anka\u016d as members. The extremist designation also covers the initiative\u2019s Instagram page. \u010cumako\u016d is likely under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":169305,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-169311","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>Culture initiative branded \u201cextremist&quot; group, prominent musician feared arrested | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 22, Pozirk. 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