{"id":176593,"date":"2026-02-20T17:53:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176593\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"kgb-adds-eight-to-list-of-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176593\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB adds eight to list of terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 20, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The Committee for State Security (KGB) on February 20 added eight individuals to its list of \u201cpersons involved in terrorist activity,\u201d bringing the total number of names on it to 1,563.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new additions include Ta\u0107ciana Mahnusava, Raman Macha\u0144ko\u016d and Alaksandr Miad\u017avied\u017a, all convicted of inciting hatred. Mahnusava was also found guilty of calling for sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other blacklisted individuals are the five young people who allegedly plotted terrorist attacks on instructions from the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU). They are Maryya Misiuk, sentenced to 13 years in prison, Siarhiej \u017dyhale\u016d (12 years), Trafim Barysa\u016d (12 years), Alaksandra Pulinovi\u010d (10 years) and D\u017amitryj Zacharo\u0161ka (10 years). On 13 February, the interior ministry put them on its list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activity.\u201d On February 16, a panel of judges of the Supreme Court of Belarus rejected an appeal against their sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Misiuk, a Ukrainian national released in November 2025 and taken out of Belarus to Ukraine, was convicted in the same criminal case and is listed as an extremist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Viasna Human Rights Center, Pulinovi\u010d and Barysa\u016d were 16 and 17 years of age, respectively, at the time of their arrest in March 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The terrorist designation requires banks to freeze the designated persons\u2019 accounts. The designees cannot conduct any wireless cash transactions through banks and the post office. They cannot receive money transfers in prison.<\/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\"> \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\">Reprisals: nearly 400 \u201cextremism\u201d cases filed in Viciebsk region in 2025<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 20, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on February 19 as a judge in Minsk sentenced singer Raman Jurka\u016d to a restricted freedom term in home confinement for allegedly inciting hatred, Na\u0161a Niva reported. Officials &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/176497\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 20, Pozirk. The Committee for State Security (KGB) on February 20 added eight individuals to its list of \u201cpersons involved in terrorist activity,\u201d bringing the total number of names on it to 1,563. The new additions include Ta\u0107ciana Mahnusava, Raman Macha\u0144ko\u016d and Alaksandr Miad\u017avied\u017a, all convicted of inciting hatred. Mahnusava was also found guilty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63152,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-176593","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 adds eight to list of terrorists | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 20, Pozirk. 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