{"id":183273,"date":"2026-04-12T12:33:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T09:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/183273\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T12:38:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T09:38:28","slug":"lukasenka-defends-2020-crackdown-in-easter-address","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/183273\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka defends 2020 crackdown in Easter address"},"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\/2026\/04\/lukashenko_khram_press.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lukashenko_khram_press.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lukashenko_khram_press-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lukashenko_khram_press-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lukashenko_khram_press-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lukashenko_khram_press-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pul Pervogo Telegram channel)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 12, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has stressed the importance of \u201cpeace and harmony\u201d in Belarus since 2020 in his Easter address to parishioners of one of the Orthodox churches in the Mahilo\u016d region\u2019s \u0160k\u0142o\u016d district, his press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere have been no wars or conflicts for several years now, since 2020, and this is our people\u2019s greatest achievement,\u201d it quoted the politician as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus has \u201cput in place all the conditions necessary for people to work and live with dignity,\u201d he added. \u201cThat is how it will be in our Belarus. Those who work hard and want to live a decent life will get what they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a man of the countryside, I believe help should be given where it is needed. Once we start helping where it isn\u2019t, we become different people,\u201d \u0141uka\u0161enka added, without elaborating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier today, the politician, who once called himself an \u201corthodox atheist,\u201d published an Easter message on his official website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orthodoxy remains the most influential religion in Belarus, as the Belarusian Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church runs 1,737 parishes, which account for more than 50 percent of all registered communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 93 priests of various denominations have faced some form of reprisals in Belarus between the fall of 2020 and March 2026, including 37 Catholic priests, 31 Protestants, 20 Orthodox and five Greek Catholics, according to Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija initiative.<\/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\"> 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\">Reprisals: police arrest nearly all staff of ZROBIM architects<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 11, Pozirk. Law enforcers raided the Minsk office of the well-known architectural firm ZROBIM architects, arresting about 50 employees, zerkalo.io reported. The crackdown may be connected to an earlier demand by authorities that founder Andrej Mako\u016dski hire an ideology &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/183195\">\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>April 12, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has stressed the importance of \u201cpeace and harmony\u201d in Belarus since 2020 in his Easter address to parishioners of one of the Orthodox churches in the Mahilo\u016d region\u2019s \u0160k\u0142o\u016d district, his press office reports. \u201cThere have been no wars or conflicts for several years now, since 2020, and this is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":183268,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-183273","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>\u0141uka\u0161enka defends 2020 crackdown in Easter address | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 12, Pozirk. 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