{"id":42694,"date":"2022-06-23T13:53:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T10:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/belarus-russia-set-up-joint-task-force-on-genocide\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"belarus-russia-set-up-joint-task-force-on-genocide","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/42694\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus, Russia set up joint task force on genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>June 23, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Belarusian Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied and Russian Investigative Committee Chairman Aleksandr Bastrykin have signed a resolution&nbsp;to&nbsp;establish&nbsp;a joint task force to investigate genocide cases.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe signing of this resolution&nbsp;is important because we are together in this. I mean investigating and recording facts, including of the previously unknown crimes by fascist invaders in the occupied territories of the Soviet Union,\u201d \u0160vied said in Minsk, as quoted by <span>Belta<\/span> on June 23.<\/p>\n<p> He added that investigating genocide cases is&nbsp;particularly important: \u201cWe should remind the world what Nazism and fascism are. Neo-Nazism and neo-fascism of the 21st century are no different from the ideology the carriers of which were brutally exterminating peaceful population and captured Red Army soldiers, establishing the so-called new order.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> After the suppression of post-election protests in 2020, the authorities in Minsk&nbsp;promoted a theory&nbsp;that the Belarusian people suffered genocide during WWII. On April 9, 2021&nbsp;\u0160vied announced that his office had opened a genocide case. The prosecutor general also edited a book drawing parallels between the Nazis and participants in the 2020 protests.<\/p>\n<p> On January 5, 2022 Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka signed a law establishing criminal liability for publicly denying the genocide. \u201cThe implementation of the Law will contribute to preventing distortion of the Great Patriotic War\u2019s outcomes, as well to uniting the Belarusian society,\u201d his press service said.<\/p>\n<p>Russian and Belarusian propaganda have promoted a false narrative that&nbsp;portrays&nbsp;Ukrainian politicians and soldiers as Nazis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 23, BPN. Belarusian Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied and Russian Investigative Committee Chairman Aleksandr Bastrykin have signed a resolution&nbsp;to&nbsp;establish&nbsp;a joint task force to investigate genocide cases. \u201cThe signing of this resolution&nbsp;is important because we are together in this. 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