{"id":44374,"date":"2022-11-04T18:15:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T15:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/police-open-extremism-case-against-opposition-figure\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"police-open-extremism-case-against-opposition-figure","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44374\/","title":{"rendered":"Police open extremism case against opposition figure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>November 4, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Police in Belarus have opened a criminal case against Vadzim Prakopje\u016d, assistant commander of the Belarusian Pahonia unit fighting in Ukraine. Prakopje\u016d and others are suspected of organizing an extremist group, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe know that a recruitment and financial center for the so-called Pahonia regiment has been established in Warsaw, which recruits males aged 20 to 45 with military experience,\u201d said Ja\u016dhien Pilecki, the head of organized crime unit GUBOPiK.&nbsp;\u201cThe training and coordination of militants is conducted by foreign instructors in the Czech Republic, Poland and Ukraine. The organizers of this extremist formation include Vadzim Prakopje\u016d and Valer Sacha\u0161\u010dyk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIn their opinion, these militants will become an important instrument for overthrowing the legitimate government in Belarus. On November 2, 2022 the Investigative Committee used GUBOPiK\u2019s files to open a criminal case against Prakopje\u016d and others for creating an extremist formation or participating in it,\u201d Pilecki added.<\/p>\n<p> Prakopje\u016d was previously known as a businessman and restaurateur in Minsk. During the mass protests in 2020, he joined the democratic forces. He now resides abroad. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he announced joining the Pahonia unit.<\/p>\n<p> In June 2022, the KGB recognized as an \u201cextremist group\u201d followers of Vadzim Prakopje\u016d\u2019s YouTube channel and the <span>Radio Hague<\/span> channel on Telegram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 4, BPN. Police in Belarus have opened a criminal case against Vadzim Prakopje\u016d, assistant commander of the Belarusian Pahonia unit fighting in Ukraine. Prakopje\u016d and others are suspected of organizing an extremist group, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said. \u201cWe know that a recruitment and financial center for the so-called Pahonia regiment has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44374","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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>Police open extremism case against opposition figure | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 4, BPN. 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