{"id":45247,"date":"2023-01-09T17:55:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T14:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/prominent-belarusian-culture-advocate-charged-with-high-treason-leading-extremist-group\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"prominent-belarusian-culture-advocate-charged-with-high-treason-leading-extremist-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45247\/","title":{"rendered":"Prominent Belarusian culture advocate charged with high treason, leading extremist group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>January 9, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Senior Investigative Committee officer Siarhiej Pasko has told state-run news agency <span>BelTA<\/span> that investigators brought four charges against Pavie\u0142 Bie\u0142avus, the founder and owner of the Symbal.by store selling national-themed goods.<\/p>\n<p>The prominent Belarusian language and culture advocate&nbsp;is charged with high treason, organizing protests, calling for national security to be undermined and leading an extremist group.<\/p>\n<p> Pasko claimed&nbsp;that Bie\u0142avus \u201chas been active for 10 years striving to change the government by unconstitutional means.\u201d \u201cUnder the guise of cultural and historical promotion on various social networks and websites,\u201d the man allegedly \u201cspread the ideas of Belarusian nationalism, the purpose of which was to change Belarus\u2019 government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bie\u0142avus remains in custody. His property worth more than 50,000 rubels (some $18,500) has been seized. The committee has sent his case file to the prosecutors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 9, BPN. Senior Investigative Committee officer Siarhiej Pasko has told state-run news agency BelTA that investigators brought four charges against Pavie\u0142 Bie\u0142avus, the founder and owner of the Symbal.by store selling national-themed goods. The prominent Belarusian language and culture advocate&nbsp;is charged with high treason, organizing protests, calling for national security to be undermined and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45247","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>Prominent Belarusian culture advocate charged with high treason, leading extremist group | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 9, BPN. 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