{"id":74336,"date":"2024-03-20T18:04:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T15:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/74336\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"government-brands-patriotic-shop-as-extremist-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/74336\/","title":{"rendered":"Government brands patriotic shop as extremist group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n Siarhiej Vieramiejenka in his store Admietna\u015b\u0107 in Hrodna.\n <\/div>\n \n
\n (Belsat, archival photo)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

March 20, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs yesterday branded Admietna\u015b\u0107, a shop selling patriotic merchandise, as an extremist group, according to an official register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It accused Siarhiej and Volha Vieramiejenka of links to this “formation.” The couple owned a store of the same name in Hrodna. After fleeing to Bia\u0142ystok, Poland, they opened the online shop<\/a> Admietna\u015b\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2020, Siarhiej served a jail sentence for participating in protests, and the store was raided. On March 14, 2024, the Investigative Committee opened an extremism case against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the register, the Committee for State Security (KGB) designated the Ho\u0142as platform and the Estonian organization Fund of Belarus Friends as extremist groups. In connection with this designation, the KGB named the platform designer, Pavie\u0142 Libier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ho\u0142as was used in 2020 to verify presidential election results. Officials later banned its online content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On March 18, a district court in Minsk sentenced Libier to four years in prison without the defendant being present. The judge found him guilty of obstructing the work of the central election committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In December 2023, the KGB had declared Libier’s other project, New Belarus (Novaja Bie\u0142aru\u015b), an extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian government’s register of “extremist groups” contains 189 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Investigators bring charges against two more foreign-based activists<\/h3>\n
March 14, Pozirk. Belarusian investigators have brought extremism-related charges against two more critics living abroad as Minsk seeks to expand the scale and area of political reprisals. The Investigative Committee\u2019s Hrodna branch has accused activist Siarhiej Vieramiejanka, ex-owner of the Admietna\u015b\u0107 Belarusian-themed …<\/div>\n \n