{"id":76442,"date":"2024-03-29T17:26:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T14:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/76442\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"minsk-opens-special-case-against-exiles-sarancukou-kirkievic","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/76442\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk brings charges against politician Saran\u010duko\u016d, journalist Kirkievi\u010d"},"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\/2024\/03\/saranchukov_kirkevic_hrodnalife_vesna_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/saranchukov_kirkevic_hrodnalife_vesna_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/saranchukov_kirkevic_hrodnalife_vesna_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/saranchukov_kirkevic_hrodnalife_vesna_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/saranchukov_kirkevic_hrodnalife_vesna_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/saranchukov_kirkevic_hrodnalife_vesna_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Vadzim Saran\u010duko\u016d, left, and Ale\u015b Kirkievi\u010d, right.\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Hrodna.life | Viasna)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 29, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Investigative Committee has announced extremism-related charges against foreign-based Belarusian Popular Front (BPF) acting chairman Vadzim Saran\u010duko\u016d and Ale\u015b Kirkievi\u010d, a former leader of its youth wing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saran\u010duko\u016d, a politician from Hrodna, led the local BPF branch before being elected the party&#8217;s acting chairman in April 2022. BPF leader Ryhor Kastusio\u016d is in prison, and the party has been outlawed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirkievi\u010d was among 11 people sentenced for protesting in Minsk after the December 2010 presidential election. Authorities released him in September 2011 after Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s pardon. He later converted from politics to journalism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both are being investigated under a special procedure that allows the government to prosecute its exiled opponents on charges of extremism, riots, genocide and for other alleged crimes.<\/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\/03\/sk-dzr.by-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sk-dzr.by-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sk-dzr.by-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sk-dzr.by-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sk-dzr.by-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sk-dzr.by-1128.jpg 1129w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Investigators take inventory of property of &quot;Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s think tankers&quot; for seizure<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 27, Pozirk. The Investigative Committee reports that it has taken inventory of assets of 20 think tankers it associates with \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja for possible seizure. &quot;We passed the criminal case to the Prosecutor General for referral to court,&quot; the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/75920\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 29, Pozirk. The Investigative Committee has announced extremism-related charges against foreign-based Belarusian Popular Front (BPF) acting chairman Vadzim Saran\u010duko\u016d and Ale\u015b Kirkievi\u010d, a former leader of its youth wing. Saran\u010duko\u016d, a politician from Hrodna, led the local BPF branch before being elected the party&#8217;s acting chairman in April 2022. BPF leader Ryhor Kastusio\u016d is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":76437,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-76442","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Minsk brings charges against politician Saran\u010duko\u016d, journalist Kirkievi\u010d | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 29, Pozirk. 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