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Belarus Segodnya<\/em>, citing concerns about &#8220;aggressive Russian propaganda.&#8221; Minsk denounced the move as an attack on freedom of speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are practically no independent general interest media left in Belarus. More than 30 media workers are behind bars, according to the Belarusian Association of Journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 8, Information Minister U\u0142adzimir Piarco\u016d was appointed deputy head of the presidential administration, where he will oversee ideology and propaganda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 8, Pozirk. The Belarusian information ministry has banned access to media from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia as a &#8220;retaliatory measure.&#8221; The ministry did not specify which media outlets were banned. In March, Latvia&#8217;s National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) blocked access to nine websites, including the Belarusian television channel ONT and the newspaper SB. 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