{"id":83396,"date":"2024-05-03T15:01:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T12:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/83396\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"investigators-file-charges-against-exiled-startup-hub-manager-associate","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/83396\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigators file criminal charges against exiled startup hub manager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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May 3, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Belarusian Investigative Committee filed nine criminal charges under special proceedings against exiled Ta\u0107ciana Maryni\u010d, head of the Imaguru startup hub, and her associate Anastasija Chamiankova, its website says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charges against them range from inciting hatred and calling for sanctions to association with an extremist group and plotting to seize state power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special proceedings target those living abroad and evading contact with investigators, allowing authorities to persecute exiled opponents and try them in their absence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August 2023, the Committee for State Security (KGB) branded Imaguru an extremist group, listing Andrej Novak and Kaciaryna Boulton-Smith along with Maryni\u010d and Chamiankova as members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few months later, Chamainkova accompanied Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja on a visit to Portugal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded in Minsk in 2023, Imaguru used to be one of the most popular meeting platforms for businesspeople, startups and investors in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May 2021, it moved to Madrid and set up branches in Warsaw and Vilnius after Belarusian authorities had evicted the company from its Minsk office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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