{"id":96335,"date":"2024-07-18T19:08:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T16:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/96335\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"inspectors-send-startup-hub-case-to-prosecutor","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/96335\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigators send startup hub case to prosecutor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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July 18, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Belarusian Investigative Committee (SK) says it has completed an investigation into the Imaguru innovation company and sent the case to a prosecutor for referral to court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charges against Ta\u0107ciana Maryni\u010d, head of the startup hub, and her associate Anastasija Chamiankova ranged from inciting hatred and calling for sanctions to association with an extremist group and plotting to seize state power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were investigated under a special procedure that allows the government to prosecute its exiled opponents and try them in their absence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SK says an unnamed executive from Smalavi\u010dy is in custody.<\/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

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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