Account of Initiative That Distributed Food in Minsk Added to “Extremist Materials” List

Belarus’s Information Ministry has updated the “Republican List of Extremist Materials.” Among other additions, the list now includes the VKontakte page of the “Food Not Bombs. Minsk” project, an initiative that for many years distributed free food to low-income people. In 2021, after a series of detentions of volunteers, the project ceased operations in Belarus. The corresponding decision was issued by the Leninski district court of Brest on May 26, 2026.

The following were also added to the list:

• the Telegram chat “yebyBlati”;
• websites and social media pages of the “Kryly Khalopa” theater and the “breststories.com” project;
• the website “1reg.pro”;
• the Instagram pages “kc_bel_2020 (Kansas City for Free Belarus)” and “i_am_the_motherland_”;
• the Facebook page “Svabodka”;
• social media pages of the “Green Phone” project;
• the Threads pages “Aliaksei Subatovich” and “baj.media.by”;
• the VKontakte page “Green Portal”;
• the TikTok pages “vybar.org,” “FreeBY,” “l.sudaiehka,” “prygonu.het” and “Radix Belarus.”

It should be recalled that in Belarus, accusations of extremism are used by the authorities to combat Lukashenka’s opponents and dissent in general.