Shushkevich Book and Alexievich Quotes Declared ‘Extremist’
Reform.news Editorial Team · 13 July 2026, 18:08
https://reform.news/en/shushkevich-book-and-alexievich-quotes-declared-extremist/The Information Ministry has updated its list of “extremist materials”. It now includes books by Stanislau Shushkevich and Vintsuk Viačorka, a book of quotes by Sviatlana Alexievich, and songs based on poems by Larysa Hienijuš.
The updated list includes:
- Sviatlana Alexievich. 100 Quotes on Svaboda
- The White Expanse Frozen White. A Collection of Songs Based on Poems by Larysa Hienijuš and Piotra Rusau
- Minsk Spring. Nasha Niva, 1996
- Don’t Make Fun of My Prepositions (Vintsuk Viačorka)
- The People’s Programme “Free Belarus”. Warsaw – New York – Minsk
- Neo-Communism in Belarus: Ideology, Practice, Prospects (Stanislau Shushkevich)
- The Belarusian Political System and the 2001 Presidential Election. Minsk. Analytical Group. Warsaw. Centre for Democracy in Eastern Europe
- The Fate of the Lyceum. Autobiographical Notes (Uladzimir Kolas)
- Programme of Constitutional Reforms (Mikhail Pastukhou)
- Threads accounts @dolbysystem, @awsienwiadka, @oscarbarsuk and @hanna.krasulina.
The Belarusian authorities regularly use extremism-related accusations to target political opponents and dissent more broadly.