Social Media Accounts And Website Of “Black Russes” Declared “Extremist Materials”

Belarus’s Ministry of Information has designated the website of the “Black Russes” organization, as well as its logo, YouTube channel, TikTok account, Telegram channel and chat, as “extremist materials.”

“Black Russes” is a group that claimed responsibility for a provocation on the Belarusian-Latvian border in October, when a group of masked men attempted to lead migrants across the border, then damaged equipment and stole cameras on Latvian territory. There are doubts about whether the organization actually exists.

The following have also been designated as “extremist materials”:

• The books “Political History of the Belarusian Language Until 1996” by Ihar Sluchak, “Bread Crumbs: A Collection of Prison Poems and Texts” by Yauhen Rubashka, and “Sociotechnics: Beginnings” by Mikhail Vouchak;
• Threads accounts “andrei_shlik,” “ihar_kliashuk,” “tolyn_tolyanich” and “thisminsk”;
• Telegram channels and chats “Freedom BEL,” “«Склад Dapamoga” and «Чат “Белавуд говорит!» (“Chat ‘Belawood Speaks!’”).