Volkov and Yashin Accounts Added to List of “Extremist Materials”

Belarus’ Ministry of Information has added the Telegram accounts of Russian opposition figures Leonid Volkov and Ilya Yashin to its list of “extremist materials.”

A district court in Loyew ruled that the information products on their accounts were “extremist.” The ruling is dated Aug. 31.

The list also includes the Instagram account “masahiro_sibbata” and the TikTok account “Тот самый Белорус.”

It should be recalled that extremism charges are used in Belarus to target opponents of Lukashenka and dissent in general.