{"id":575326,"date":"2026-09-10T13:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T10:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=575326"},"modified":"2026-09-10T15:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T12:02:45","slug":"spy-thriller-about-belarusian-dictatorship-declared-extremist-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/spy-thriller-about-belarusian-dictatorship-declared-extremist-materials","title":{"rendered":"Spy Thriller About Belarusian Dictatorship Declared \u201cExtremist Materials\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The book \u201cNOA\u201d by French writer Marc Levy<\/strong> has been declared \u201cextremist materials\u201d in Belarus. The decision was made by the Central District Court of Minsk.<\/p>\n

\u201cNOA\u201d is a spy thriller set in Belarus. The novel takes place in 2020-2022. In spring 2020, a housewife named Sviatlana wins the presidential election after 27 years of rule by dictator Luchin. The security services take Sviatlana and her children abroad, while her husband, Mikalai, is sent to prison. Repression begins in Belarus. A journalist investigating corruption among the country\u2019s top leadership is killed in Minsk.<\/p>\n

According to the novel\u2019s plot, an international group of activist hackers (Group 9) decides to intervene and launches a cyberoperation against dictator Luchin\u2019s regime: the hackers break into closed KGB databases, identify the country\u2019s leadership\u2019s secret offshore accounts, take control of state television, evacuate the families of repressed activists from the country and help opposition figures avoid arrest.<\/p>\n

The following have also been added to the list of \u201cextremist\u201d materials:<\/p>\n